Career switch, measured
From Marketing Manager to Sales Engineer
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 58% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Stakeholder management, B2B sales, Marketing; the main skills to add are Lead generation, Forecasting, Contract negotiation, Cybersecurity.
58%
skill overlap
593
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillMarketing ManagerSales Engineer
- Sales62%96%
- Stakeholder management43%35%
- B2B sales34%22%
- Marketing80%27%
- Customer success16%25%
- CRM18%14%
- Salesforce13%13%
- Communication26%26%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Sales Engineer postings, rarely in Marketing Manager ones.
SkillMarketing ManagerSales Engineer
- Lead generation–21%
- Forecasting8%21%
- Contract negotiation6%20%
- Cybersecurity–16%
- AWS–13%
- Azure–12%
- Manufacturing–9%
- Google Cloud–9%
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