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| # SFIA Role Guidance: Principal Technologist | |
| [SFIA 6: Initiate, Influence](https://sfia-online.org/en/sfia-7/responsibilities/level-6) | |
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| ## Summary of role | |
| Enables public sector organisations to better use technology in order to improve society. They do this by building and managing strategic relationships, leading accounts, finding new opportunities and advising as a senior technology leader. | |
| ## Required competency for role | |
| ### Autonomy | |
| Accountable for the technology strategy within an account, technical direction and quality of workstreams, and driving new opportunities through technical advice. | |
| ### Influence | |
| Builds and maintains influential relationships with senior leadership, particularly technology leaders, of customer and partner organisations as well as wider industry. | |
| ### Complexity | |
| Has a broad business understanding, a deep understanding of digital and technology and performs highly complex work activities covering technical, financial and quality aspects. | |
| ### Knowledge | |
| Develops a deep understanding of digital and technology landscape in UK public sector, including customers, suppliers, partners and competitors. | |
| ### Business Skills | |
| Demonstrates clear leadership. Communicates effectively at all levels to both technical and non-technical audiences. | |
| ## Examples of behaviours and responsibilities | |
| Below are examples of behaviours and responsibilities a person in this role might be expected to demonstrate. The list is provided for illustrative purposes only. | |
| - Works with workstreams to ensure technical direction is aligned across our work and with customers organisation | |
| - Builds and maintains relationships with senior customer and partner leadership, particularly senior technology leadership | |
| - Responsible for Made Tech’s reputation within an account and ensuring our teams are perceived positively by customers, partners and suppliers | |
| - Coaches and supports Lead Software Engineers to deliver their workstream outcomes successfully | |
| - May perform role across one or more accounts | |
| - Operates as senior hiring manager of technology staff within the region | |
| - Works closely with regional leadership to ensure the account plan is aligned with regional growth goals | |
| - Identifies and generates new opportunities within an account and region through networking, advice and thought leadership | |
| - Able to lead, create and present proposals for opportunities as part of the bid process | |
| - Defines account plan as part of an account team and leads the team to deliver against it | |
| - Has authority over account's technology staff, though as a servant leader seeks to facilitate rather than make decisions in isolation | |
| - Works with regional leadership to define regional hiring requirements | |
| - Works with group technology leader (CTO) to define both regional and group outcomes for technology, and coordinates regional technologists to deliver these outcomes | |
| - Nurtures and grows their own professional network and can use this to support and win new business | |
| - Is known as a technology leader within their region | |