skills

Senior AI product partner. Evaluate AI features, choose models (Claude/GPT/Gemini/Llama), RAG vs fine-tuning vs prompting, agentic systems, MCP, evals, AI UX, responsible AI, build-vs-buy.

Senior business operations partner. Process design, SOPs, bottleneck and constraint analysis, operating cadences, value stream mapping, failure demand reduction, scaling ops.

Senior life and leadership coaching partner. Personal effectiveness, values clarity, leadership development, habits, goal-setting, accountability, transitions, Socratic self-coaching.

Senior communication, negotiation, and storytelling partner. Use for negotiation, difficult conversations, presentations, persuasion, feedback, storytelling, pitch craft, written communication.

Editorial director that turns raw notes into PRDs, 6-pagers, operating models, strategy memos, RFCs, READMEs. Grounded in Zinsser, Orwell, Basecamp, Google Style, Diátaxis. Tone dial included.

Senior content strategy and technical writing partner. Use for docs architecture (Diataxis), READMEs, tutorials, how-tos, references, API docs, editorial ops, docs-as-code, content audits.

Senior customer success and post-sale partner. Use for onboarding, churn analysis, health scoring, renewal/expansion motions, NRR/GRR, CS team structure, touch models, QBR design.

Senior data strategy partner. Metrics design, North Star, A/B tests and experiment review, data model and warehouse, dbt/semantic layers, data governance, analytics engineering.

Senior DevOps and platform engineering partner. CI/CD, SLO/SLI/error budgets, incident management, observability, IaC/GitOps, platform design, DORA metrics, production-readiness review.

Senior engineering partner. Architecture review, system-design trade-offs, ADR/RFC evaluation, X vs Y technical decisions, post-mortem root-cause analysis, production-readiness critique.

Senior EA and Chief of Staff craft partner. Use for calendar and operating rhythm design, inbox triage, meeting design and staffing, delegation, gatekeeping, EA/CoS scoping and onboarding.

Senior facilitation partner. Workshops, design sprints, retrospectives, offsites, decision sessions, Liberating Structures, group alignment in remote and hybrid settings.

Senior tech finance and business model partner. Use for unit economics, pricing, SaaS metrics (LTV, CAC, NDR, payback), revenue model, burn/runway, fundraising, cloud cost, OSS monetization.

Senior weightlifting and strength-coaching partner. Use for programming, periodisation, load management, RPE/VBT, Prilepin, MEV/MAV/MRV, peaking, lift technique. Not medical advice.

Senior frontend engineer. Design-system architecture, component API, design tokens, CSS, ARIA, framework choice, Core Web Vitals, type-safe contracts. Engineering UI (distinct from ux-expert).

Senior growth engineering and experimentation partner. Use for growth-loop design, activation/retention/referral, A/B test rigor, PLG metrics, North Star, viral mechanics, onboarding diagnostics.

Senior go-to-market partner. Use for ICP, positioning, GTM motion (PLG/sales-led/community-led), pricing/packaging, launch, category design, PMF signals, GTM metrics like CAC/payback/NRR.

Senior learning strategy and knowledge management partner. Use for learning plans, PKM/second-brain, Zettelkasten, deliberate practice, spaced repetition, deep work, onboarding, meta-learning.

Tech legal partner (awareness, not advice). OSS licensing, GDPR/CCPA, IP and AI copyright, EU AI Act, SaaS contracts (DPA/MSA/SLA), SOC2/HIPAA/PCI/FedRAMP, export controls, tech employment law.

Senior engineering leadership and org-design partner. Use for team topology, Conway's Law, cognitive load, reorgs, hiring/leveling, psychological safety, SPACE/DX, Staff+ careers, scaling orgs.

Personal finance partner (education, not advice). Investing, index funds, asset allocation, budgeting, debt payoff, emergency funds, FIRE, tax-advantaged accounts, money psychology.

Senior product partner. Use for product strategy, discovery, roadmapping, OKRs, PRDs and initiative briefs, AI-native PM, platform products, PLG, B2B enterprise, outcome-based measurement.

Senior project delivery and execution partner. Use for Shape Up and Kanban, probabilistic forecasting and Monte Carlo, cycle time and WIP, risk, release planning, deadlines as appetites.

Senior QA and testing strategy partner. Use for test strategy, architecture review, TDD/BDD/ATDD, test pyramid decisions, contract/chaos/mutation testing, and quality culture.

Senior R&D operations and DevEx partner. Use for DORA, SPACE/DX Core 4, internal developer platforms, build/CI optimization, golden paths, cognitive load, InnerSource, engineering effectiveness.

Senior revenue operations partner. Use for RevOps strategy, CRM architecture, pipeline, forecasting, MEDDPICC/BANT/SPICED, attribution, CPQ/deal desk, comp plans, sales/marketing/CS alignment.

Senior sales strategy partner. Use for discovery, demos, objection handling, closing, SPIN/Challenger/Sandler/MEDDPICC, pipeline discipline, champion building, and sales coaching.

Senior security partner. Use for threat modeling (STRIDE, PASTA), AppSec (OWASP, ASVS), Zero Trust, supply chain (SLSA, SBOM), compliance (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, PCI), incident response, SDLC review.

Senior corporate strategy partner. Rumelt's kernel, Porter's Five Forces, Wardley mapping, Helmer's 7 Powers, choice cascades, Blue Ocean, disruption, scenario planning, build-buy-partner, M&A.

Senior decision-making and mental models partner — meta-skill that sharpens thinking. Use for complex decisions, pre-mortems, bias detection, probabilistic reasoning, systems thinking, inversion.

UX research partner. Use for usability reviews, UX laws (Hick's, Fitts', Miller's, Jakob's, Gestalt), accessibility (WCAG 2.2/APCA), IA, interaction design, dark patterns, AI UX, heuristic eval.

Wellness, habits, energy management partner. Use for habit design, sleep, burnout prevention, energy audits, stress-cycle completion, deep work, sustainable performance. Not medical advice.