Strategic ownership
Strategic ownership involves thinking holistically, and creating and owning an end to end plan to achieve set objectives.
Levels
- 1. Awareness
You can:
- explain how you make decisions that are aligned to the strategy of your organisation
- explain the importance of having a strategy
- 2. Working
You can:
- engage and work with users, stakeholders and others to develop a strategy and vision
- ensure the strategy sets out the value, benefits and outcomes needed to justify investment in the feature, product or service
- regularly review and iterate the strategy
- 3. Practitioner
You can:
- ensure that the vision and strategy deliver the intended benefits and policy intent, and use evidence to challenge this when needed
- work with stakeholders to get agreement on the strategic approach, build trust and adapt based on feedback
- proactively review and iterate the strategy based on user and organisation insights
- 4. Expert
You can:
- support and coach others in creating and implementing a successful long-term strategy and tactical approach that others agree with
- influence and persuade stakeholders to support delivery of the strategy
- support with strategic decision making
- ensure strategic alignment across the organisation
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Role levels that expect this skill
| Role level | Role | Band | Expected level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Associate product manager | Product manager | 6 | Awareness |
| Product manager | Product manager | 7 | Working |
| Senior product manager | Product manager | 8a | Practitioner |
| Lead product manager | Product manager | 8b | Expert |
| Head of product | Product manager | 8c | Expert |
| Service owner | Service owner | 8b | Expert |
| Senior service owner | Service owner | 8c | Expert |