I've been developing a growth framework at my org for the primary reason to ensure that we can have consistent conversations across teams and ultimately, provide a reference point for development teams as they work with their managers on growth.

I think they make a lot of sense.

One question .. has anyone planned out how Staff Developers work within most organizations? I feel the Venn diagram for them between an engineering manager has plenty of overlap, where the people aspect (all things HR, hiring, growth) are on the engineering/people manager.

Can a Staff Developer make decisions? Or are they more of an influencer?