P5P5 — Expert Professional
Managerial Role
Managerial role overseeing multiple projects or a team.
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
- Oversee upstream PD strategy across multiple product lines
- Manage a team of scientists/engineers
- Manage upstream PD strategy
- Lead a team of scientists
- Oversee multiple projects
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Team management
- Strategic planning
- Leadership
- Project oversight
- Communication
- Strategic management
- Leadership principles
- Bioprocess development
- Team dynamics
- Project oversight
- Leadership and people management
- Strategic planning
What good looks like
- PhD + >10 years (or MSc + 15+ years) in bioprocess development
Common titles
Upstream Process Development VUpstream Process Development 5Staff Upstream Process DevelopmentLead Upstream Process DevelopmentExpert Upstream Process DevelopmentUpstream Process Developer VUpstream Process Developer 5Staff Upstream Process DeveloperLead Upstream Process DeveloperExpert Upstream Process DeveloperManagerial Role
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 19-0000 — Life, Physical, & Social Science 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.