Table 1Transition record

chief data officertoICT information and knowledge manager

A chief data officer already meets 59% of what the ICT information and knowledge manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From chief data officer

59%

Overlap1

To ICT information and knowledge manager

22 Skills carried over

9 Required, not held

49.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

59%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

49.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the ICT information and knowledge manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the chief data officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A ICT information and knowledge manager role treats 17 of its required skills as things a chief data officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

business intelligence
business processes
data mining
data models
data storage
decision support systems

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A ICT information and knowledge manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a chief data officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held manage ICT data architecture communication, collaboration and creativity
already held online analytical processing information and communication technologies (icts)
already held manage business knowledge management skills
already held information categorisation social sciences, journalism and information
already held decision support systems information and communication technologies (icts)
already held utilise decision support system working with computers

All 22 carried skills, including the 17 the ICT information and knowledge manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 information skills 6 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held create data models required
required, not held manage data collection systems required
required, not held analyse the context of an organisation required
required, not held interpret current data required
required, not held manage information sources required
required, not held structure information required

optional, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions optional
optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held manage information access aids optional

02 working with computers 1 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held migrate existing data required

optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
optional, not held perform data mining optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held assess informational needs required

optional, not held design information system optional
optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional

04 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held attack vectors required

optional, not held data protection optional

05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held ensure information privacy optional

06 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a ICT information and knowledge manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 22 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held business intelligence knowledge
already held business processes knowledge
already held data mining knowledge
already held data models knowledge
already held data storage knowledge
already held decision support systems knowledge
already held define technology strategy skill
already held deliver visual presentation of data skill
already held information architecture knowledge
already held information categorisation knowledge
already held information extraction knowledge
already held information security strategy knowledge
already held information structure knowledge
already held manage ICT data architecture skill
already held manage business knowledge skill
already held online analytical processing knowledge
already held unstructured data knowledge
already held coordinate technological activities skill
already held data quality assessment knowledge
already held information confidentiality knowledge
already held use databases skill
already held utilise decision support system skill

11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held assess ICT knowledge optional
optional, not held data protection optional
optional, not held design information system optional
optional, not held ensure information privacy optional
optional, not held implement ICT security policies optional
optional, not held implement data warehousing techniques optional
optional, not held interact with users to gather requirements optional
optional, not held keep up with the latest information systems solutions optional
optional, not held manage cloud data and storage optional
optional, not held manage information access aids optional
optional, not held perform data mining optional

39 held skills the ICT information and knowledge manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role CA Datacom/DB knowledge
not needed by the target role DB2 knowledge
not needed by the target role Filemaker (database management systems) knowledge
not needed by the target role IBM Informix knowledge
not needed by the target role LDAP knowledge
not needed by the target role LINQ knowledge
not needed by the target role MDX knowledge
not needed by the target role Microsoft Access knowledge
not needed by the target role MySQL knowledge
not needed by the target role N1QL knowledge
not needed by the target role ObjectStore knowledge
not needed by the target role OpenEdge Database knowledge
not needed by the target role Oracle Relational Database knowledge
not needed by the target role PostgreSQL knowledge
not needed by the target role SPARQL knowledge
not needed by the target role SQL Server knowledge
not needed by the target role Teradata Database knowledge
not needed by the target role XQuery knowledge
not needed by the target role apply change management skill
not needed by the target role apply information security policies skill
not needed by the target role cloud technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role data engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role data ethics knowledge
not needed by the target role data science knowledge
not needed by the target role database knowledge
not needed by the target role database development tools knowledge
not needed by the target role database management systems knowledge
not needed by the target role define data quality criteria skill
not needed by the target role develop information security strategy skill
not needed by the target role image recognition knowledge
not needed by the target role implement ICT risk management skill
not needed by the target role integrate ICT data skill
not needed by the target role make data-driven decisions skill
not needed by the target role manage ICT data classification skill
not needed by the target role manage data skill
not needed by the target role query languages knowledge
not needed by the target role report analysis results skill
not needed by the target role resource description framework query language knowledge
not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge

2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held attack vectors required
optional, not held data protection optional

Index

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Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.