P5P5 — Expert Professional
Technical Consulting P5+
Shapes technology strategy, mentors across teams, and drives innovation.
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 technology strategy
- Mentors across teams
- Drives innovation
- Leads organizational technology initiatives
- Develops and implements technology roadmaps
- Fosters a culture of continuous improvement
- Engages with external partners and stakeholders
- Influences industry standards and practices
- Shape and lead technology strategy
- Mentor and develop cross-functional teams
- Drive innovation and industry influence
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Strategic technology leadership
- Mentorship and team development
- Innovation and creativity
- Organizational leadership
- Roadmap development
- Continuous improvement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Industry influence
- Strategic technology leadership
- Mentorship and team development
- Innovation strategies
- Organizational leadership
- Technology roadmap planning
- Continuous improvement methodologies
- Stakeholder engagement strategies
- Industry standards and influence
- Strategic technology shaping
- Mentorship
- Innovation Leadership
- Organizational initiative leadership
- Technology roadmap development
- Continuous Improvement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Industry Influence
What good looks like
- Principal technical liaison experience
- Proven strategic leadership
- Strong mentorship and innovation skills
Common titles
Technical Consulting VTechnical Consulting 5Staff Technical ConsultingLead Technical ConsultingExpert Technical ConsultingTechnical Consultant VTechnical Consultant 5Staff Technical ConsultantLead Technical ConsultantExpert Technical ConsultantTechnical Consulting P5+Expert/Principal
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 15-0000 — Computer & Mathematical 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.