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From programme manager to operations manager

12 of the 24 essential skills of a operations manager are already essential for a programme manager — about 50% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

12
skills carry over
12
would be new
50%
of the target job covered
24
essential skills of a operations manager

What a operations manager does

Operations managers plan, oversee and coordinate the daily operations of production of goods and provision of services. They also formulate and implement company policies and plan the use of human resources and materials.

What would be new

12 skills

Essential for a operations manager and not for a programme manager. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from programme manager

2 roles

programme manageroperations managerThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a operations manager?

MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.