- Before
- “I read four pages to find the one sentence that makes it a Principal job” — then answers for that level at every equal-pay question.
- Now
- Sees the job’s level on the ladder at a glance, opens the standard line behind any sentence, and signs the level with a reason code.
One new job, from a manager’s notes to two legal postings
Kestrel & Vane Group, about 40,000 people in 30 countries, needs a Senior Data Analyst – Commercial (JD-2291) in Denver and Chicago. The hiring manager sends eight lines of notes. Here is what happens next, screen by screen, in the working solution.
- 01Thursday morning
The agents did the reading; six decisions need her
Priya Shah · Compensation leadPriya owns the job architecture: 18 families, 1,148 jobs. Her morning opens on what the agents did overnight — 11 new drafts levelled, 3 with sentences above their level; 34 postings re-checked against 12 jurisdictions, 1 blocked for a Dutch title that is not gender-neutral; 3 duplicate groups covering 2,469 people. Below it, the six level decisions that need her, each with the agents’ reading in one line.
“3 sentences read as Principal; Marcus agreed the rewording. After it, 93%.”
- 02Wed 16:05–16:11
Eight lines of notes become 14 levelled sentences
Drafting agent and levelling agentMarcus Delgado, Director of Commercial Analytics, pasted eight lines — ending “Must have 10+ years and a master’s. Rockstar who hits the ground running.” The drafting agent wrote 14 sentences in the group template, kept his requirements as written and dropped “rockstar”, which is on the group’s language list. The levelling agent placed each sentence on the Data & Analytics ladder: 10 at P3 Senior, 3 at P5 Principal, 1 at P2. Fit: P3, 71%.
Drafting agent: “I kept “10+ years” and “master’s” as written: they are Marcus’s requirements.”
- 03One click on a phrase
“Company-wide data strategy” is Principal scope — here is the line
Levelling agentPriya clicks the highlighted phrase. The level standard it matches opens beside the text: P5 Principal, “Sets analytics strategy and standards across the company”, from level standards v2026.1, approved by Daniel Okoro. Under the sentence sits the agent’s reason, its proposed wording and Accept, Edit, Reject or Ask why.
Proposed: “Contribute to the Commercial analytics roadmap and apply the group’s analytics standards.” · Marcus agreed in the thread, Wed 16:20.
- 04Wed 16:18–16:20
He wants ten years; the agents show him who does the job today
Marcus Delgado · Hiring managerMarcus accepts the strategy and Executive Committee rewording but pushes back: “I want 10 years — this person runs pricing on their own.” The language and requirements agent answers that running pricing alone is P3 autonomy, “chooses methods without direction”, and that four of the seven people in Senior Data Analyst roles have fewer than 10 years. The peer agent had already compared the job with the approved P3 jobs on the rung and agreed with P3. Marcus: “OK, 5+.”
Peer evidence is shown only as an aggregate of 5 or more people; no one’s record is shown.
- 05Wed 16:11
A legal range for every place the job is posted
Pay transparency agentThe pay transparency agent priced the job from the 2026 pay structure for P3, Data & Analytics: Denver $96,000–$124,000 and Chicago $99,000–$128,000, with the benefits summary and an application deadline of Fri 13 Nov 2026. Colorado’s rule — range, benefits, deadline, career progression notice — and Illinois’s — range and benefits — are met. Adding Seattle prices it at $104,000–$134,000 and checks Washington’s rule before anyone can publish.
The pay transparency agent never invents or widens a range; an exception goes to the Head of Total Rewards.
- 06Thu 09:14
She applies what was agreed, and approves P3 with her signature
Priya Shah · Compensation leadOne click applies the 5 changes Marcus agreed in the thread. The dots on the ladder move to P3 and the levelling agent re-reads the job: every sentence at P3 Senior, 93%; ranges unchanged. Priya approves level P3 with reason code L1 · Duties match the level standard and her e-signature. Had she approved with sentences still above the level, only L4 · Override, with a note, would do.
“I approve this as Priya Shah, Compensation Lead — e-signature, Thu 15 Oct 2026, 09:14.”
- 07Thu 09:16
The hiring manager signs the text
Marcus Delgado · Hiring managerThe text goes to Marcus once the level is set. He sees exactly what candidates will read — version 4, 13 sentences, level P3, two locations with their ranges — and approves with T3 · Approved; requirements agreed in the thread, and his own e-signature.
- 08Thu 09:19
Published only with both approvals in
Owen Brandt · Talent acquisition partnerPublishing stays disabled until the level and the text are both approved. Owen publishes; the publishing agent sends version 4 to the recruiting system and career site and confirms in the thread: Denver $96,000–$124,000 and Chicago $99,000–$128,000, closing Fri 13 Nov, REQ-40817 confirmed and the HR system holds the job at P3.
Publishing agent: “Published v4 with both approvals.”
- 09On the record
Every agent step and every signature, in order
Internal auditThe audit trail lists every action by people and agents, hash-chained: Marcus’s request with 8 note lines, the draft, the levelling, the peer check, the ranges, the 5 proposals he agreed, Priya’s level approval with L1, Marcus’s text approval with T3 and the postings. Nothing in it can be edited or deleted, and one click exports all the evidence for the job.
- 10Before a standard changes
The impact of a change, before anyone signs it
Architecture stewardDaniel Okoro, Head of Total Rewards, has opened a change to the P3 standard: typical experience from 4–7 to 3–6 years. The architecture steward re-reads the library first: 9 jobs re-read, 0 change level, 14 requirement lines to reword, 61 people in those jobs and 2 live postings to re-check. A standard change needs two signatures and this preview first.
“No job changes level: duties decide the level and experience is a guide.”