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Writing a good role brief.
The 150 to 300 word template we use internally. Three paragraphs, in this order.
Last reviewed 12 September 20263 min read

A good role brief is 150 to 300 words. Anything shorter and the rubric proposal is too generic. Anything longer and the candidate-facing page reads like a marketing post.

The three-paragraph template.

  1. The work. Two to four sentences on what the person will actually do in the first 90 days. Specific projects, specific systems, specific stakeholders. Not "drive results across the business".
  2. The shape of the person. Two to four sentences on the senior-level skill, the mid-level skill, and the trait the team needs. Not a skills checklist; a description.
  3. The constraints. One or two sentences on what is non-negotiable: location, timezone, salary band, must-have technology, must-have certification. The deal-breakers belong here, not in must-haves bullets.

A worked example.

"Senior backend engineer, payments. You will own the ledger service that processes 4M transactions per month, lead the migration from Stripe Connect to our in-house balance ledger over Q3 and Q4, and pair with two mid-level engineers and one staff. Strong Postgres and Go background. Has shipped a financial primitive in production and can explain the consistency tradeoffs in plain English. Comfortable on-call one week in five. London hybrid, three days in office, salary 110 to 140k."

That brief is 84 words and works. It will produce a tighter rubric than 800 words of generic copy.

Edit the brief any time. The rubric regenerates; you can accept the new one or keep the old.

What to do next: write the three paragraphs in a doc first, then paste them into the role form.

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