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Job Architecture 101
What it is, what it is made of, and why organisations break without one.
Ask anything about job architecture
What are you trying to figure out?
Drawing from 12 Job Architecture guides · 184 pages.
The Architect
Job Architecture
Intelligence
Briefing 01 · Diagnosis
Most organizations need 8–10 levels
What I’d do
Start with 9 enterprise levels, then flex only where the work genuinely requires it.
Why
Too many levels create false promotion paths, title inflation, and inconsistent pay decisions.
6 sources · High confidence · 3 relevant guides
Level structure at a glanceRecommended starting point
ExecutiveStrategic leadership
ManagementPeople leadership
ProfessionalIndividual contributors
SupportFoundational support
Featured guides
Guide 01LevelsDesign the right number of levels for your organization.Guide 02Career StreamsBuild clear paths that balance growth and flexibility.
Guide 03Role MappingMap roles to levels with clarity and consistency.
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The Foundations Series
3 of 17 publishedNine guides, numbered in reading order. Each one assumes only what the guides before it have covered. Every published guide is a bookmarked PDF you can keep.
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Career Streams & Tracks
Every track that exists, and how to choose the four to six you need.
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Levels: How Many, and Where to Draw the Lines
The granularity decision, made with real descriptor language.
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Leveling Criteria: The Six Dimensions
The universal criteria model, and how to write descriptors that hold.
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Job Mapping: The Methodology
The end-to-end process, and the rule that keeps it honest.
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Titling: Conventions That Scale
Title grammar, inflation control, and governance that holds.
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Governance & Maintenance
Keeping the architecture alive after the project ends.
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Change Management for JA Rollouts
How to land it without everyone assuming it is about pay.
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From Architecture to Action
What the architecture unlocks once it is actually live.
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Industry Playbooks
Starter taxonomies, recommended track sets and the failure modes specific to each kind of organisation. Read the Foundations Series first — the playbooks assume it.
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Banking & Financial Services
Coverage structures, three lines of defence, and licensed roles.
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Technology & SaaS
The dual ladder done properly, and where Product actually lives.
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Healthcare & Life Sciences
Clinical ladders, credentialing, and the provider split.
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Manufacturing & Industrial
Plant hierarchy, skilled trades, and the hourly boundary.
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Professional Services
The leverage pyramid and partner-track architecture.
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Private Equity & Alternative Assets
Deal teams, platform operations, and the advisory track.
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Startups & Scale-ups
Minimum viable architecture, and what to defer.
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Retail & Consumer
Field and corporate as two different shapes.
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