Interviewing at one of these Bay Area tech startups. Is Head lower than Director? Not from this industry and unfamiliar with this title. Position says looking for 10 YOE and MBA. Thanks.
Lower or upper will depend on whether the Director is giving a head or receiving it.
Head is usually a self-given or position specific title, and is not part of official job titles in companies. E.g. head of marketing, head of engineering, etc. but thereâs no job band and salary range exist for âheadâ.
Big Head > Director > Head
Itâs embarrassing to call yourself âheadâ of anything. Shows you have a fragile ego.
Itâs not lower than a Senior Manager is it?
Head means the highest position in your branch within your company (e.g engineering, product, etc). It doesnât mean VP or Director, etc. Itâs just a title not an official ranking. Again, you could be head of product doesnât mean youâre a VP or director, just means thereâs no one above you in this domain within the company.
If it's coming from a Bay Area startup, it probably means just a manager :)
Iâve seen a L6 manager of 3 SDEs call himself Head of X on LinkedIn. That was so sad.
In banks every other guy equal to VP calls himself head. However in reality it means hardly anything. All they do is accounting stuff. What do heads really do hire folks, manage timesheets.hardly seen anyone laying out strategy and owning it.
Director > Head