2009/8/7 Thomas Dalton <[email protected]>: > It's not really title inflation to give someone that is in charge of > something a title which says that.
Our approach to job titles actually has an emerging basic pattern. :-) It's not 100% consistent because we sometimes have stuck with commonly used titles like "Office Manager" and "General Counsel", but generally one we try to follow: "Chief" positions = senior level positions with direct reports and departmental budgets; "Head of" positions = positions with their own budget, and sometimes 1-2 direct reports, reporting to a c-level position "Senior" positions = positions requiring significant experience; positions w/ high influence and sometimes direct reports As you can see from the current tech department, it's unusual in that it doesn't currently have any "Head of" roles with the exception of IT support. With that same exception, the budget is at present centrally managed by Brion. We're considering multiple approaches to division, including the introduction of a "Head of Operations" role for all site ops, and that'll be a conversation that we'll have with the new CTO. We may or may not revisit the job title for Brion's new role at that point, and he continues to serve as the CTO until then. -- Erik Möller Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
