roles

Primary Role:

Leads multiple engineering teams and managers

Reporting Relations:

Reports to VP/CTO

Decision Making Authority:

Budget + headcount authority

Stratigic Planning

Owns annual planning for domain

Team Management:

Manages EMs/Senior EMs

Meeting Involvment:

Executive leadership contributor

Project Management:

Portfolio-level delivery oversight

Communication:

Executive reporting

Professional Development:

→ VP of Engineering

Primary Role:

Hybrid manager and technical leader

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Director

Decision Making Authority:

People + technical decisions

Stratigic Planning

Contributes to org planning

Team Management:

Manages 5–8 engineers

Meeting Involvment:

Facilitates roadmap & execution reviews

Project Management:

Oversees sprint + roadmap execution

Communication:

Cross-functional leadership

Professional Development:

→ Senior EM / Director

Primary Role:

Designs technical solutions for customers or enterprise clients

Reporting Relations:

Reports to Eng/CTO/Sales Eng

Decision Making Authority:

Technical design authority for implementations

Stratigic Planning

Limited internal strategy; supports GTM strategy

Team Management:

None

Meeting Involvment:

Client meetings + pre-sales calls

Project Management:

Oversees solution implementation

Communication:

Customer + sales communication

Professional Development:

→ Principal Architect