You understand your role and main team objectives. You execute standard tasks and apply basic theories, principles and methodologies to exploratory/developmental assignments. You need significant assistance to solve problems beyond standard tasks. Your technical skills still need improvement. You are learning.

You can apply, concepts, principles and methodologies to conventional assignments. Assignments are given in terms of objectives/deliverables to be met. You’re able to identify problems and request assistance to solve them. You work independently within an established framework but still need guidance and validation to make sure delivery is successful. Your technical skills are still in development.

You can apply, concepts, principles and methodologies to more complex assignments. You execute standard tasks and produce quality deliverables that have a significant impact in the overall contribution of the team. You can diagnose and address issues showing a significant level of autonomy, but you still need guidance and validation. Your technical skills are at full speed development.

You can apply a broad range of theories, concepts, principles and methodologies to assignments involving complex tasks/features. You plan and complete given assignments in an autonomous way and your work is reviewed for overall technical accuracy only. You handle relatively complex problems and deliver with good quality. You show strong technical skills.

You are able to apply a broad range of concepts, principles and methodologies to assignments involving very complex tasks/features. You plan and complete given assignments in an autonomous way. You handle relatively complex problems and deliver with very good quality. You show strong technical skills. You are seen as an experienced contributor and start to have responsibility in guiding a few people from a technical perspective towards the teams’ objectives.

You can apply a broad range of, concepts, principles and methodologies to assignments involving very complex tasks/features. You plan and complete given assignments in an autonomous way. You handle relatively complex problems and deliver with very good quality. You show strong technical skills. You are an experienced contributor and start to have responsibility in leading some parts of the roadmap from a technical perspective.

You are given a direction in the form of broadly defined outcomes and you are able to translate that into specific objectives for yourself. While driving your own performance you can support and guide a small team within specific processes or workflows to achieve positive outcomes. You are directly involved and an important contributor to the day-to-day tasks of your team.

You assist in creating and promoting adoption around new concepts, principles and methodologies within a specialty area. You are given a direction in the form of broadly defined outcomes. You produce and define your own objectives for that specific assignment. Those objectives can involve different parts of your department. You are someone highly proficient and a person that people can come to when they have technical questions or doubts.

You're given a direction in the form of broadly defined outcomes, and you can come up with a set of objectives for you and your team. You are able to create a technical roadmap and at the same time manage and monitor your team’s performance, motivation and growth. Your team sees you as a role model in your area of expertise.

You assist in creating and promoting adoption of new concepts, principles and methodologies within a specialty area. You are given a direction in the form of broadly defined outcomes, and you can come up with and define your own objectives for that specific assignment. You can come up with a roadmap that implies involvement of different groups independently. You are a role model in your area of expertise. People come to you as a specialist. You ensure others are aware of and follow best practices.

You are able to translate a vision into concrete goals to be achieved by the individuals. Your team recognizes you for your guidance and your style of management as you deeply understand and translate to their reality the function you are leading. You care about collaboration across the company and you frequently engage with peers from other areas to unblock challenges.

You generate and promote new theories, concepts, principles and methodologies within your specialty area. Your work is flawless and accepted without change. You define, spread, and enforce effective best practices for your area. You are widely recognized as an expert in your area of influence. You solve problems with high level of complexity.

You are able to translate a vision into concrete goals to be achieved by the different groups of people you lead. At the same time you manage complex projects that will drive high impact within the organization. Your teams and peers recognize you for your leadership skills and the way you remove roadblocks.

You generate and promote new concepts, principles and methodologies within a specialty area. Your work is outstanding from a technical perspective. You define, spread, and enforce effective best practices for your area. You are widely recognized as an expert in your area of influence. You solve problems with high level of complexity and serve as a sounding board to people across the organization. You often are exposed to external agents (such as customers, partners and users) to share your technical expertise and draft possible technical solutions of high impact.

You head functional groups giving strategic direction that translate the business objectives into department deliverables. You will have Managers as direct reports. You role model leadership skills and you drive collaboration across the company. You constantly engage with peers from other areas to understand how to accelerate results and people.

You are the highest technical expert within your area of expertise and you set industry benchmarks. You strongly influence the overall strategy of the business, and provide consultation to management and other groups across the company.

You lead functional units or even a geo. The teams you lead have a diverse background to be able to reach better and wider business goals. You are a role model in terms of leadership. You successfully influence and guide cross-company efforts towards results and impact. You are often exposed to external stakeholders such as partners, users and / or customers and at the same time you are highly involved in meetings with management. You set the tone in terms of industry best practices and influence the way the sector is being shaped.