Career
Specialization
&
Professional
Goals
01
Skills
Inventory
The
capabilities
below
form
the
foundation
for
every
specialization
track
that
follows
.
Skills
marked
by
category
are
transferable
across
roles
unless
noted
otherwise
.
T ECHN ICAL
&
DO M AIN
SKILLS
AN ALYT ICAL
&
PRO BLEM
-
SO LVIN G
CO M M UN ICAT IO N
&
CO LLABO RAT IO N
LEADERSHIP
&
M AN AG EM EN T
Systems
design
and
architecture
documentation
Data
modeling
and
SQL
query
optimization
API
design
,
versioning
,
and
integration
testing
Cloud
infrastructure
management
(
AWS
,
GCP
,
Azure
)
Statistical
analysis
and
A
/
B
test
design
Process
mapping
and
workflow
automation
Technical
writing
and
specification
authoring
Root
-
cause
analysis
and
failure
-
mode
review
Quantitative
modeling
and
scenario
forecasting
Structured
hypothesis
testing
Risk
assessment
and
mitigation
planning
Trade
-
off
analysis
under
resource
constraints
Data
visualization
and
insight
storytelling
Cost
-
benefit
evaluation
of
competing
options
Executive
-
level
written
briefing
Cross
-
functional
stakeholder
alignment
Facilitation
of
working
sessions
and
retrospectives
Conflict
resolution
and
negotiation
Technical
presentation
to
non
-
technical
audiences
Async
documentation
and
decision
logging
Mentoring
and
structured
feedback
delivery
Team
goal
setting
and
OKR
facilitation
Hiring
,
onboarding
,
and
performance
review
cycles
Delegation
and
workload
balancing
Budget
ownership
and
resource
planning
Change
management
during
reorganizations
Coaching
and
individual
career
development
planning
Escalation
handling
and
executive
communication
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T O O LS
&
PLAT FO RM S
PRO FESSIO N AL
&
T RAN SFERABLE
02
Career
Specialization
Professional
Goals
Each
track
lists
the
goals
that
move
a
practitioner
from
competent
to
recognized
within
that
specialization
.
Select
one
primary
track
and
one
supporting
track
;
goals
are
written
to
be
measurable
and
reviewable
.
0–12
MO
Near
term
—
build
the
foundation
1–3
YRS
Mid
term
—
deepen
and
lead
3–5
YRS
Long
term
—
scale
influence
01
Technical
&
Engineering
Specialization
Building
and
maintaining
production
systems
,
with
depth
in
one
stack
and
working
breadth
across
adjacent
domains
.
0–12
MO
Ship
one
production
system
end
-
to
-
end
as
the
primary
owner
,
from
design
review
through
post
-
launch
monitoring
.
0–12
MO
Earn
a
cloud
or
platform
certification
relevant
to
the
current
stack
and
document
the
applied
project
it
supported
.
1–3
YRS
Lead
the
architecture
review
for
a
service
serving
100,000+
monthly
active
users
.
1–3
YRS
Publish
four
technical
write
-
ups
or
internal
design
documents
per
year
,
each
reviewed
by
a
senior
peer
.
3–5
YRS
Step
into
a
staff
or
principal
engineer
role
,
or
a
tech
lead
position
with
responsibility
for
two
or
more
squads
.
SQL
,
Python
(
pandas
,
NumPy
),
R
Tableau
,
Power
BI
,
Looker
Jira
,
Linear
,
Asana
,
Notion
Figma
,
Miro
,
Whimsical
Git
,
GitHub
Actions
,
CI
/
CD
pipelines
Salesforce
,
HubSpot
,
Marketo
Advanced
Excel
and
Google
Sheets
modeling
Time
and
priority
management
Project
scoping
and
deadline
negotiation
Business
writing
and
editing
Customer
and
user
research
interviewing
Vendor
evaluation
and
contract
review
Continuous
learning
and
certification
planning
Cross
-
cultural
and
distributed
-
team
working
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02
Data
&
Analytics
Specialization
Turning
raw
operational
data
into
decisions
that
leadership
acts
on
,
through
rigorous
measurement
and
clear
reporting
.
