Lead Product Manager L4
Shapes the roadmap across several product areas with business leaders.
What we expect at L4
| Scope | Several product areas, or one product end to end. Connects the roadmap across areas to company goals. |
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| Independence and judgment | Spots problems and opportunities before they are assigned, and turns long-term goals into small, iterative projects. Takes extra care with decisions that are hard to reverse. |
| Customer and problem discovery | Sets how product learns from customers and support, and makes sure insights reach the people who need them. |
| Business and strategy | Shapes the roadmap with business leaders, and balances quick wins with longer-term investments in the product. |
| Shaping and delivery | Improves how product finds, shapes and closes work across projects, and helps the whole team adopt it. |
| AI-assisted delivery | Sets AI practice for product work and measures whether it helps. |
| Communication and influence | High influence across product, engineering and the business. Coaches other product managers and sets the standard for briefs and discovery. Direct reports are not required. |
Growing toward L5 Director of Product
What changes on the way to the next level. Use it in your quarterly career conversation to pick one or two areas to practice.
| Set product strategy |
Define KODE's long-term product strategy with company leadership, including what not to build. |
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| Shape new products |
Identify and shape new products or business lines, from first idea to a plan the company can invest in. |
| Work with executives |
Translate product and market insight into business decisions, and influence strategic choices. |
| Grow product leaders |
Mentor senior and lead product managers, and build KODE's pipeline of product leaders. |
| Lead beyond KODE |
Share how we build products outside the company, through talks, writing or industry groups. |
| AI-assisted delivery |
Define how AI changes the way KODE builds products, and keep it aligned with our security and compliance commitments. |
At every level
Every product manager's work gets reviewed, whatever their level, and leading a project is an assignment, not a promotion. Read more on the product management overview.