Where a membership manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a membership manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Membership managers oversee and coordinate the membership plan, support existing members and engage with possible new members. They analyse the market trend reports and develop marketing plans accordingly. Membership managers monitor and ensure the efficiency of processes, systems and strategies.
Also known as subscription manager, membership management officer, membership supervisor, membership sales manager, membership account manager, membership and subscription manager, membership director, membership coordinator, club manager, regional membership manager, member records manager.
Professionals 31 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: membership administrator, 64%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
Table 2 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 3 · What the job itself asks for
A membership manager needs 22 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- coordinate membership work communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage membership management skills
- analyse membership information skills
- develop membership strategies management skills
- provide membership service assisting and caring
- manage membership database information skills
- recruit members management skills
- supervise the management of an establishment management skills
- provide information assisting and caring
- customer relationship management business, administration and law
Table 4 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a membership manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- beauty salon manager 53% covered · difficulty 51.9
- client relations manager 53% covered · difficulty 51.9
- call centre manager 49% covered · difficulty 55.2
- garage manager 49% covered · difficulty 55.2
- laundry and dry cleaning manager 49% covered · difficulty 55.2
- membership administrator 35% covered · difficulty 66.4
- quality services manager 21% covered · difficulty 77.8
- youth information worker 17% covered · difficulty 80.9
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Membership manager is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a membership 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.