Career switch, measured
From Air Traffic Controller to Product Manager
Yes, it's a stretch that needs new skills. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 21% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include UX design, Leadership, Training and coaching; the main skills to add are Product management, Stakeholder management, Marketing, Sales.
21%
skill overlap
2,474
open Product Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillAir Traffic ControllerProduct Manager
- UX design69%28%
- Leadership26%48%
- Training and coaching8%13%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Product Manager postings, rarely in Air Traffic Controller ones.
SkillAir Traffic ControllerProduct Manager
- Product management–75%
- Stakeholder management–55%
- Marketing–40%
- Sales–36%
- Research–36%
- Communication–31%
- LLMs–19%
- Agile–18%
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