Career switch, measured
From Account Executive to Sales Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 84% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Stakeholder management, Customer success, B2B sales; the main skills to add are AWS, Azure, Product management, Regulatory compliance.
84%
skill overlap
593
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAccount ExecutiveSales Engineer
- Sales93%96%
- Stakeholder management39%35%
- Customer success36%25%
- B2B sales34%22%
- Lead generation52%21%
- Forecasting42%21%
- Contract negotiation41%20%
- Marketing48%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Engineer postings, rarely in Account Executive ones.
SkillAccount ExecutiveSales Engineer
- AWS–13%
- Azure–12%
- Product management–10%
- Regulatory compliance–9%
- Google Cloud–9%
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