This is usually why people make the distinction between “leadership” and “management” — if you use “management” the way your comment does, you no longer have a

This is usually why people make the distinction between “leadership” and “management” — if you use “management” the way your comment does, you no longer have a word for someone with multiple direct reports. But yes — totally agree that “technical leadership” is 100% part of being a senior+ engineer and that almost always requires understanding the business and customers.