Career Progression of Program Manager
Career Progression of Program Manager
There is a lot of confusion among professionals on what is the future career path once you are in the role of the program manager.Â
In this article, I will be covering the aspect of progression in product organizations.
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Please refer to the below image, depicting the different levels
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In most cases, Project Managers, Delivery Managers, QA Managers, and Scrum Masters get progressed in the role of the program manager.Â
From what I have seen, it takes around 2-3 years for a program manager to be promoted to senior program manager. In the position of SPM, you are expected to get reporting of 2-3 program managers as well which will prepare you for the next role.
The next role is Principal program manager which gives you the opportunity to look at a complete function and have reported of 5-10 program managers depending on organization size.
The next level is more of a strategic role.
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