9. “Under the hood the tech is good,
but subpar basic functionality.”
“The layout needs to be in a
tabular form to analyze data,
with the bonus of fitting more on
the screen.”
21. Skill Area Mid-Level PM Profile Senior PM Profile 1H17 Skill Assessment
Ownership Level: Competency
• Takes on ambiguous development
projects and defines clear plans to
accomplish goals.
• Works closely with multiple
engineering teams that touch
different parts of our platform.
• Able to be the product DRI and
bring a feature from development
to general availability.
• Can synthesize complex
information from differing
viewpoints to derive and articulate
solutions.
Level: Leadership
• Defines product vision and
roadmap that aligns with company
strategy.
• Owns full product development
lifecycle, including: proof of
concept, productionalization,
maintenance, and
end-of-life.
Assessed level: Competency
Areas of proficiency:
• New feature release
succeeded w/ cross-team
coordination and
sophisticated rollout.
Achieved sufficient adoption
per KPIs.
• Some small feature
improvements were also
completed as expected.
Growth areas:
• Target release dates have a
history of slipping. One
challenge has been aligning
engineering teams to unblock
dependencies.
Expertise Level: Competency
• Has solid technical knowledge of
owned features as well as
tangential features and
dependencies with rest of our
platform.
Level: Leadership
• Product expert for technical
understanding of specific products,
both ours and the competition’s.
• Possesses in-depth understanding
of platform architecture and all
dependencies related to owned
product areas.
Assessed level: Leadership
Areas of proficiency:
• Regularly demonstrates deep
knowledge about product, and
commitment to knowledge-
sharing.
• Peer feedback: “Great at
explaining things, always
very helpful."