Intellectual Property 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, Intellectual PropertyM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Intellectual PropertyM1
3. Senior Manager, Intellectual PropertyM2
4. Director, Intellectual PropertyM3
5. Senior Director, Intellectual PropertyM4
6. AVP / Head of Intellectual PropertyM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Intellectual PropertyM6
8. Senior Vice President, Intellectual PropertyM7