Career switch, measured
From Producer to IT Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 60% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, Team management; the main skills to add are AWS, Agile, LLMs, Auditing.
60%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillProducerIT Manager
- Leadership77%72%
- Training and coaching45%54%
- Stakeholder management30%36%
- Team management16%28%
- Project management16%17%
- Process improvement14%15%
- Budgeting48%14%
- Communication20%20%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Manager postings, rarely in Producer ones.
SkillProducerIT Manager
- AWS–33%
- Agile–14%
- LLMs–13%
- Auditing–12%
- Supply chain–11%
- Troubleshooting–11%
- Product management–11%
- Azure–10%
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