Technical Program Management
Deep technical IC
Career Explorer · Program, Portfolio & Transformation Management · Program Management
Entry: Technical Program ManagerIC ceiling: IC8Both
Individual contributor route
Technical or professional depth, without managing people.
- Technical Program Manager InternIC0Optional developmental level
- Associate Technical Program ManagerIC1
- Technical Program ManagerIC2
- Senior Technical Program ManagerIC3
- Staff Technical Program ManagerIC4
- Principal Technical Program ManagerIC5
- Senior Principal Technical Program ManagerIC6
- Distinguished Technical Program ManagerIC7
- Fellow, Technical Program ManagementIC8
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