ICT business development manager to innovation officer
An 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.
69/ 100
1 How much of what an innovation officer is expected to do is already part of an ICT business development manager’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 innovation officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An innovation officer role treats 5 of its required skills as things an ICT business development manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- 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 · What you already bring
Of the 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An innovation officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT business development manager background worth leading with.
- 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 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 consult with industry professionals required
- still to learn implement procurement of innovation required
- still to learn promote innovative infrastructure design required
- still to learn collaborate with engineers required
- still to learn use consulting techniques required
- optional, not held advise on patents optional
- still to learn develop business plans required
- still to learn identify potential markets for companies required
- still to learn improve business processes required
- optional, not held define technology strategy optional
- still to learn carry out strategic research required
- still to learn keep updated on innovations in various business fields required
- still to learn promote open innovation in research required
- still to learn risk management required
- optional, not held product life-cycle optional
- still to learn emergent technologies required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an innovation officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 consult with industry professionals practise this
- 02 develop business plans practise this
- 03 implement procurement of innovation 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 6 skills that carry over
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- still to learn emergent technologies required
- still to learn risk management required
- optional, not held engineering processes optional
- optional, not held product life-cycle optional
Other moves recorded from ICT business development manager
Common questions about this move
Can an ICT business development manager become an innovation officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT business development manager already covers 27% of what an innovation officer is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 5 of which the innovation officer role treats as required.
What skills does an ICT business development manager need to become an innovation officer?
13 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is consult with industry professionals.
How hard is the move from ICT business development manager to innovation officer?
Its learning distance is 69 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.