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ICT product manager to IT auditor

An ICT product manager already meets 26% of what the IT auditor role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From ICT product manager

Distant match

To IT auditor

8 You already bring

13 Still to learn

37 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.7/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what an IT auditor is expected to do is already part of an ICT product 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 IT auditor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

An IT auditor role treats 6 of its required skills as things an ICT product manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

ICT process quality models
ICT quality policy
ICT security legislation
engineering processes
quality standards
systems development life-cycle

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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An IT auditor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an ICT product manager background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held ICT quality policy business, administration and law
already held ICT project management business, administration and law
already held ICT process quality models information and communication technologies (icts)
already held monitor technology trends information skills
already held ICT security legislation business, administration and law
already held systems development life-cycle information and communication technologies (icts)

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the IT auditor role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 29 missing skills fall into 8 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 business, administration and law 4 required

still to learn organisational resilience required
still to learn product life-cycle required
still to learn audit techniques required
still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required

02 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn develop audit plan required
still to learn improve business processes required
still to learn perform quality audits required

optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
optional, not held define organisational standards optional

03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn execute ICT audits required
still to learn prepare financial auditing reports required

optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
optional, not held identify legal requirements optional

04 working with computers 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn analyse ICT system required
still to learn perform ICT security testing required

optional, not held manage IT security compliances optional

05 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn ICT security standards required

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

06 assisting and caring 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn ensure adherence to organisational ICT standards required

optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries an IT auditor 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT process quality models knowledge
already held ICT quality policy knowledge
already held ICT security legislation knowledge
already held engineering processes knowledge
already held quality standards knowledge
already held systems development life-cycle knowledge
already held ICT project management knowledge
already held monitor technology trends skill

The 2 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary

optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional

08 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held cyber security optional

16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
optional, not held apply information security policies optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held communicate analytical insights optional
optional, not held cyber security optional
optional, not held develop ICT workflow optional
optional, not held identify ICT security risks optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held manage IT security compliances optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional
optional, not held define organisational standards optional
optional, not held develop documentation in accordance with legal requirements optional
optional, not held identify legal requirements optional
optional, not held inform on workplace safety standards optional
optional, not held protect personal data and privacy optional

42 held skills the IT auditor role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role Agile development knowledge
not needed by the target role DevOps knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT hardware specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT infrastructure knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT market knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT sales methodologies knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
not needed by the target role ICT system user requirements knowledge
not needed by the target role Open source model knowledge
not needed by the target role Outsourcing model knowledge
not needed by the target role Prototyping development knowledge
not needed by the target role Rapid application development knowledge
not needed by the target role Spiral development knowledge
not needed by the target role Waterfall development knowledge
not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
not needed by the target role assess ICT knowledge skill
not needed by the target role business process modelling knowledge
not needed by the target role conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business skill
not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
not needed by the target role define technical requirements skill
not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
not needed by the target role digital systems knowledge
not needed by the target role hybrid model knowledge
not needed by the target role incremental development knowledge
not needed by the target role innovation processes knowledge
not needed by the target role interact with users to gather requirements skill
not needed by the target role iterative development knowledge
not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
not needed by the target role manage localisation skill
not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
not needed by the target role perform market research skill
not needed by the target role perform online data analysis skill
not needed by the target role perform product planning skill
not needed by the target role perform risk analysis skill
not needed by the target role plan product management skill
not needed by the target role product comprehension knowledge
not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
not needed by the target role service-oriented modelling knowledge

2 further entries not listed here

11 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 ICT security standards required
still to learn organisational resilience required
still to learn product life-cycle required
still to learn audit techniques required
still to learn legal requirements of ICT products required
optional, not held ICT accessibility standards optional
optional, not held ICT network security risks optional
optional, not held cloud technologies optional
optional, not held cyber security optional
optional, not held information security strategy optional
optional, not held World Wide Web Consortium standards optional

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an ICT product manager become an IT auditor?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An ICT product manager already covers 26% of what an IT auditor is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the IT auditor role treats as required.

What skills does an ICT product manager need to become an IT auditor?

13 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by business, administration and law. The single most important is ICT security standards.

How hard is the move from ICT product manager to IT auditor?

Its learning distance is 73.7 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.