Program Management
Expert professional IC
Career Explorer · Program, Portfolio & Transformation Management · Program Management
Entry: Program ManagerIC ceiling: IC6Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Program Manager InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Program ManagerIC1
- Program ManagerIC2
- Senior Program ManagerIC3
- Lead Program ManagerIC4
- Principal Program ManagerIC5
- Senior Principal Program ManagerIC6
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: PMI; Microsoft Careers