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IC to Manager: Mindset Shifts to Lead w/ Confidence & Impact

Hosted by Jason P. Yoong and Tanvi Hungund

Sun, Jan 25, 2026

6:00 PM UTC (30 minutes)

Virtual (Zoom)

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Get Promoted Faster: For ICs & Managers
Jason P. Yoong and Ethan Evans (special guest)
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What you'll learn

How to amplify your impact through others

Delegate, coach, active listening (communication) and setting clear ownership—without losing momentum

A clear first-90-days mental model

Step into management with confidence and intention

Live Q&A

Why this topic matters

The move from IC to Manager is one of the most meaningful growth moments in a career. When done well, it unlocks influence, scale, and fulfillment. This lightning lesson focuses on how to make that transition thoughtfully—so you can spend less time figuring things out through trial and error and more time building strong teams, trust, and outcomes from the start.

You'll learn from

Jason P. Yoong

Cofounder & COO of Level Up (Prev: Amazon, Dentsu, IPG)

Over the past 15+ years, I’ve run $1B+ organizations in eCommerce, advertising, media, and marketplaces — led 40+ person teams, owned P&L, and managed $400M+ marketing budgets that delivered measurable growth and ROI.


At Amazon, Dentsu Aegis, and Universal McCann (IPG), I operated at global scale. Later, as a founding team member of a venture-backed software startup, I helped raise $8M in seed funding and built the go-to-market motion from zero to traction.


Today, I am the Cofounder & COO of Level Up, a career acceleration platform with 250,000+ followers. Alongside Ethan Evans (retired Amazon VP), we combine executive coaching, leadership courses, weekly newsletter, an engaged community, and custom AI GPT tools to help ambitious professionals grow faster, avoid mistakes, and make better career moves.


I also serve on the Harvard Business Review (HBR) advisory council and as a mentor at First Round Capital and Techstars.


Follow Jason on LinkedIn.


>> My next course Get Promoted Faster: For ICs & Managers (starts Jan 31st; rated 4.9/5; designed for go getters < 15 years experience)

Tanvi Hungund

Senior Leader, Customer Solutions at AWS

This session is grounded in my own career transitions across my 11 years at AWS in various roles, scopes, and leadership levels, and in the mentorship I have received over the years. Along the way, I learned how to:


  • Build a multifaceted career by intentionally evolving skills and responsibilities instead of following a single linear path
  • Shift from being a strong executor to becoming a multiplier of people and systems
  • Embrace growth moments where success comes from enabling others, not having all the answers
  • Redefine impact from individual contribution to team and organizational outcomes


By sharing these experiences, this session is designed to help others learn from what worked, avoid common early missteps, and move into management with clarity and optimism.


Connect with Tanvi on LinkedIn.


Read Tanvi's in-depth article in the Level Up Newsletter on Mindset Shift: Transitioning from Individual Contributor to Manager.

Senior Leaders & Advisors at

Amazon
Amazon Web Services
Dentsu
IPG Mediabrands
Harvard Business Review

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