Table 1Transition record

innovation officertodigital transformation manager

A innovation officer already meets 18% of what the digital transformation manager role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From innovation officer

18%

Overlap1

To digital transformation manager

5 Skills carried over

17 Required, not held

80.1 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

80.1/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the digital transformation manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the innovation officer 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 digital transformation manager role treats 4 of its required skills as things a innovation officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

ICT market
develop business plans
innovation processes
seek innovation in current practices

What stands in the way is 17 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A digital transformation manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a innovation officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held keep updated on innovations in various business fields information skills
already held develop business plans management skills
already held ICT market business, administration and law
already held innovation processes business, administration and law
already held seek innovation in current practices information skills

All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the digital transformation manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 27 missing skills fall into 6 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 6 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held deal with changing operational demand required
required, not held adapt to changes in technological development plans required
required, not held align efforts towards business development required
required, not held develop solutions to information issues required
required, not held implement strategic management required
required, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems required

optional, not held implement operational business plans optional

02 management skills 5 required, 3 supplementary

required, not held identify process improvements required
required, not held lead technology development of an organisation required
required, not held manage ICT change request process required
required, not held develop company strategies required
required, not held provide improvement strategies required

optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held lead the brand strategic planning process optional
optional, not held plan digital marketing optional

03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held keep up with digital transformation of industrial processes required
required, not held conduct impact evaluation of ICT processes on business required

optional, not held combine business technology with user experience optional
optional, not held monitor customer behaviour optional

04 working with computers 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held manage changes in ICT system required
required, not held collaborate through digital technologies required

optional, not held develop digital content optional
optional, not held use content management system software optional

05 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held business strategy concepts required
required, not held strategic planning required

optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional

06 social sciences, journalism and information 1 supplementary

optional, not held information governance compliance optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a digital transformation manager 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 5 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held ICT market knowledge
already held develop business plans skill
already held innovation processes knowledge
already held seek innovation in current practices skill
already held keep updated on innovations in various business fields skill

10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held information governance compliance optional
optional, not held combine business technology with user experience optional
optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional
optional, not held implement operational business plans optional
optional, not held apply change management optional
optional, not held develop digital content optional
optional, not held lead the brand strategic planning process optional
optional, not held monitor customer behaviour optional
optional, not held plan digital marketing optional
optional, not held use content management system software optional

18 held skills the digital transformation manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on patents skill
not needed by the target role business processes knowledge
not needed by the target role carry out strategic research skill
not needed by the target role collaborate with engineers skill
not needed by the target role consult with industry professionals skill
not needed by the target role define technology strategy skill
not needed by the target role emergent technologies knowledge
not needed by the target role engineering processes knowledge
not needed by the target role identify new business opportunities skill
not needed by the target role identify potential markets for companies skill
not needed by the target role implement procurement of innovation skill
not needed by the target role improve business processes skill
not needed by the target role innovate in ICT skill
not needed by the target role product life-cycle knowledge
not needed by the target role promote innovative infrastructure design skill
not needed by the target role promote open innovation in research skill
not needed by the target role risk management knowledge
not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill

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 business strategy concepts required
required, not held strategic planning required
optional, not held information governance compliance optional
optional, not held digital marketing techniques optional

Index

Other moves recorded from innovation officer

Full index of moves from innovation officer

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.