Developer Product 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, Developer ProductM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Developer ProductM1
3. Senior Manager, Developer ProductM2
4. Director, Developer ProductM3
5. Senior Director, Developer ProductM4
6. AVP / Head of Developer ProductM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Developer ProductM6
8. Senior Vice President, Developer ProductM7