Career switch, measured
From Engineering Manager to Chief Executive Officer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 63% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Stakeholder management, Process improvement, Budgeting; the main skills to add are Marketing, Sales, Excel, Contract negotiation.
63%
skill overlap
492
open Chief Executive Officer postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillEngineering ManagerChief Executive Officer
- Leadership73%58%
- Stakeholder management31%37%
- Process improvement18%19%
- Budgeting24%17%
- Training and coaching57%22%
- Communication27%21%
- Research12%13%
- Risk management7%7%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Chief Executive Officer postings, rarely in Engineering Manager ones.
SkillEngineering ManagerChief Executive Officer
- Marketing8%31%
- Sales10%29%
- Excel–14%
- Contract negotiation–12%
- Forecasting–11%
- Data visualization–10%
- Mental health–9%
- CRM–9%
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