u/EmbarrassedCry9912

Advice on asking for role clarity, title and authority parity

I have become acutely aware that over the last 3-4 years in my role, my scope as a senior manager has expanded over time to the point that now my title doesn't cleanly match my responsibilities. But because the scope creep has happened over time, it just looks I'm still just being my usual high performing self.

I am in a large, matrixed organization and it's pretty apparent that I've absorbed institutional gaps, "temporary" work I was once assigned has somehow now become permanent, and basically I'm carrying director-level responsibilities without director-level authority (or title or pay).

Someone once told me that my 100% is other senior managers' 150%. That hit hard. I feel like now I've set myself up for this standard being "normal" for me, so that my contributions are no longer evaluated as "exceeding expectations", because they're normal, for me. This isn't okay, and I'm completely burnt out now.

It's eval season, and I have a new director who is an extremely reasonable and competent person (very unlike my last boss). How can I approach this with her in a way that doesn't sound like I'm complaining or trying to just get more money? All I really want is role clarity and a fair reflection of my responsibilities in my title and pay.

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u/EmbarrassedCry9912 — 8 days ago