Career switch, measured
From Engineering Manager to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 58% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Stakeholder management, Budgeting, AWS; the main skills to add are Project management, Sales, Customer success, SQL.
58%
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.
SkillEngineering ManagerIT Project Manager
- Leadership73%55%
- Stakeholder management31%67%
- Budgeting24%31%
- AWS19%30%
- Process improvement18%20%
- LLMs15%12%
- Product management11%12%
- Agile11%23%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Engineering Manager ones.
SkillEngineering ManagerIT Project Manager
- Project management11%47%
- Sales10%27%
- Customer success7%20%
- SQL–19%
- Supply chain6%18%
- Databricks–16%
- Risk management7%15%
- Contract negotiation–10%
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