Career Overlap Transition record
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ICT information and knowledge manager to chief data officer

An ICT information and knowledge manager already meets 41% of what the chief data officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From ICT information and knowledge manager
41 % overlap
Partial match
To chief data officer
22 You already bring
8 Still to learn
61 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.3/ 100

1 How much of what a chief data officer is expected to do is already part of an ICT information and knowledge 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 chief data officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A chief data officer role treats 8 of its required skills as things an ICT information and knowledge manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • business processes
  • data mining
  • data storage
  • decision support systems
  • define technology strategy
  • information structure

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A chief data officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT information and knowledge manager 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 8 the chief data officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 6 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.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn manage data required
  • still to learn make data-driven decisions required
  • optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
  • optional, not held report analysis results optional
02 arts and humanities 2 required
  • still to learn visual presentation techniques required
  • still to learn data ethics required
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 26 supplementary
  • still to learn data science required
  • optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held cloud technologies optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held database management systems optional
  • optional, not held query languages optional
  • optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held database optional
  • optional, not held image recognition optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn apply information security policies required
  • optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
05 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn define data quality criteria required
  • optional, not held apply change management optional
06 working with computers 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • still to learn manage ICT data classification required
  • optional, not held integrate ICT data optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a chief data 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 22 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held business processes knowledge
  • already held data mining knowledge
  • already held data storage knowledge
  • already held decision support systems knowledge
  • already held define technology strategy skill
  • already held information structure knowledge
  • already held manage ICT data architecture skill
  • already held utilise decision support system skill
  • already held business intelligence knowledge
  • already held coordinate technological activities skill
  • already held data models knowledge
  • already held data quality assessment knowledge
  • already held deliver visual presentation of data skill
  • already held information architecture knowledge
  • already held information categorisation knowledge
  • already held information confidentiality knowledge
  • already held information extraction knowledge
  • already held information security strategy knowledge
  • already held manage business knowledge skill
  • already held online analytical processing knowledge
  • already held unstructured data knowledge
  • already held use databases skill
31 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held cloud technologies optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held database management systems optional
  • optional, not held develop information security strategy optional
  • optional, not held implement ICT risk management optional
  • optional, not held integrate ICT data optional
  • optional, not held query languages optional
  • optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
  • optional, not held apply change management optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held database optional
  • optional, not held image recognition optional
  • optional, not held report analysis results optional
20 held skills the chief data officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role analyse the context of an organisation skill
  • not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
  • not needed by the target role assess informational needs skill
  • not needed by the target role attack vectors knowledge
  • not needed by the target role create data models skill
  • not needed by the target role data protection knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design information system skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure information privacy skill
  • not needed by the target role implement ICT security policies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement data warehousing techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
  • not needed by the target role interpret current data skill
  • not needed by the target role keep up with the latest information systems solutions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage cloud data and storage skill
  • not needed by the target role manage data collection systems skill
  • not needed by the target role manage information access aids skill
  • not needed by the target role manage information sources skill
  • not needed by the target role migrate existing data skill
  • not needed by the target role perform data mining skill
  • not needed by the target role structure information skill
29 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 pick up Tier
  • still to learn visual presentation techniques required
  • still to learn data ethics required
  • still to learn data science required
  • optional, not held CA Datacom/DB optional
  • optional, not held DB2 optional
  • optional, not held Filemaker (database management systems) optional
  • optional, not held IBM Informix optional
  • optional, not held LDAP optional
  • optional, not held LINQ optional
  • optional, not held MDX optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Access optional
  • optional, not held MySQL optional
  • optional, not held N1QL optional
  • optional, not held ObjectStore optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Database optional
  • optional, not held Oracle Relational Database optional
  • optional, not held PostgreSQL optional
  • optional, not held SPARQL optional
  • optional, not held SQL Server optional
  • optional, not held Teradata Database optional
  • optional, not held XQuery optional
  • optional, not held cloud technologies optional
  • optional, not held database development tools optional
  • optional, not held database management systems optional
  • optional, not held query languages optional
  • optional, not held resource description framework query language optional
  • optional, not held data engineering optional
  • optional, not held database optional
  • optional, not held image recognition optional
Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT information and knowledge manager become a chief data officer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT information and knowledge manager already covers 41% of what a chief data officer is expected to do: 22 skills carry over, 8 of which the chief data officer role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT information and knowledge manager need to become a chief data officer?

8 required skills are missing, plus 31 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by information skills. The single most important is apply information security policies.

How hard is the move from ICT information and knowledge manager to chief data officer?

Its learning distance is 66.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.