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

ICT business development managertoinnovation officer

A ICT business development manager already meets 27% of what the innovation officer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From ICT business development manager
27%
Overlap1
To innovation officer
6 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
69 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

27%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69/ 100

1 Share of the innovation officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the ICT business development 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.

Why

Why this move works

A innovation officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things a ICT business development manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • business processes
  • identify new business opportunities
  • innovate in ICT
  • innovation processes
  • seek innovation in current practices

What stands in the way is 13 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 6 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 ICT business development manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held innovate in ICT communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held ICT market business, administration and law
  • already held innovation processes business, administration and law
  • already held business processes business, administration and law
  • already held seek innovation in current practices information skills
  • already held identify new business opportunities management skills

All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the innovation officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 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 5 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held consult with industry professionals required
  • required, not held implement procurement of innovation 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 develop business plans 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 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held carry out strategic research required
  • required, not held keep updated on innovations in various business fields required
  • required, not held promote open innovation in research required
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held risk management required
  • optional, not held product life-cycle optional
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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held business processes knowledge
  • already held identify new business opportunities skill
  • already held innovate in ICT skill
  • already held innovation processes knowledge
  • 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
26 held skills the innovation officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role ICT capacity planning strategies knowledge
  • not needed by the target role analyse business requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
  • not needed by the target role business ICT systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business intelligence knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business requirements techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role business strategy concepts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collect customer feedback on applications skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate technological activities skill
  • not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role decision support systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role give live presentation skill
  • not needed by the target role information extraction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role interpret current data skill
  • not needed by the target role investment analysis knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor technology trends skill
  • not needed by the target role outsourcing strategy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform business analysis skill
  • not needed by the target role perform market research skill
  • not needed by the target role sales argumentation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role visual presentation techniques knowledge
4 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 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 ICT business development manager

Full index of moves from ICT business development 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.