Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a branch manager can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a branch manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Branch managers are responsible for the management of all the affairs related with a company in a specific geographic region or business branch. They receive indications from the headquarters, and depending on the structure of the company, they aim to implement the strategy of the company while adapting it to the market where the branch operates. They envision management of employees, communications, marketing efforts, and follow up to results and objectives.

Also known as regional director, regional manager, international business manager, branch office administrator, subsidiary manager, branch chief, branch supervisor, recruitment agency manager, area office manager, regional administrative manager.

Managers 73 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: medical practice manager, 69%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
medical practice manager 69% covered bank manager 69% covered chief operating officer 65% covered chief executive officer 55% covered budget manager 50% covered branch manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from branch manager, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a branch manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A branch manager needs 47 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • exercise stewardship management skills
  • ensure lawful business operations assisting and caring
  • integrate headquarter's guidelines into local operations assisting and caring
  • collaborate in company's daily operations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage office facility systems working with computers
  • conclude business agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • report on overall management of a business communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assume responsibility for the management of a business management skills
  • organise participation in local or international events management skills
  • evaluate performance of organisational collaborators management skills
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a branch manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Branch manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a branch manager’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.