Senior Leadership Role

The Ecosystem Team include similar roles as a Product Team, but at a more senior level. At the most senior level this includes the CEO, Chief Product Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Financial Officer and other C-level executives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Defining Values: Defining the shared values that guide the work of the all of the people in the ecosystem.
2. Funding Product Teams: Allocating funding to the Product Teams to ensure they have the resources they need to deliver value.
3. Funding Internal Product Teams: Allocating funding to the Internal Product Teams to ensure they have the resources they need to deliver value, and encouraging them to productise their offerings by introducing competition.
4. Funding Enabling Teams: Allocating funding to the Enabling Teams to streamline the Stream Teams' work and ensure that the ecosystem is efficient.
5. Creating an Ecosystem Vision: Creating a vision for the ecosystem that aligns with the overall organisational goals and objectives.
6. Defining the Ecosystem Strategy: Defining the current diagnosis of the market, the areas of focus and the actions required to achieve the ecosystem vision.
7. Tracking Product Performance: Monitoring the performance of the product in the market and the performance of the Stream Teams in delivering the product.
8. Recruiting: Recruiting functionally aligned team members for the Stream Teams and ensuring effective onboarding to get them up to speed quickly.
9. Coaching: Setting clear expectations for their aligned team members in the Stream Teams and providing regular feedback and support to help them improve.
10. Managing Performance: Looking after the performance of their aligned team members in the Stream Teams including conducting performance reviews and managing any performance issues.

Key Artifacts Produced

1. Core Values: A document outlining the core values that guide the behaviour and decisions of all teams in the ecosystem.
2. Ecosystem Vision: A document outlining the vision for the ecosystem that aligns with the overall organisational goals and objectives.
3. Ecosystem Strategy: A document outlining the current diagnosis of the market, the areas of focus and the actions required to achieve the ecosystem vision.
4. Product Budget: A document outlining the budget allocated to the Product Teams to ensure they have the resources they need to deliver value.
5. Internal Product Budget: A document outlining the budget allocated to the Internal Product Teams to ensure they have the resources they need to deliver value.
6. Enabling Team Budget: A document outlining the budget allocated to the Enabling Teams to streamline the Stream Teams' work and ensure that the ecosystem is efficient.
7. Internal Charging Tool: A tool that removes the overhead of creating contracts, billing and invoicing for the Internal Product Teams.
8. Candidate Pipeline: A continuously updated list of potential candidates for the Stream Teams.
9. Detailed Job Descriptions: A document outlining the roles and responsibilities of their aligned team members in the Stream Teams.
10. Performance Levels: The different performance levels of their aligned team members in the Stream Teams and the expectations for each level.
11. Individual Career Development Plans: A document outlining the career aspirations of their aligned team members in the Stream Teams and the actions required to achieve them.