Modeled career paths · Site reliability

Where does a SRE Team Lead go next?

What employers are asking a SRE Team Lead 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
Director of Reliability+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
84% of modeled moves out of SRE Team Lead go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Higher-growth opportunity
Director of Cloud Platform+43% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Principal Cloud Architect. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Chief Information Officer+53% 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
Principal Cloud Architect+0% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of SRE Team Lead go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Data Engineering Lead-4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of SRE Team Lead go here
lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of IT-30% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of SRE Team Lead 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.