Design Operations Management

Individual contributor route

Technical or professional depth, without managing people.

This family has no individual-contributor ladder.

Management route

Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.

1. Supervisor / Team Lead, Design OperationsM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Design OperationsM1
3. Senior Manager, Design OperationsM2
4. Director, Design OperationsM3
5. Senior Director, Design OperationsM4
6. AVP / Head of Design OperationsM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Design OperationsM6
8. Senior Vice President, Design OperationsM7