P5P5 — Expert Professional
Principal
Principal HR advisor. Shapes HR strategy for a business unit or function. Manages enterprise-level programs.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Shapes HR strategy
- Manages enterprise-level programs
- Oversees compensation strategy
- Advises on organizational development
- Leads HR transformation initiatives
- Collaborates with executive leadership
- Ensures alignment with business goals
- Develops succession planning strategies
- Oversees HR budget and resource allocation
- Drives innovation in HR practices
- Shape HR strategy
- Manage enterprise-level programs
- Oversee compensation strategy
Skills, knowledge & tools
- HR strategy shaping
- Program management
- Compensation strategy
- Organizational development
- HR transformation leadership
- Executive collaboration
- Business alignment
- Succession planning
- HR strategy development
- Enterprise program management
- Compensation frameworks
- Organizational development principles
- HR transformation processes
- Executive collaboration techniques
- Business alignment strategies
- Succession planning methods
- Visionary leadership and innovation
- Ability to build consensus
- Resilience and adaptability
- Strategic HR planning
- Organizational Development
- Leadership
- Communication
- Problem-solving
What good looks like
- ~9–12+ years HR experience
- Extensive HR functional knowledge
- Bachelor's degree in HR or related field
- Experience in strategic HR roles
- Proven leadership in HR
Common titles
Human Resources Generalist VHuman Resources Generalist 5Staff Human Resources GeneralistLead Human Resources GeneralistExpert Human Resources Generalist
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.