senior management
Top corporate brass
Senior management refers to the highest-ranking executives in an organization—those responsible for overall strategy and major decisions.
This typically includes the CEO, CFO, and other C-suite officers, along with vice presidents and directors who report to them.
Senior management approved the merger.
The term often appears in contexts of corporate accountability or communication gaps: The memo never reached senior management.
- general counselOrganization's primary legal advisor
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- board of directorsGoverning body of organization
- old boys clubInformal male power network
- power lunchStrategic midday dining
high-level · boardroom · decision-making · big picture · brass tacks · chief · top brass · director · fiduciary duties · succession planning · C-suite · executive suite · chief executives · leadership · corner office · ivory tower · administration · business ethics
- organizational structureorg chart, hierarchy, chain of command, divisional, functional
- Corporate LeadershipCEO, CFO, COO, CTO, CIO
- big picturebig picture, overview, broad view, whole picture, holistic view
senior managementjunior staff
Low-ranking employees
rank and file · lower management · subordinates · trainees · clerical staff
senior managementlabor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
workers · organized labor · employees · hourly workers · blue-collar workers
senior managementtrainees
People being instructed
interns · junior staff · apprentices · greenhorns · novices
senior, management, seniors, seniority, manage, manager, managers, managing, managed