Career switch, measured
From Sales Engineer to Customer Success Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 61% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Sales, Stakeholder management, Customer success, B2B sales; the main skills to add are Problem solving, Project management, Process improvement, Excel.
61%
skill overlap
546
open Customer Success Manager postings read
Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSales EngineerCustomer Success Manager
- Sales96%71%
- Stakeholder management35%58%
- Customer success25%99%
- B2B sales22%17%
- Marketing27%32%
- Forecasting21%16%
- Salesforce13%30%
- CRM14%25%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Customer Success Manager postings, rarely in Sales Engineer ones.
SkillSales EngineerCustomer Success Manager
- Problem solving13%28%
- Project management–20%
- Process improvement–13%
- Excel–12%
- Data analysis–10%
Prove it with a free skill badge:Project management,Excel,Stakeholder management
Plan your move to Customer Success Manager
The Career Gap Analyzer compares your own resume with Customer Success Manager jobs and lays out the skills to close, free.