Career switch, measured
From Fundraising Manager to Engineering Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 56% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, Budgeting; the main skills to add are AWS, Process improvement, CI/CD, LLMs.
56%
skill overlap
1,177
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillFundraising ManagerEngineering Manager
- Leadership72%73%
- Training and coaching40%57%
- Stakeholder management40%31%
- Budgeting30%24%
- Communication32%27%
- Project management32%11%
- Research19%12%
- Procurement11%8%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in Fundraising Manager ones.
SkillFundraising ManagerEngineering Manager
- AWS–19%
- Process improvement–18%
- CI/CD–15%
- LLMs–15%
- Kubernetes–14%
- Python–13%
- Problem solving–12%
- UX design–12%
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