- Based on 40 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Technical Program Manager in their career, on average, they have 5.26 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They spend 3.3 years on average in this job building experience and earn $147K per year before moving on.
- 5% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Technical Program Manager are Product Manager, Founder and Technical Program Manager. Product Manager, the most common next career step, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths as people will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they build experience and explore other jobs. While Product Manager isn't from the Program job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Senior Technical Program Manager shown by Technical Program Manager also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
- If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Program Management Director, Project Manager and Program Leader as they commonly lead to Senior Technical Program Manager as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Technical Program Manager are Technical Program Manager, Software Development Intern and Night Manager based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Technical Program Manager, the most common step before Senior Technical Program Manager, is of similar seniority which is common to see in career paths. People will often move between jobs and roles at the same level as they explore new types and gain experience for more senior roles.
- While Technical Program Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Technical Program Manager that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Technical Program 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 Senior Technical Program 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 technical program manager or software development intern as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to senior technical program 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 Technical Program Manager is from the same job family, Program as Senior Technical Program Manager, you don't necessarily need direct experience in this discipline show by Software Development Intern also leading to Senior Technical Program Manager.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Technical Program Manager are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Mechanical Engineering, Master Degree In Computer Science, and Bachelor Of Engineering (b.eng.) In Computer Engineering. 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 Technical Program Manager being on the path to and from Senior Technical Program 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.
- Senior Technical Program Manager is part of the Program job family which has a limited number of unique role types (36) 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.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Senior Technical Program Manager are Sr. Technical Program Manager.