P6P6 — Principal Professional
Senior
Principal Marketing Strategist/Consultant: (10+ years) Rare IC level; sets best practices, consults on strategy organization-wide.
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
- Setting best practices
- Consulting on strategy organization-wide
- Driving innovation in marketing
- Set best practices.
- Consult on strategy.
- Drive marketing innovation.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic insight
- Consulting
- Innovation
- Leadership
- Communication
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Strategic insight in marketing
- Consulting techniques
- Innovation in marketing
- Leadership principles
- Communication strategies
- Analytical techniques
- Problem-solving strategies
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Exceptional strategic insight
- Multi-disciplinary mastery
What good looks like
- Exceptional strategic insight
- Continuous learning via industry conferences
- 10+ years of marketing experience
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 11-2021.00 — Marketing Managers
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