Career switch, measured
From General Manager to IT Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 64% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, Process improvement; the main skills to add are AWS, Project management, Agile, LLMs.
64%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillGeneral ManagerIT Manager
- Leadership77%72%
- Training and coaching48%54%
- Stakeholder management22%36%
- Process improvement16%15%
- Team management11%28%
- Budgeting23%14%
- Communication34%20%
- Auditing11%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Manager postings, rarely in General Manager ones.
SkillGeneral ManagerIT Manager
- AWS–33%
- Project management8%17%
- Agile–14%
- LLMs–13%
- Troubleshooting–11%
- Product management–11%
- Azure–10%
- Cybersecurity–10%
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