Graeme CardSenior Programme Manager - Strategy & Science| Gisborne District CouncilGisborne, Gisborne, New Zealand
Kia ora PMI whanau.
My organisation has offered me a new position, moving from a Senior Programme Manager to a Senior Portfolio Manager where I will be managing at least three large biodiversity programmes with probably another three in the pipeline.
They graded my new job description and have said it comes out lower than my current one (????) and have said that because of that I will not get a salary increase.
Does anyone have any tips/negotiating strategies that could help me.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Graeme, I don't have the JDF for both jobs but from what you've said, this doesn't make any sense. Moving from Managing Programs to Management Portfolios is a big step up especially that programs within portfolios are in may cases not interrelated. I suggest you do present to them your current JDF and what you do then compare it to what you will be doing. The complexity in managing the different pieces of a portfolio on a strategic level far exceeds that of a program. Saving Changes...
I would ask for the grading/mapping criteria and do your own personal assessment. Then discuss it with your functional management.
Sometimes job categories and classifications do not align well across categories. A lateral transfer from one to another doesn't come out how you would expect. For example, a senior PM moving into direct functional management is often taking a step down, even though 1st level managers review the performance of senior PMs.
I work with a lot of senior professionals who fit into many job categories. If a lateral transfer results in a step down in ranking despite an increase in responsibility, I would negotiate for a promotion within the new job category. Otherwise, why take on more work and stress when there's nothing in it for you? Saving Changes...
To add to Rami's and Keith's feedback, I'd suggest doing some comparative salary surveys using Glassdoor or online job sites to see what the going rates are for both roles.
I'd also confirm that the set of responsibilities for the new role is a superset of that for the previous role.
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