Career Overlap Occupation record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
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Where a chief data officer can go next

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

Chief data officers manage companies' enterprise-wide data administration and data mining functions. They ensure data are used as a strategic business asset at the executive level and implement and support a more collaborative and aligned information management infrastructure for the benefit of the organisation at large.

Managers 61 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: ICT information and knowledge manager, 59%

ICT information and knowledge… 59% covered data analyst 52% covered data entry clerk 45% covered data entry supervisor 44% covered big data archive librarian 43% covered chief data officer You are here
Fig. 2 — the 5 nearest destinations from chief data officer. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a chief data officer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

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

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chief data officer is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Coverage is the share of the target role’s weighted skill requirement a chief data officer already meets, counting required skills in full and supplementary ones at 0.35. 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.