Alternative suggestion: Its scarily common to see reporting chains that look like this: Dev -> Dev Group Lead -> Dev Director -> Engineering Director -> Single

Alternative suggestion: Its scarily common to see reporting chains that look like this: Dev -> Dev Group Lead -> Dev Director -> Engineering Director -> Single Product VP -> Multi Product VP -> Product Range SVP -> Market Sector SVP -> C-Level Exec. You can start to see where there is fat to be trimmed... Or in sales: Account Manager -> Area Sales Mgr. -> Regional Sales Mgr -> Regional Sales Director -> VP Regional Sales -> SVP Market Sector -> SVP EMEAR -> SVP World -> C-level Exec. It boggles the mind.