Research 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, ResearchM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, ResearchM1
3. Senior Manager, ResearchM2
4. Director, ResearchM3
5. Senior Director, ResearchM4
6. AVP / Head of ResearchM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, ResearchM6
8. Senior Vice President, ResearchM7