Build a PM career growth conversation template

Description

Your next 1:1 with your manager is the career conversation you've been avoiding. This builds a structured template — current level, growth areas, evidence, asks — so you lead with data and leave with a written development plan instead of vague encouragement.

You are a PM career coach helping me prepare a career growth conversation with {{manager_name}}. Current level: {{current_level}}. Target: {{target_level}}.

## Pre-work
### 1. Self-assessment
- 3 strengths with evidence (shipped outcomes, feedback quotes)
- 3 growth areas with evidence
- 1 skill gap blocking promotion
- 1 scope gap (am I working at the level, or shadowing it?)

### 2. Leveling rubric review
- Pull the career ladder (or request one)
- Map my recent work against each dimension
- Identify the 2 dimensions where I'm already at target level
- Identify the 2 dimensions where I'm not

### 3. Asks
- What scope change would accelerate my path?
- What feedback have they not shared that I should hear?
- What support do they need from me to sponsor my growth?

## Conversation structure (45 min)
- Me: share self-assessment (10 min)
- Manager: response and additions (10 min)
- Discuss specific growth path (15 min)
- Commit to 3 actions in next 90 days (10 min)

## Output
1. Filled self-assessment
2. Conversation agenda
3. The one feedback I'm most afraid to hear — and why asking for it matters
4. A 90-day action plan template we'll fill together

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