Second in command title

[Anonymous]

Is there a way to convey the "principal deputy" concept in the corporate world? In other words, if Person X has 3 people reporting to her with the title Deputy [Person X's title], is there a way to designate one of those 3 deputies as the most senior or second in command?

Thanks in advance!

[Anonymous]

Junior Deputy

[Anonymous]

No one uses deputy in corporate. The second in command will be a person, not a title, and not all functions or departments will have the need for a second in command. There are many right-arms though. The go-to. The one whose opinion matters a little more than others. Again it is not designated by title. But the people will be known to those inside the company.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one uses deputy in corporate. The second in command will be a person, not a title, and not all functions or departments will have the need for a second in command. There are many right-arms though. The go-to. The one whose opinion matters a little more than others. Again it is not designated by title. But the people will be known to those inside the company.

Agreed. Often you can tell the person is more of a generalist by looking at the job titles of THEIR direct reports.

[Anonymous]

Deputy is not a term used in corporate.

[Anonymous]

Chief of Staff is used at the higher levels to designate who is 2nd in command.

[Anonymous]

People need to not be so hung up on job titles. Outside of top C suite, no one cares.

[Anonymous]

Assistant Deputy
Senior Assistant Deputy

[Anonymous]

Chief Toadie
Number 1 Backup Man
Jan Brady

[Anonymous]

In corporate, I’ve only seen deputy in connection with being the Deputy General Counsel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one uses deputy in corporate. The second in command will be a person, not a title, and not all functions or departments will have the need for a second in command. There are many right-arms though. The go-to. The one whose opinion matters a little more than others. Again it is not designated by title. But the people will be known to those inside the company.

I assume OP is looking for resume help, so "right arm" is not really helpful.

OP, if you can do it in good faith, try Chief of Staff or Executive Officer. Otherwise you just have use the verbs in your resume bullets - you lead a team of managers, you are responsible for all decisions on this or that, etc.

[Anonymous]

Chief is Staff
Tattle tale
Stooge

[Anonymous]

I've seen Deputy or Chief of Staff, but Deputy is not common in corporate. Depending on the role, CoS might not convey the right meaning, because it's often more of an operational role in corporate than it is in government.

Is this for an actual title that will be used? Or for a resume?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know what OP is asking for - is she trying to understand the corporate world or trying to craft a resume???

[Anonymous]

Deputy Director or Executive Officer (XO)