Career switch, measured
From Data Architect to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 48% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, AWS, Leadership, Databricks; the main skills to add are Project management, Budgeting, Agile, Customer success.
48%
skill overlap
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open IT Project Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillData ArchitectIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management47%67%
- AWS34%30%
- Leadership56%55%
- Databricks31%16%
- SQL38%19%
- Python22%20%
- Process improvement19%20%
- Azure25%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Data Architect ones.
SkillData ArchitectIT Project Manager
- Project management–47%
- Budgeting–31%
- Agile–23%
- Customer success–20%
- Supply chain–18%
- Risk management–15%
- Procurement–13%
- LLMs–12%
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