Do you think the title Specialist or Lead sounds higher? Are there any other titles that would fall directly below Manager as second-in-command?

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"Lead" because it sounds like you lead a team

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Consultant or assistant manager

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Associate Manager or Senior Consultant

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Def lead. Specialist always sounds fake to me or like they created a title because you didn’t quite fit into an established box. Probably wrong but that’s what comes to mind.

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I think lead sounds higher, but know of companies where specialist is higher. I've typically seen supervisor as second in command and the diff between lead or specialist and a supervisor might be that supervisor manages people and the others do not.

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Thank you all! I so appreciate the insights 🙏 We’re a startup and our current hierarchy is as follows: Coordinator, Lead, Manager, Senior Manager, Director, C-Suite.

What do you all think of proposing a Senior Lead level? In between Lead and Manager.

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The difficulty is when Coordinators get promoted to Lead. There’s no differentiation in hierarchy between those that are at a more senior level.

It can vary a lot - at my company leads can be anything from below manager to senior director

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Specialist deals with stuff. Lead deals with people. They can easily be the same pay range. They just have different skill sets.

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I haven't had success with using the 'Senior' categorization.
It creates wage compression, especially when you need to hire into those positions if you're dealing with salary ranges. Seems like a lot of job titles... especially if you're a small startup.

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