Transition from Senior to Principal at a MAANG

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Hey, L6 Product Designer (senior) here trying to get to L7 (principal) at a MAANG - specifically, Amazon. On a team with decent visibility within my sub-org. Any guidance or advice to work towards that promotion? What really matters in a talent review? I'd like to accomplish the goal by March 2024.

TwoDoubleCheese · Accepted Answer

If you can deliver. If you have a track record of deliverables and a way to show how you’ve grown teams it’s no different really

madscience · Answer

I’d try to look at the job family description differences between Senior and Principal or talk to your manager about it and then make a plan to target those. I can’t speak for higher levels, but when I went L4 to L5 at Amazon, they had me working on projects that had broader scope, more depth, higher impact etc. So I went from working with immediate team to cross functionally with international teams etc. I would imagine L7 has org-wide scope of influence, so ID-ing that should help!

Transition from Senior to Principal at a MAANG

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