Career switch, measured
From Product Manager to Systems Analyst
Yes, it's a realistic move with some upskilling. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 48% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Stakeholder management, Product management, Leadership, Sales; the main skills to add are Problem solving, Troubleshooting, Customer success, ERP systems.
48%
skill overlap
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillProduct ManagerSystems Analyst
- Stakeholder management55%46%
- Product management75%17%
- Leadership48%35%
- Sales36%59%
- Communication31%36%
- SQL12%14%
- Marketing40%20%
- Agile18%11%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Systems Analyst postings, rarely in Product Manager ones.
SkillProduct ManagerSystems Analyst
- Problem solving12%29%
- Troubleshooting–26%
- Customer success12%26%
- ERP systems6%21%
- Project management6%17%
- Azure–16%
- Python–15%
- Salesforce–14%
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