Project manager to quality services manager
A project manager already meets 31% of what the quality services manager role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
67.1/ 100
1 How much of what a quality services manager is expected to do is already part of a project 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 quality services manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A quality services manager role treats 6 of its required skills as things a project manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- business processes
- corporate social responsibility
- follow company standards
- liaise with managers
- quality assurance methodologies
- strive for company growth
What stands in the way is 11 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A quality services manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a project manager background worth leading with.
- already held business processes business, administration and law
- already held strive for company growth management skills
- already held quality assurance methodologies business, administration and law
- already held follow company standards assisting and caring
- already held corporate social responsibility business, administration and law
- already held project management business, administration and law
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the quality services manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 7 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 define quality standards required
- still to learn improve business processes required
- still to learn perform quality audits required
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
- still to learn oversee stock quality control required
- still to learn analyse test data required
- optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
- optional, not held analyse business processes optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
- still to learn business knowledge required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held management systems standards optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
- still to learn train staff in quality procedures required
- still to learn create solutions to problems required
- optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
- still to learn adhere to organisational guidelines required
- still to learn database quality standards required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a quality services manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 business knowledge study this
- 02 database quality standards study this
- 03 oversee stock quality control 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held business processes knowledge
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with managers skill
- already held quality assurance methodologies knowledge
- already held strive for company growth skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held project management knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assess supplier risks optional
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held management systems standards optional
- optional, not held analyse business processes optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
- optional, not held communicate test results to other departments optional
- optional, not held evaluate employees optional
- optional, not held lead inspections optional
- optional, not held perform pre-assembly quality checks optional
- optional, not held plan health and safety procedures optional
- optional, not held set quality assurance objectives optional
- optional, not held use measurement instruments optional
60 held skills the quality services manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role Agile project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role Prince2 project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role analyse business plans skill
- not needed by the target role apply change management skill
- not needed by the target role apply conflict management skill
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role communication principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role control of expenses skill
- not needed by the target role create a financial report skill
- not needed by the target role create project specifications skill
- not needed by the target role crowdsourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role customise project methodologies skill
- not needed by the target role design wayside signalling interlockings skill
- not needed by the target role develop business plans skill
- not needed by the target role draft project documentation skill
- not needed by the target role ensure compliance with legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment availability skill
- not needed by the target role ensure equipment maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role establish daily priorities skill
- not needed by the target role estimate duration of work skill
- not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
- not needed by the target role identify legal requirements skill
- not needed by the target role insourcing strategy knowledge
- not needed by the target role internal risk management policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role lean project management knowledge
- not needed by the target role legal studies knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain a central project repository skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with suppliers skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage logistics skill
- not needed by the target role manage project changes skill
- not needed by the target role manage project information skill
- not needed by the target role manage project metrics skill
- not needed by the target role manage several projects skill
- not needed by the target role manage staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage standard enterprise resource planning system skill
- not needed by the target role manage supplies skill
- not needed by the target role mathematics knowledge
- not needed by the target role negotiate with stakeholders skill
- not needed by the target role office administration knowledge
20 further entries not listed here
6 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 business knowledge required
- still to learn database quality standards required
- still to learn quality standards required
- optional, not held customer service optional
- optional, not held management systems standards optional
- optional, not held business strategy concepts optional
Other moves recorded from project manager
- programme manager 69% covered · moderate
- project support officer 69% covered · moderate
- ICT project manager 51% covered · substantial
- operations manager 49% covered · substantial
- security manager 39% covered · substantial
- auction house manager 36% covered · substantial
- resource manager 35% covered · substantial
- facilities manager 33% covered · substantial
Common questions about this move
Can a project manager become a quality services manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A project manager already covers 31% of what a quality services manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the quality services manager role treats as required.
What skills does a project manager need to become a quality services manager?
11 required skills are missing, plus 12 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is business knowledge.
How hard is the move from project manager to quality services manager?
Its learning distance is 67.1 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.