Career switch, measured
From Security Manager to Engineering Manager
Yes, it's a close move. Measured across current postings, the two roles have 59% skill overlap. Skills that carry over include Leadership, Training and coaching, Stakeholder management, Budgeting; the main skills to add are AWS, CI/CD, LLMs, Kubernetes.
59%
skill overlap
1,177
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Skills that carry over
Share of each role’s postings that ask for the skill.
SkillSecurity ManagerEngineering Manager
- Leadership82%73%
- Training and coaching45%57%
- Stakeholder management42%31%
- Budgeting56%24%
- Process improvement22%18%
- Cybersecurity18%7%
- Risk management9%7%
- Problem solving13%12%
Skills to add
Asked for often in Engineering Manager postings, rarely in Security Manager ones.
SkillSecurity ManagerEngineering Manager
- AWS–19%
- CI/CD–15%
- LLMs–15%
- Kubernetes–14%
- Python–13%
- Research–12%
- UX design–12%
- Manufacturing–12%
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