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The document explains how teams identify valuable problems, deliver high-quality solutions quickly, iterate, and create measurable market impact. 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Ask them to give you feedback based on these expectations.  \nRelated Resources:  \n●  GPM expectations by level  \n●  Performance Review Philosophy: How we think about performance at Intercom  \n●  Performance ratings criteria: The guidelines your managers use to determine ratings  \n●  PM Growth Plan template: A template you can use with your manager to define the most important skill areas for you to focus on and build a plan  \n●  Career Planning Template: A template you can use with your manager to help guide longer-term career discussions and plans.  \n●  The importance of a clear career path for product managers blog post: An article we wrote when defining the ladder, which explains the purpose of the ladder and gives an overview of each skill area.  \nHow we use this career ladder to assess performance:  \n● Assessing performance is a mixture of art and science, and we take several factors into consideration-such as your performance against the career ladder, the context you’ve been operating in (which may dictate whether or not you’ve been able to demonstrate some of the sub-skills described in the ladder) and your progress against your growth plan.  \n● The career ladder describes expectations for each PM level at Intercom. These are interpreted as guidance, rather than applied in an iron clad way.  \n● Overall performance against the career ladder is a summary of performance in each of the 5 skills areas.  \n● For each skill area, performance is assessed for each sub-skill using peer review, self review and manager feedback.  \n● Ratings are defined by reviewing your performance against the expectations for your level. If you are consistently meeting the expectations of each skill area, this generally equates to a‘Successfully Meets’ rating. If your performance against multiple skill areas consistently matches the expectations for the level above your current role, this generally equates to an‘Exceeds’ or ‘Exceptional’ rating. Similarly if your performance against multiple skill areas falls short of the expectations for your level, this generally equates to an ‘Stronger Performance Needed’ or ‘Needs Immediate Improvement’.  \n● It’s important to remember that performance reviews provide a moment in time for us to  \nformally review how you’re performing. But this is an ongoing discussion and it’s more important that you’re on a positive trajectory and receiving continued support.  \nThe high level differences between PM levels  \nAt a high level, the differences between the PM levels can be summarised using the following dimensions:  \n● Scope-the range of product areas you’re responsible for. Or this might be about the significance or importance of those product areas to our overall company strategy. Or how far out you’re thinking. As you become more senior your primary focus will move beyond the remit of a single team or product area, and you’ll be thinking across a multiple year timeframe.  \n● Autonomy-the level of support needed to define and create product strategy and successfully deliver results. More senior roles will be able to operate in the role more independently, plus they will be able to tackle more difficult or ambiguous problem areas with less supervision.  \n● Impact-the impact that you deliver will increase","cbCaicjdbK2CquE4","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaicjdbK2CquE4","pdf",95520,10,"English","# Product Manager expectations by level\n## How to use the document\n## How the career ladder is used to assess performance\n## High-level differences between PM levels\n## Summary of Staff PM, Principal PM and GPM roles\n## Skill Area 1: Insight Driven","[{\"question\":\"How should PMs use the career ladder document to prepare for performance discussions?\",\"answer\":\"PMs should review expectations for their level and the level above, develop opinions on how their work aligns with each competency, then discuss growth areas with their manager to create a improvement plan for each performance period.\"},{\"question\":\"What factors are considered when assessing performance using the career ladder?\",\"answer\":\"Assessment blends expectations from the career ladder, the context the PM operated in (which may affect exposure to some sub-skills), and progress against the PM growth plan.\"},{\"question\":\"How do ratings relate to meeting expectations across skill areas?\",\"answer\":\"Ratings are determined by performance against expectations for the PM’s level; consistently meeting expectations across skill areas maps to a “Successfully Meets” rating, while consistently exceeding across multiple areas maps to “Exceeds” or “Exceptional,” and falling short maps to “Stronger Performance Needed” or “Needs Immediate Improvement.”\"},{\"question\":\"What are the core differences in scope, autonomy, and impact between PM levels?\",\"answer\":\"Scope increases from owning a single team or product area to thinking across multiple teams with a multi-year horizon; autonomy grows from needing support to operating independently; and impact expands from local execution to broader group or winning-strategy direction that also influences how the organization works.\"}]","Product Manager expectations by level - Career ladder | PDF",1789240200]