Goal templates — Game Audio/Sound Effects — P6

Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects · P6 — Principal Professional

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SMART goals

One row per canon core output / responsibility this level owns.

JFM responsibility (P6)

Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects

Specific: Deliver: "Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects"
Measurable: Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
Achievable: Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
Relevant: Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
Time-bound: ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads

Specific: Deliver: "Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads"
Measurable: Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
Achievable: Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
Relevant: Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
Time-bound: ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint

Specific: Deliver: "Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint"
Measurable: Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
Achievable: Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
Relevant: Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
Time-bound: ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team

Specific: Deliver: "Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team"
Measurable: Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
Achievable: Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
Relevant: Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
Time-bound: ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance

Specific: Deliver: "Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance"
Measurable: Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
Achievable: Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
Relevant: Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
Time-bound: ⟨date⟩

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1. Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
   Specific:    Deliver: "Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects"
   Measurable:  Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
   Achievable:  Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
   Relevant:    Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
   Time-bound:  ⟨date⟩

2. Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
   Specific:    Deliver: "Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads"
   Measurable:  Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
   Achievable:  Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
   Relevant:    Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
   Time-bound:  ⟨date⟩

3. Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
   Specific:    Deliver: "Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint"
   Measurable:  Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
   Achievable:  Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
   Relevant:    Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
   Time-bound:  ⟨date⟩

4. Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
   Specific:    Deliver: "Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team"
   Measurable:  Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
   Achievable:  Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
   Relevant:    Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
   Time-bound:  ⟨date⟩

5. Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
   Specific:    Deliver: "Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance"
   Measurable:  Move the metric this drives from ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩.
   Achievable:  Scoped to this level's jfm complexity/problem-solving rubric: "Resolves the broadest creative, technical, resourcing and people problems for the audio department — balancing project demands, budget, staffing and vendor strategy across the slate."
   Relevant:    Advances the Game Audio/Sound Effects · Game Audio/Sound Effects mandate for a P6 — Principal Professional.
   Time-bound:  ⟨date⟩

OKRs

Objectives from this level's core outputs; key results only where a real dimension or capability backs them.

JFM responsibility (P6)

Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects

From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects"
Evidence at this level's scope bar: "Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads

From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads"
Evidence at this level's autonomy bar: "Defines direction; minimal oversight" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint

From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint"
Evidence at this level's complexity bar: "Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team

From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team"
Evidence at this level's impact bar: "Organization-wide" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

JFM responsibility (P6)

Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance

From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance"
Evidence at this level's decision rights bar: "Sets technical strategy for a major area" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

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Objective 1: Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  KR1. From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects"
  KR2. Evidence at this level's scope bar: "Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

Objective 2: Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  KR1. From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads"
  KR2. Evidence at this level's autonomy bar: "Defines direction; minimal oversight" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

Objective 3: Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  KR1. From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint"
  KR2. Evidence at this level's complexity bar: "Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

Objective 4: Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  KR1. From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team"
  KR2. Evidence at this level's impact bar: "Organization-wide" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

Objective 5: Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance  [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  KR1. From ⟨baseline⟩ to ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩ — tied to: "Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance"
  KR2. Evidence at this level's decision rights bar: "Sets technical strategy for a major area" — ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

MBO areas

Key result areas from this level's responsibilities, each with a standard grounded in the canon leveling rubric where one exists.

Area	Standard	Target	Due
Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects	Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."	⟨target⟩	⟨date⟩
Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads	Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."	⟨target⟩	⟨date⟩
Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint	Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."	⟨target⟩	⟨date⟩
Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team	Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."	⟨target⟩	⟨date⟩
Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance	Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."	⟨target⟩	⟨date⟩

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1. Area: Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects  [source: JFM responsibility (P6) — reused, no distinct responsibility content]
   Standard: Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."
   Target:   ⟨target⟩   Due: ⟨date⟩

2. Area: Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads  [source: JFM responsibility (P6) — reused, no distinct responsibility content]
   Standard: Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."
   Target:   ⟨target⟩   Due: ⟨date⟩

3. Area: Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint  [source: JFM responsibility (P6) — reused, no distinct responsibility content]
   Standard: Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."
   Target:   ⟨target⟩   Due: ⟨date⟩

4. Area: Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team  [source: JFM responsibility (P6) — reused, no distinct responsibility content]
   Standard: Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."
   Target:   ⟨target⟩   Due: ⟨date⟩

5. Area: Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance  [source: JFM responsibility (P6) — reused, no distinct responsibility content]
   Standard: Consistent with this level's jfm knowledge-application rubric: "Defines the cross-project audio vision and discipline-wide guidelines with fellow discipline leads, establishing aesthetic and technical direction at the department level."
   Target:   ⟨target⟩   Due: ⟨date⟩

Scorecard

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Internal process

"Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
"Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
"Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
"Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
"Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

Role calibration

Meets the scope bar: "Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
Meets the autonomy bar: "Defines direction; minimal oversight"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
Meets the complexity bar: "Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
Meets the impact bar: "Organization-wide"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
Meets the decision rights bar: "Sets technical strategy for a major area"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩
Meets the leadership bar: "Recognized authority; multiplies many teams"→ ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩

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Internal process
  - "Collaborates with audio discipline leads to create and define the audio vision, establishing aesthetic and technical direction across projects"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  - "Lays out audio design guidelines and manages workflow throughout the project cycle, coordinating with project audio leads"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  - "Collaborates with design and art teams in augmenting and leading feature design from an audio standpoint"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  - "Oversees the department's budget and makes compensation decisions across the audio team"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]
  - "Hires new team members and voice acting talent, manages the music director, resolves interpersonal problems and assesses employee performance"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: JFM responsibility (P6)]

Role calibration
  - Meets the scope bar: "Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: level dimension (Scope)]
  - Meets the autonomy bar: "Defines direction; minimal oversight"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: level dimension (Autonomy)]
  - Meets the complexity bar: "Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: level dimension (Complexity)]
  - Meets the impact bar: "Organization-wide"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: level dimension (Impact)]
  - Meets the decision rights bar: "Sets technical strategy for a major area"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: level dimension (Decision rights)]
  - Meets the leadership bar: "Recognized authority; multiplies many teams"  →  ⟨target⟩ by ⟨date⟩   [source: level dimension (Leadership)]