Beyond Manager & IC - Break into Senior Leadership Roles

Ethan Evans

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led 800+

Earn the Promotion: Build the Scope, Trust, and Influence Senior Leaders Need

WHAT TO EXPECT:

14.5+ total hours of content: 5.5hrs of core lecture material recordings, 4hrs of specialized bonus recordings for self-learning, and 5hrs of live sessions (Q&A, implementation advice, peer networking). All recorded so you can catch up and revisit (see "Syllabus" for release schedule).

Scope, team size, and consistent high-impact results are important...But are not enough. I will teach you specific actionable steps on how to prioritize the things that matter to executives.

***Limited to 60 seats.

MANY ALUMNI SUCCESS STORIES:

  • “Two years after first reaching out to you and taking your course, I was promoted to Director at NVIDIA.

    I think the ROI was something like 200,000%.” — Promoted to Director at NVIDIA

  • “I give so much credit to the Level Up: Breaking through to the Executive course and getting a front seat to Ethan's coaching and wisdom.” — Promoted to Director

  • “What was key was that I actively participated in the live course AND followed through with some participants afterwards to talk shop and build relationships.” — New FAANG Role

What you’ll learn

Learn actionable specific standards by which senior leaders are selected and how to manage your promotion process to show you meet them.

  • How to be a scaled, deep leader

  • How to be a change agent who invents and solves

  • How to be a trusted decision maker

  • How to get your team to execute with little oversight

  • How to get your team to take calculated risks

  • How to drive your team to deliver meaningful results

  • How to think strategically at the company-wide level

  • How to enhance your whole division / company

  • How to be an influential communicator and leader on a company-level

  • How to know where you stand

  • How to get unstuck and get scope during a flat or negative growth environment

  • How to engage executive sponsors

  • How executives assess promotion readiness

  • How to deal with a manager who gives little feedback and how to manage peers and sponsors

  • How to win skip level support and run the document creation process

  • Hear from a VP of Tech on 'How to Breakthrough'

  • Hear from a VP of Eng on "How to Get Unstuck"

  • Hear from a big tech Alumni on "How I Drove My Breakthrough Promotion to Director"

Learn directly from Ethan

Ethan Evans

Ethan Evans

Former Amazon VP; 70+ patents; led global teams of 800+

15+ year Amazon Vice President
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Who this course is for

  • Ambitious Managers, Senior Managers, and ICs from all disciplines at startups and large companies who want to break into senior leadership.

  • Those managing groups, managers of managers, including Amazon and Google L6/L7, Meta M2, and Microsoft 66/67.

  • Highly applicable to Individual Contributors (ICs) — many alumni are ICs (e.g. product, eng, ops, design, analytics, mkt, sales, program).

What's included

Ethan Evans

Live sessions

Learn directly from Ethan Evans in a real-time, interactive format.

Lifetime access

Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.

Community of peers on Maven

Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.

Certificate of completion

Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.

6x Prework lecture video recordings (for self-learning)

Complete the core lecture material upfront and focus live class time on new content, implementation advice, peer networking, and Q&A.

4x Bonus video recordings from guest speakers (Executives & Alumni)

Watch extra content and POVs from a VP of Tech, VP of Engineering, alumni (promoted from Senior Manager to Director), and an "Implementation Workshop" to drive actions.

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Course syllabus

4 live sessions • 24 lessons

Week 1

Oct 17—Oct 18

    Recommended to watch all video recordings (6x) before the first live session

    1 item

    Prework Video Recording & Worksheet - Available August 29

    1 item

    Lecture Video Recording #1: Your Personal Performance - Available August 29

    1 item

    Lecture Video Recording #2: Your Team Performance - Available September 5

    1 item

    Lecture Video Recording #3: Your Company Performance - Available September 12

    1 item

    Lecture Video Recording #4: The Promotion Process - Available September 19

    1 item

    Bonus Lecture on 'Leading AI Adoption & Application' - Available September 26

    1 item

    Bonus Lecture from VP of Tech on 'How to Breakthrough' - Available October 3

    1 item

    Bonus Lecture from VP of Eng on "How to Get Unstuck" - Available October 10

    1 item

    Oct

    17

    Session 1 - Office Hours (Implementation Advice and Q&A) with Ethan Evans followed by Peer Networking

    Sat 10/174:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Oct

    18

    Session 2 - Office Hours (Implementation Advice and Q&A) with Ethan Evans followed by Peer Networking

    Sun 10/184:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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Week 2

Oct 19—Oct 25

    Oct

    23

    Session 3 - Structured Peer Discussions & Relationships Building with Jason Yoong

    Fri 10/234:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    Bonus Lecture from Alumni on "How I Drove My Breakthrough Promotion to Director"

    1 item

Free resources

Schedule

Live sessions

2-3 hrs / week

    • Sat, Oct 17

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Sun, Oct 18

      4:00 PM—5:30 PM (UTC)

    • Fri, Oct 23

      4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

    • Wed, Oct 28

      4:00 PM—5:00 PM (UTC)

Lecture video recordings (self-learning) - available weekly starting August 29

1-2 hrs / week

Watch the video recording, complete the action prompt, and be prepared to maximize high-value live class time.

Watch Ethan explain the course content and structure (live + VOD recordings)

Lenny's Podcast: Taking control of your career

EVP at Capital One (Ameesh Paleja) on what he learned from Ethan

Ameesh was also ex-Google VP, ex-OfferUp CTO, Atom Tickets CoFounder & CEO, ex-Amazon Director

We will go deep on HOW to get promoted to executive and HOW to manage your promotion process

Learn from Ethan's personal stories (not theory)

Ethan's experience with the Senior Manager to Director to Amazon Vice President promotion

How to lead AI adoption & be a change agent

Gagan Biyani (CEO and Co-Founder of Maven) on the course

Promoted to Director at NVIDIA

Promoted to Director (FAANG)

Promoted to Director (Fintech)

Promoted to Director (Tech)

Promoted to Senior Leader (Tech)

Driving Promotion (FAANG)

Learn how to be a Change Agent who invents and solves (Ethan has 70+ patents)

One of Ethan's patents on autonomous ground vehicles deployed from facilities

Frequently asked questions

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