0–12
MO
Establish
and
document
a
single
source
of
truth
for
one
core
business
metric
,
including
definitions
and
lineage
.
0–12
MO
Complete
an
advanced
certification
in
analytics
engineering
,
data
science
,
or
applied
statistics
.
1–3
YRS
Own
the
experimentation
framework
for
at
least
one
product
area
,
including
test
design
,
guardrails
,
and
readouts
.
1–3
YRS
Present
a
quarterly
insight
review
to
the
leadership
team
with
at
least
two
decisions
attributed
to
the
findings
.
3–5
YRS
Lead
a
small
analytics
team
,
or
become
the
recognized
domain
expert
for
a
full
business
unit
.
03
Product
&
Strategy
Specialization
Owning
the
path
from
customer
problem
to
shipped
outcome
,
with
measurable
impact
and
a
defensible
prioritization
rationale
.
0–12
MO
Take
one
feature
from
discovery
through
measured
post
-
launch
impact
,
reporting
results
against
the
original
hypothesis
.
0–12
MO
Run
20+
customer
discovery
interviews
and
publish
the
consolidated
findings
for
the
wider
team
.
1–3
YRS
Own
a
full
product
line
roadmap
with
quarterly
commitments
and
a
stated
trade
-
off
rationale
.
1–3
YRS
Define
and
deploy
a
north
-
star
metric
adopted
across
at
least
two
collaborating
teams
.
3–5
YRS
Advance
to
senior
product
manager
,
group
product
manager
,
or
head
of
product
.
04
Leadership
&
Management
Specialization
Delivering
results
through
other
people
,
with
clear
standards
,
honest
feedback
,
and
steady
team
health
.
0–12
MO
Manage
a
team
of
three
to
five
people
with
documented
goals
and
a
reliable
one
-
to
-
one
cadence
.
0–12
MO
Complete
a
formal
management
or
leadership
development
program
,
and
apply
one
practice
from
it
per
quarter
.
1–3
YRS
Run
a
full
hiring
cycle
end
to
end
:
role
definition
,
interview
loop
,
offer
,
and
first
-90-
day
onboarding
.
1–3
YRS
Own
a
departmental
budget
and
headcount
plan
,
with
monthly
variance
reporting
.
3–5
YRS
Move
into
a
director
-
level
role
managing
managers
,
with
accountability
for
a
multi
-
team
roadmap
.
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05
Client
-
Facing
&
Consulting
Specialization
Earning
trust
with
external
clients
,
scoping
work
honestly
,
and
growing
accounts
through
delivered
outcomes
rather
than
sales
pressure
.
0–12
MO
Lead
delivery
on
one
client
engagement
from
kickoff
through
formal
handover
,
with
a
signed
acceptance
.
0–12
MO
Build
a
repeatable
proposal
and
scoping
template
that
the
wider
team
adopts
.
1–3
YRS
Grow
a
named
account
or
book
of
business
by
a
defined
percentage
through
expansion
and
referral
.
1–3
YRS
Develop
a
recognized
area
of
subject
-
matter
expertise
,
evidenced
by
a
published
point
of
view
or
conference
talk
.
3–5
YRS
Take
on
practice
leadership
,
or
progress
along
a
partner
-
track
path
with
revenue
responsibility
.
06
Creative
&
Design
Specialization
Producing
work
that
is
both
aesthetically
strong
and
measurably
effective
,
with
a
clear
and
articulated
process
behind
it
.
0–12
MO
Ship
one
portfolio
piece
with
documented
process
,
iterations
,
and
a
measurable
outcome
.
0–12
MO
Establish
and
document
a
design
system
or
brand
guideline
set
used
by
at
least
one
other
team
.
1–3
YRS
Lead
design
for
a
product
surface
used
by
50,000+
people
,
from
concept
through
launch
.
1–3
YRS
Run
usability
research
and
translate
the
findings
into
funded
changes
on
the
roadmap
.
3–5
YRS
Move
into
a
design
lead
,
head
of
design
,
or
independent
practice
role
with
a
repeatable
client
base
.
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