Test Engineering 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, Test EngineeringM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Test EngineeringM1
3. Senior Manager, Test EngineeringM2
4. Director, Test EngineeringM3
5. Senior Director, Test EngineeringM4
6. AVP / Head of Test EngineeringM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Test EngineeringM6
8. Senior Vice President, Test EngineeringM7