P6P6 — Principal Professional
Principal
Develop organizational learning architecture, integrate emerging learning technologies.
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Develop learning architecture
- Integrate learning technologies
- Lead organizational learning strategy
- Drive transformation
- Evaluate and implement new technologies
- Foster a culture of innovation
- Ensure alignment with strategic goals
- Mentor senior leaders
- Develop learning architecture
- Integrate learning technologies
- Lead organizational strategy
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Learning architecture
- Technology integration
- Strategic leadership
- Innovation
- Mentorship
- Transformation
- Goal alignment
- Leadership
- Learning architecture frameworks
- Technology integration strategies
- Strategic leadership principles
- Innovation in learning
- Transformation processes
- Goal alignment strategies
- Leadership development
- Mentorship techniques
- Driving transformation
- High integrity
- Outstanding initiative
- Learning architecture development
- Technology integration
- Strategic Leadership
- Innovation
- Mentorship
What good looks like
- 15+ years of experience
- Bachelor's degree in Education or related field
- Experience in learning architecture
- Proven leadership skills
Common titles
Instructional Design VIInstructional Design 6Principal Instructional DesignInstructional Designer VIInstructional Designer 6Principal Instructional Designer
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 25-0000 — Educational Instruction & Library 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.