Career switch, measured
From IT Project Manager to Engineering 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 Training and coaching, Kubernetes, UX design, Team management.
58%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillIT Project ManagerEngineering Manager
- Leadership55%73%
- Stakeholder management67%31%
- Budgeting31%24%
- AWS30%19%
- Process improvement20%18%
- LLMs12%15%
- Product management12%11%
- Agile23%11%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in IT Project Manager ones.
SkillIT Project ManagerEngineering Manager
- Training and coaching16%57%
- Kubernetes–14%
- UX design–12%
- Team management–10%
- Electrical engineering–9%
- React–9%
- Scheduling–9%
- Google Cloud–9%
Plan your move to Engineering Manager
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