Ugh, this role screams corporate bullshit. In 5-10 years in the role OP described you are pretty much useless. You're not 'leading' anything and you're barely '

Ugh, this role screams corporate bullshit. In 5-10 years in the role OP described you are pretty much useless. You're not 'leading' anything and you're barely 'tech' at all. You send emails and attend meetings. Once you've entered into a defending your calendar position you're done. IMO, a tech lead position should be someone who has authority to make technical decisions such as what programming language to use, what framework, how much test code coverage should be in place, what skills need to be learned, final decision in a team dispute/decision, what CI tools are in place, when to do rewrites and when not to. Still a coder and contributor though.