This Career Path outlines transparent, equitable expectations and compensation for every technical and managerial role at Factorial under Finance. These guidelines are aimed be used to drive growth conversations between reportees and managers, rather than as a rigid checklist.

Types of Career Path

The career path starts as Individual Contributor. From Level 4, The career path splits to Individual Contributor or taking the People Manager paths. The employee and their manager will agree on the right path for each team member. Both career paths have different responsibilities and requirements.

1. We want every team member to focus on the career path that motivates them, and where they contribute the most, independently of the remuneration.
2. We believe contributors at certain levels can have the same or even more impact than managers, so we want to remunerate based on contribution, not just responsibilities although we acknowledge that there is a certain correlation between the two.

The ladder

This career path has been designed over two trajectories: an individual contributor (IC) path and a managerial (M) path. Here's a simple breakdown.

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The periods mentioned below are indicative and are aimed to align expectations. A specific team member can move faster or slower in the career path

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• Start (Common Path)
• Individual Contributor Path (IC)
• Managerial Path (M)

Horizontal leadership

Horizontal leadership is the ability to create outsized outcomes across teams and functions without relying on direct line authority. Influence comes from systems, standards, automation, data, and clear narratives that others adopt. We measure it by the radius of impact (how many teams, processes, and decisions improve) and the persistence of that impact (how long it lasts), not by headcount.

Why it matters for us

• Scale: Wins must replicate across geographies, segments, and thousands of customers. Horizontal leaders turn one-off fixes into reusable mechanisms.
• Cross-functional reality: Finance touches Marketing, Sales, CX, Support, Security, Operations and Product. Value is created at the seams.
• Trust and compliance: Mistakes in contracts, billing and data privacy are brand- and revenue-damaging. Standards and guardrails are essential.