Career moves · 231,145 postings · 163 markets · 2026-07-16
Where can your career go next?
Search the role you're in. We count what employers ask for across 231,145 active postings, then show you the markets one step away: how big each one is, and exactly which skills you'd need to add.
What this is and isn't
Markets sit close together when employers on both sides ask for the same skills, measured across 350 normalized skills. This is not a record of people moving between them. That would need career histories we don't have. A close market also isn't automatically a good move. Skills counted are the ones postings list explicitly, so every figure is a floor.
You are here
Program Manager
839 open jobs·302 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Program Manager. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Product Manager has the most openings (2,622), while Technical Program Manager requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Very close1
- Close9
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 130 to 2,622 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Technical Program Manager
from Program Manager
Excellent match
Very close
The closest move to Program Manager we can see.
722
openings in Technical Program Manager
6
skills you already have
4
skills to learn
5
skills to strengthen
You already have
Program ManagerTechnical Program Managershare of postingsjira
76%90%
roadmap
74%90%
stakeholder management
78%88%
product management
74%88%
pmp
15%8%
capacity planning
4%6%
You'll need to learn
- engineering managementasked for in 47% of Technical Program Manager postings
- cross functional collaborationasked for in 82% of Technical Program Manager postings
- networkingasked for in 29% of Technical Program Manager postings
- gcpasked for in 15% of Technical Program Manager postings
Strengthen what you have
- jira76% → 90%
- stakeholder management78% → 88%
- roadmap74% → 90%
- product management74% → 88%
- capacity planning4% → 6%
How much work is out there
Program Manager839Technical Program Manager722This market is about the size of yours.
Smaller than the market you're in, but 6 of the skills it asks for are ones you already have.
What to do next
1 · Learn
engineering management
Asked for in 47% of Technical Program Manager postings, and 3 other new skills.
2 · Strengthen
jira
76% of Program Manager postings ask for it, against 90% of Technical Program Manager.
3 · Look at the work
722 Technical Program Manager postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
839 Program Manager postings · 722 Technical Program Manager postings · 350 normalized skills · snapshot 2026-07-16
Methodology
What is this based on?
231,145 live job postings from 28,870 employers across 163 markets, captured 2026-07-16. Skills come from each posting's stated requirements.
How is distance calculated?
Each market becomes a profile of the skills its postings request, and markets are compared by how much those profiles overlap (an IDF-weighted cosine similarity, so skills that appear in almost every role count for less). The closest markets sit nearest the center, grouped into five bands from Very close to Different field.
What do the skill lists mean?
Shared skills are the ones both roles commonly ask for. Skills to learn are the ones the target market asks for that your current role doesn't, ranked by how much more often they come up.
What isn't included?
Years of experience, seniority, salary, portfolio or certification requirements, or how competitive a role is to land. Skill overlap is one axis of a move, not the whole picture.
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