Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

digital transformation managertoinnovation officer

A digital transformation manager already meets 22% of what the innovation officer role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From digital transformation manager
22%
Overlap1
To innovation officer
5 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
72.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 72.9

This move: 72.9 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the innovation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital transformation manager 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A innovation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital transformation manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held keep updated on innovations in various business fields information skills
  • already held develop business plans management skills
  • already held ICT market business, administration and law
  • already held innovation processes business, administration and law
  • already held seek innovation in current practices information skills

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the innovation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held consult with industry professionals required
  • required, not held implement procurement of innovation required
  • required, not held innovate in ICT required
  • required, not held promote innovative infrastructure design required
  • required, not held collaborate with engineers required
  • required, not held use consulting techniques required
  • optional, not held advise on patents optional
02 management skills 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held identify new business opportunities required
  • required, not held identify potential markets for companies required
  • required, not held improve business processes required
  • optional, not held define technology strategy optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held business processes required
  • required, not held risk management required
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
04 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held carry out strategic research required
  • required, not held promote open innovation in research required
05 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held emergent technologies required
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a innovation officer 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held develop business plans skill
  • already held innovation processes knowledge
  • already held keep updated on innovations in various business fields skill
  • already held seek innovation in current practices skill
  • already held ICT market knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held define technology strategy optional
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
  • optional, not held advise on patents optional
27 held skills the innovation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role adapt to changes in technological development plans skill
  • not needed by the target role align efforts towards business development skill
  • not needed by the target role apply change management skill
  • not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collaborate through digital technologies skill
  • not needed by the target role combine business technology with user experience skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
  • not needed by the target role deal with changing operational demand skill
  • not needed by the target role develop company strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
  • not needed by the target role develop solutions to information issues skill
  • not needed by the target role digital marketing techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify process improvements skill
  • not needed by the target role implement operational business plans skill
  • not needed by the target role implement strategic management skill
  • not needed by the target role information governance compliance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes skill
  • not needed by the target role lead technology development of an organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role lead the brand strategic planning process skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ICT change request process skill
  • not needed by the target role manage changes in ICT system skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor customer behaviour skill
  • not needed by the target role plan digital marketing skill
  • not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
  • not needed by the target role provide improvement strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role strategic planning knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use content management system software skill
5 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 business processes required
  • required, not held emergent technologies required
  • required, not held risk management required
  • optional, not held engineering processes optional
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
Index

Other moves recorded from digital transformation manager

Full index of moves from digital transformation manager

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.