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
Sales Director
156 open jobs·112 employers
10 markets are one step away
These are the 10 careers with the highest skill overlap with Sales Director. Bigger circles mean more openings; careers closer to the center require fewer new skills.
Among nearby careers, Account Executive has the most openings (2,252), while Sales Manager requires the fewest new skills.
Skill transition
How much each market's required skills differ from your
current role.
- Very close10
Larger circles = more open jobs, from 116 to 2,252 here.
TapSelect a market to put it at the center.
Sales Manager
from Sales Director
Excellent match
Very close
Among the 10 closest moves from Sales Director.
395
openings in Sales Manager
6
skills you already have
1
skills to learn
0
skills to strengthen
You already have
Sales DirectorSales Managershare of postingsbusiness development
56%52%
negotiation
31%25%
pipeline management
34%24%
quota attainment
37%23%
revenue operations
19%18%
enterprise sales
49%15%
You'll need to learn
- coachingasked for in 28% of Sales Manager postings
How much work is out there
Sales Director156Sales Manager395This market has 2.5x more postings than yours.
What to do next
1 · Learn
coaching
Asked for in 28% of Sales Manager postings, the only genuinely new one.
2 · Look at the work
395 Sales Manager postings
Observed active in this snapshot.
156 Sales Director postings · 395 Sales 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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