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How can I become a Global Marketing Manager
- The most common career steps to get to Global Marketing Manager are Director Of Product Management, Financial Analyst and Marketing Manager based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Director Of Product Management, the most common step before Global Marketing Manager, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Global Marketing Manager, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Global Marketing Manager.
- While Director Of Product Management is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Global Marketing Manager that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Global Marketing Manager career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming a Global Marketing Manager so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Mid role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider director of product management or financial analyst as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to global marketing manager. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Director Of Product Management isn't from the same job family as Global Marketing Manager, Marketing - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Financial Analyst also being a common career path to Global Marketing Manager.
What should I know about the Global Marketing Manager career path
- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Global Marketing Manager are Bachelor Of Business Administration (b.b.a.) In Marketing, Doctor Of Philosophy (ph.d.) In Epidemiology, and Master Degree In Epidemiology. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Director Of Product Management being on the path to and from Global Marketing Manager. This is common when people move companies where the title is the same as a past one but the scope may be different but also is commonly driven by them choosing to return to a function they fit well with.
- Global Marketing Manager is part of the Marketing - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (85) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Global Marketing Manager.