Team Lead	Director	VP	Exec
Internal Code	L3	L4	L5	L6
Summary	Accountable and responsible for team outputs.Acts as guide, coach, mentor and leader. Requires leadership training.Performs duties such as performance management (including performance review), task allocation, career development and general day-to-day team management (e.g. managing sickness absence and holiday requests).	Accountable and responsible for a business area.Responsible for talent attraction, engagement, development and retention. Depending on the size of the team, may have sub-team leads reporting into them.	Accountable and responsible for more than one business area.Responsible for talent attraction, engagement, development and retention throughout the business areas they're involved with - an escalation point for Directors.Has sub-team leads reporting into them.	Acts as a senior leader both within their business area and within the wider company.A high level role focused on the external market and client needs. Balances this focus with managing the internal budgetary and talent resources to deliver a winning product and - ultimately - revenue.
Autonomy	Receives objectives from above (often from Director); exercises considerable freedom to plan and organise team members' deployment on day to day work assignments.Gives supervision and direction to team members in line with established policies, procedures and guidance from Director.Influences own team.	Guided by wider business group goals and working under the loose supervision of an Exec, has discretion to determine own objectives (OKRs).Provides advice and guidance to subordinates and peers within the parameters of established company policies.Makes decisions regarding processes and procedures affecting the work of the area.Influences business area.	Guided by company strategy, has high degree of autonomy in setting objectives and direction of the business area; works with little supervision. Plans and delegates as appropriate to subordinate managers/ experts.Involved in developing, modifying and executing company policies that affect business area and have company-wide effect.Influences whole company.	Co-author of company strategy; sets vision and direction for multiple significant business units.Coaches other members of the Exec.Final decision maker at company level.
Planning and Delivery	Creates actionable plans for own team to ensure delivery of KPIs/ OKRs/ priorities set by wider business area.Motivates, guides and supports the team to meet their goals.Consistently delivers team objectives on time and to scope.	Devises medium term strategy for own business area, under the loose supervision of an Exec.Responsible for prioritisation, planning and execution of strategic tasks, as well as delivery of BAU workflow.Consistently delivers business area objectives on time and to scope.	Devises long-term strategy for multiple business areas, guided by company strategy and working in collaboration with Director-level direct reports.Consistently delivers objectives in multiple business areas, on time and to scope.	Sets strategy for whole business group and plays a key role in setting wider company strategy and goals.Responsible for approval of KPIs/OKR/Metrics and for their alignment with company strategy; ensures delivery via holding VPs, Directors and Team Leads accountable.Consistently delivers on company objectives on time and to scope.
Values Behaviours	Passion & Curiosity	Promotes teamwork through collaborative working and by guiding, coaching and working 1:1 to mentor and give impactful feedback to colleagues.Actively pursues own professional development by reading articles, attending conferences and meetups and networking informally with senior personnel on matters relating to own specialism.A caring and supportive colleague; actively pursues professional development.	Leads conversations internally about the direction of major areas/ aspects of the business.Explains and presents highly complex ideas. Anticipates problems/ objections and prepares case accordingly. Collaborates closely with functional leadership to influence priorities and objectives. Provides specialised technical guidance within the function and to peers in other functions.Influences decisions made by senior management relating to own area.Actively pursues own professional development by creating formal networks and partnerships/ mentoring relationships with key decision-makers and influential players inside and outside the company.	Brings the company together by directing and delivering major cross-functional projects that achieve business value.Brings their deep experience and expertise to bear by educating the company at both a macro (company events) and micro (team training) level. Influences key decisions made by Execs relating to own area and the wider Company.Ploughs knowledge and information from their wide and exceptional peer networks back into the company, keeping Sequences at the forefront of industry thinking. Provides impactful coaching and mentoring at all levels - including to Execs.Mentors others internally and externally.
Extreme Ownership	Proactively troubleshoots and identifies risks to own team's projects. Tackles problems of a relatively diverse nature in own area. Selects appropriate tools to analyse situations and reach useful conclusions.	A key player in driving improvement to products or processes. Problems worked on cut across several areas and sometimes have little organisational precedent.	Usually working on problems that have not yet been solved by the organisation; sometimes working on problems that have not yet been solved by the profession or industry. Not only improving but authoring complex new products or processes; responsible for Company-wide implementation.	Leads company-wide change; recommends, develops and implements change initiatives with high impact and success.
Lightning Fast	Proposes strategies to move their team faster, ensuring that Sequence can move fast across the shipping of products, delivery of internal work and support of teammates or customers. Maintains a focus on delivering completed projects or features, to minimise work-in-progress.	Leads the conversation and drives forward their team, maintaining a laser-like focus on delivering value. Identifies, designs and implements strategies that move forward their team -- setting and keeping the team to the pace Sequence needs in order to be able to deliver value, product, customer and team support.	Brings the company together, taking ownership and accountability on the pace Sequence needs to move forward the team and company. Identifies, designs and implements strategies that, leading the conversation and drives forward the company so Sequence is always delivering product and value lightning fast.	Leads the company on transformational internal and external organisational shifts and projects that push Sequence forward faster. We win by moving faster and the pace for shipping products, for moving money, and for supporting our customers and teammates is driven by you.
Absolute Integrity	Identifies and proposes initiatives which will create more transparency internally, creating more alignment and augmenting the culture here at Sequence.Always does the right thing with our culture but also encourages and supports others in doing the same, selecting appropriate tools and words to analyse situations and reach pragmatic ways forward.	Identifies, manages and supports their team in working within a transparent, principled environment in line with our DNA.Leads the conversation and actively pushes forward the Sequence culture of doing the right thing.	Brings the company together by directing and delivering major cross-functional projects that create a transparent, principled environment in line with our DNA.Spots team members (across the company) who need support in taking decisions in line with our principles and actively supports them.Mentors others internally and externally.	Understands intimately the different motivations and priorities of teams and departments and breaks down barriers by providing inspiration and practical support. Brings the company together, drives forward initiatives that ensure all team members across the company work together harmoniously and transparently in a way that meets our values. Identifies and supports team members whatever the situation and always takes and owns any hard decisions.Creates, manages and owns external relationships that require us to behave in line with our values.
Magically Simple	Stays informed of client feedback and market priorities as relevant to own team - either by directly eliciting the information, or by acting as a point-of-contact between relevant functions and own team.Goes beyond quantitative data to develop a deep intuitive understanding of customers and their needs/ wants/ desires	Conducts proactive research to build awareness of trends and industry direction. Actively engages with prospects and clients across all tiers.Aids cross-functional communication to ensure that client requirements are well known to the Director's entire business area.Suggests plans, starts and owns new initiatives that have direct impact on customers.	Detailed knowledge of industry trends and direction. Builds environment and company procedures to elicit deep and impactful customer feedback.Aids cross-functional communication to ensure that client requirements are well known to all business areas reporting into the VP.Also ensures alignment between multiple business areas to proactively create an environment for customer success.	Unparalleled and highly nauanced knowledge of trends and industry direction.Responsible for company level communication of customer requirements and industry trends.Drives delivery of customer excellence at company level.