- Based on 21 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Vice President Engineering in their career, on average, they have 5.20 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 5.2 years on average and earn $418K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 0% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Vice President Engineering are Vice President Of Engineering, Senior Director Engineering and Engineering Director. Vice President Of Engineering, 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 Vice President Of Engineering is from the same job family, Engineering - General, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by Engineering Director, also being a common career path from Senior Vice President Engineering.
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- The most common career steps to get to Senior Vice President Engineering are Software Engineer, Chief Technology Officer and Vice President Engineering based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- While Software Engineer is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Vice President Engineering that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Senior Vice President Engineering 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 Vice President Engineering so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Senior 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 software engineer or chief technology officer as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to senior vice president engineering. 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 Software Engineer isn't from the same job family as Senior Vice President Engineering, Engineering - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Chief Technology Officer also being a common career path to Senior Vice President Engineering.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Senior Vice President Engineering are Bachelor Of Science (b.sc.) In Computer Science, Master Of Science (m.sc.) In Computer Science, and Master Of Science (m.sc.) In 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 Software Engineer being on the path to and from Senior Vice President Engineering. 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 Vice President Engineering is part of the Engineering - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (48) 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 Vice President Engineering are Senior Vice President Of Engineering, Svp Engineering.
- Our data is limited for this role so it's possible there are other common career paths not highlighted here for Senior Vice President Engineering.