Modeled career paths · Technical account management

Where does a Principal TAM go next?

What employers are asking a Principal TAM for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement
Higher-growth opportunity
Director of Developer Experience+49% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Staff Engineer, Productivity. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Director of Reliability Programmes+37% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Head of Incident Management. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Chief Information Officer+60% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Director of IT. 2% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Adjacent career
Staff Engineer, Productivity+4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Principal TAM go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Head of Incident Management-4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Principal TAM go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of IT-27% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Principal TAM go here
lateral64% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.