Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a contract manager can go next

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

Contract managers oversee the respect of awarded contracts to ensure that services are delivered as foreseen and that each step of the delivery is properly documented. They act as the main point of contact for suppliers on contractual matters and report back to their leadership. They implement financial and operational controls and ensure compliance with all reporting requirements.

Also known as medical contract manager, commercial contract manager, construction contract manager, contract compliance manager, contract auditor, contract specialist.

Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 5 above 60% overlap Closest: procurement support officer, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
procurement support officer 76% covered procurement department manager 73% covered standalone public buyer 69% covered public procurement specialist 68% covered procurement category speciali… 68% covered contract manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from contract 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 contract manager already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A contract manager needs 29 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
  • perform contract reporting and evaluation information skills
  • apply certification and payment procedures assisting and caring
  • develop performance orientation in public administration management skills
  • implement risk management in procurement information skills
  • manage procurement planning management skills
  • implement sustainable procurement communication, collaboration and creativity
  • morality arts and humanities
  • procurement lifecycle business, administration and law
  • implement procurement of innovation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • adhere to organisational code of ethics assisting and caring
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

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Contract manager is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. 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 contract 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.