Director of compliance and information security in gambling to games development manager
A director of compliance and information security in gambling already meets 35% of what the games development manager role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
61.2/ 100
1 How much of what a games development manager is expected to do is already part of a director of compliance and information security in gambling’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the games development manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A games development manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a director of compliance and information security in gambling already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- ensure compliance with policies
- ensure gambling operational standards
- follow ethical code of conduct of gambling
- manage gambling finances
- responsible gambling
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A games development manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a director of compliance and information security in gambling background worth leading with.
- already held manage gambling finances management skills
- already held ensure gambling operational standards assisting and caring
- already held responsible gambling health and welfare
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling assisting and caring
- already held ensure compliance with policies management skills
All 5 carried skills, including the 5 the games development manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 12 missing skills fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn manage gambling hospitality required
- still to learn manage gaming cash desk required
- still to learn manage gaming facilities required
- still to learn lead a team required
- still to learn monitor customer service required
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- still to learn manage gambling game required
- still to learn align efforts towards business development required
- still to learn train employees required
- optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
- optional, not held games rules optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a games development manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage gambling game practise this
- 02 manage gambling hospitality practise this
- 03 manage gaming cash desk practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held ensure compliance with policies skill
- already held ensure gambling operational standards skill
- already held follow ethical code of conduct of gambling skill
- already held manage gambling finances skill
- already held responsible gambling knowledge
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply gaming psychology optional
- optional, not held games rules optional
- optional, not held apply change management optional
- optional, not held apply knowledge of human behaviour optional
14 held skills the games development manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse information processes skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role conduct content quality assurance skill
- not needed by the target role gambling games knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role handle game complaints skill
- not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
- not needed by the target role information security strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal standards in gambling knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage gambling operation skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role online gambling knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held games rules optional
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Common questions about this move
Can a director of compliance and information security in gambling become a games development manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A director of compliance and information security in gambling already covers 35% of what a games development manager is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 5 of which the games development manager role treats as required.
What skills does a director of compliance and information security in gambling need to become a games development manager?
8 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 3 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is manage gambling game.
How hard is the move from director of compliance and information security in gambling to games development manager?
Its learning distance is 61.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.