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Understanding your Role Description

The Role Description helps you understand responsibilities and required skills—core, role-based, and leadership—to guide growth and development.


The Role Description page gives you a clear understanding of:

  • What your role is responsible for
  • What is expected of you
  • What skills you need to succeed

Why this matters

This is your source of truth for your role.

It helps you:

  • Understand expectations
  • Align with your team and manager
  • Identify what success looks like

What you’ll find here

Role overview

At the top of the page, you’ll see:

  • Your role title
  • A high-level description of your role

This explains:

  • The purpose of your role
  • How it contributes to the organization

Key responsibilities

This section outlines your core responsibilities.

Each responsibility describes:

  • What you are accountable for
  • The type of work you are expected to deliver

Use this to:

  • Understand your day-to-day focus
  • Align with your manager on priorities

Role-based skills

These are the technical and functional skills required for your role.

Examples:

  • Role-specific expertise
  • Tools, frameworks, or methodologies

Each skill includes:

  • A description of what the skill involves

Core skills

These are organization-wide skills expected across all roles.

Examples:

  • Analytical thinking
  • Communication
  • Customer focus

These define how you work and collaborate.

Leadership skills

These apply to roles that involve leadership or growth into leadership.

Examples:

  • Strategic thinking
  • Communication & executive presence
  • Vision and execution

Even if you are not a manager yet, these skills help guide your development.

How to use this page
  • Review your responsibilities regularly
  • Understand the skills required for your role
  • Use this as a reference during performance conversations
  • Identify areas where you want to grow
How it connects to the platform
  • Your role description defines your skills
  • Your skills are assessed in your skill survey
  • Your results determine your learning recommendations
  • Your career path shows how your role can evolve
Best practices
  • Revisit your role periodically as responsibilities evolve
  • Use this page to prepare for 1:1s with your manager
  • Compare your current skills with role expectations
  • Use it as a guide for setting development goals
Summary

Your role description helps you:

  • Understand your responsibilities
  • Clarify expectations
  • Identify required skills
  • Align your growth with your role