Career switch, measured
From Product Manager to IT Project Manager
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 38% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Leadership, Agile, Product management; the main skills to add are Project management, Budgeting, AWS, Process improvement.
38%
skill overlap
243
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillProduct ManagerIT Project Manager
- Stakeholder management55%67%
- Leadership48%55%
- Agile18%23%
- Product management75%12%
- SQL12%19%
- LLMs19%12%
- Customer success12%20%
- Sales36%27%
Skills to add
Asked for often in IT Project Manager postings, rarely in Product Manager ones.
SkillProduct ManagerIT Project Manager
- Project management6%47%
- Budgeting8%31%
- AWS8%30%
- Process improvement9%20%
- Python–20%
- Supply chain7%18%
- Databricks–16%
- Risk management–15%
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