Thoughts on the “senior manager is the trickiest position” that most managers aiming for SM are being told?

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Obvi I have no experience as a PPMD, but I think it definitely has some merit.

Less air cover, sales targets, no control over BD/investment dollars, no real decision making authority, high cost to firm with little/no “job protection”, delivery responsibility, relatively high chargeability targets

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Yes, pressure to deliver, manage, sell, and do practice development simultaneously. Is only possible if you can delegate and grow others.

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Depends if you are trying to make partner or not. SM is actually a pretty cushy job if you’re only looking to stay for a few more years.

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It’s so much harder than M. Little top cover, P&L responsibility, yet still need to produce day to day with the team.

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Tricky in what sense?

In a nutshell : you deal with all the crap minus the actual authority and it’s sink or swim

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Agree with all the above and would add it's financially worse than SC or M on a $/hr basis.

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