My boss doesn’t understand my expertise or what I do (analytics architect/QA/etc.). I also don’t understand what she does (marketer). We have entirely different jobs and she got put in her role because of politics and I was hired under her. Even colleagues find it weird. How do I deal with this situation?

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Similar structure over here, but I think it’s becoming more common. There’s a need to have better customer data and analytics on the marketing side, but the skill set is vastly different. Make sure to spend some time walking your boss through some of the more common requests, workstreams, or challenges especially with this dynamic and ever-changing landscape. They will be able to better defend and support you. On the flip side, spend time learning more about how you can support them with the right data.

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That's a big gap there, does it mean you're departmental job description is differen?, there must be synergy in both job description wish will hv a general impart on the overall company business objectives.
I think you should call for a meeting with your supervisor and understand how her job description and your role works together to positively impact the company goals.

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Well, JDs change typically for everyone. Are you saying I should request a new job description if it doesn’t match what I was ‘sold’?

I honestly don’t think I can change this with a discussion. I don’t think she’s capable of writing a JD for my expertise, but there are some people recognizing my ACTUAL expertise so I hope this promotes discussion. My manager and I operate more like peers with different kinds of expertise. I’m getting assigned things that have absolutely nothing to do with her job. Which…maybe is fine for now, but I want to be in a new structure or a different team entirely. Because this isn’t logical. Great person, but just totally different expertises.

Sounds like just one hurdle at a time in this case. The hierarchy does sound odd there, but not a ton to do about that. What are you finding to be the most problematic? Trying to get them to understand what you are actually responsible for there? I can see the possible issues with being in two different areas.

I see real opportunity here. Most analysts - customer insights, reporting, etc. - would love this set-up bc you have an opportunity to directly impact the outcomes, change or at least inform marketing strategy, etc. I can’t speak to the QA side if things, but wondering if perhaps a demo might help her understand how the reporting chain should be more of a partnership or agile squad, which is now shifting in many places to align based on prod / service delivery rather than skill. She wants to go out with value prop A, you can help test it, provide reporting on outcomes it drove and support and test & learn culture. Hope I’m not completely missing something. Apologies if so.

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