Role path
Head of Department / CTO
Run technology for a whole organisation: strategy, people, money, risk and the board.
9 tools11 courses5 lines63 lessons open3 career stages39 h in total
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Engineering manager
Station 1From Engineer to Tech LeadLead the technical work of a team: direction, design reviews, delegation, mentoring, predictable delivery and a working partnership with product and engineering management.- Station 2Engineering ManagementLead people and teams: 1:1s, feedback and coaching, structured hiring, fair performance management, team design, delivery health, and managing up and across.
Change to the Product Management line
Station 3Communication & LeadershipWrite memos that get a decision in one meeting, present answer-first to a managing director, lead people who don't report to you, prepare for PM interviews and grow as a PM or product leader.Director
Change to the Business & Finance line
Station 4Finance for Tech TeamsRead the numbers behind technology: P&L, unit economics, budgets, cloud costs, business cases and vendor deals.Change to the Product Management line
Station 5Strategy, Priorities & RoadmapsTurn a pile of requests into a clear strategy, outcome goals, a priority order that holds up in the meeting, an honest roadmap and sound build-or-buy decisions.- Station 6The Business of ProductCheck that every order, customer and investment makes money: unit economics, business cases a managing director will sign, pricing and packaging, and marketplaces with real moats.
Change to the Cybersecurity line
Station 7Security FoundationsHow attacks work and how organisations defend: threats, identity, cryptography, networks, cloud and the human side.Head of department / CTO
Change to the Architecture line
Station 8Software and Solution ArchitectureMake and explain architecture decisions: quality attributes, styles, integration, cloud, cost and governance that lasts.- Station 9Business and Enterprise ArchitectureConnect strategy to systems: capability maps, value streams, application portfolios, target states and roadmaps.
Change to the Product Management line
Station 10AI Product ManagementDecide where AI belongs, design AI features people can trust, measure their quality with evals, and roll out operations agents that earn their autonomy and pay for themselves.Change to the Leadership line
Station 11Leading a Tech Department: Head of Engineering to CTORun technology for a whole organisation: strategy, organisation design, budgets and vendors, risk and security governance, AI adoption, and the board and executive team.