Where a programme manager can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a programme manager already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Programme managers coordinate and oversee several projects working simultaneously. They ensure workability and compatibility among projects ensuring that overall, each one of the projects under the management of project managers, turn out profitable and leveraging one to the other.
Also known as program management coordinator, program director, programme management coordinator, programme director, projects portfolio manager.
Managers 45 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: operations manager, 46%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · A bigger jump
Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
A programme manager needs 24 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- utilise economies of scale in projects management skills
- program management business, administration and law
- evaluate project plans information skills
- manage several projects management skills
- manage project information information skills
- manage project metrics information skills
- identify legal requirements information skills
- supervise daily information operations management skills
- establish daily priorities management skills
- manage logistics management skills
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a programme manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- operations manager 81% covered · difficulty 25.2
- project manager 69% covered · difficulty 36.6
- facilities manager 44% covered · difficulty 61.5
- supply chain manager 38% covered · difficulty 65.5
- security manager 37% covered · difficulty 66.7
- resource manager 32% covered · difficulty 70.6
- project support officer 27% covered · difficulty 75
- corporate risk manager 18% covered · difficulty 81.2
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Programme manager is filed under Managers, ISCO major group 1. 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 programme 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.