Chief of Staff
Expert professional IC
Career Explorer · Executive & Corporate Strategy · Executive Operations
Entry: Chief of StaffIC ceiling: IC6Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Chief of Staff InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Chief of StaffIC1
- Chief of StaffIC2
- Senior Chief of StaffIC3
- Lead Chief of StaffIC4
- Principal Chief of StaffIC5
- Senior Principal Chief of StaffIC6
Management route
Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.
This family has no management ladder.
Source: Microsoft Careers; ONET