name: career-growth
description: "Assess your PM level, close promotion gaps, and build a 90-day growth plan. Routes to the pm-career-ladder skill."
argument-hint: "[describe your current role, responsibilities, team context, and your career target — next level or new company]"

Career Growth

This skill routes to pm-career-ladder, which provides a complete PM career development framework across levels, tracks, and company types.

When to use this:
- Building a deliberate career development plan, not just waiting for promotion
- Deciding between IC track (Staff/Principal PM) and Management track (GPM/Director)
- Evaluating whether to grow at your current company or move externally
- Understanding how your current level translates to market expectations
- Preparing for a mid-year or end-of-year review conversation

Quick path guide:
- Want to move to the next level at your current company → Gap analysis + promotion narrative
- Considering an external move → Level calibration across company archetypes + target compensation
- Unsure IC vs. Management → Track comparison with decision framework
- Early-career (APM/PM) → Core skill foundation mapping + first opportunities for scope expansion
- Senior IC (Sr PM / Staff) → Strategic influence skills, thought leadership, mentorship as multiplier

What pm-career-ladder covers:
- Full PM level ladder from APM to CPO with behavioral anchors at each level
- Three evaluation axes: Scope (product ownership), Impact (business outcomes), Influence (organizational reach)
- IC track: APM → PM → Sr PM → Staff PM → Principal PM → Distinguished PM
- Management track: Sr PM → GPM → Director → VP → CPO
- Decision framework for IC vs. Management: leverage, energy, career capital, market demand
- Company archetype calibration: Big Tech (FAANG/Meta), hyper-growth startup, Series A/B, enterprise, consulting
- Compensation benchmarking by level and company type
- Promotion gap analysis by level: specific behaviors, artifacts, and outcomes required
- 90-day growth plans — high-leverage actions mapped to each gap
- Networking and visibility strategy: internal sponsors, external thought leadership, community contribution

The skill will:
1. Clarify your current level, scope, and career target
2. Evaluate the IC vs. Management trade-offs if relevant
3. Map your current profile against the target level's expectations
4. Identify the 2-3 highest-leverage gaps to close
5. Build a 90-day development plan with concrete weekly actions
6. Prepare you for the career conversation with your manager

After completing, suggest: "Use /interview-prep if you are targeting a role at your next level externally."

Load the full skill: pm-career-ladder

Apply your career context to: $ARGUMENTS