P6P6 — Principal Professional
Principal
Lead cross-functional learning strategy, define corporate training vision, innovate training approaches.
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
- Lead cross-functional learning strategy
- Define corporate training vision
- Innovate training approaches
- Guide company culture
- Ensure strategic impact
- Foster high-level partnerships
- Lead organizational change
- Represent training at executive level
- Lead learning strategy
- Define vision
- Innovate approaches
- Guide culture
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Vision definition
- Strategic impact
- Partnership fostering
- Organizational change
- Executive representation
- High-level strategy
- Cultural guidance
- Autonomous leadership
- Cross-functional strategy
- Corporate vision
- Training innovation
- Cultural guidance
- Strategic impact
- Partnerships
- Organizational change
- Executive leadership
- Leadership of leaders
- Guides company culture
- High degree of autonomy
- Vision definition
- Strategic Impact
- Partnership fostering
- Organizational change
- Executive Representation
What good looks like
- 15+ years of experience
- PhD in Education or related field
- Leadership in corporate training
Common titles
Technical Training VITechnical Training 6Principal Technical Training
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations (inferred)