CosmoQuick Transitions
CosmoQuickTransitions

Operations & Strategy

Business operations, chief-of-staff, and cross-functional strategy.

8 roles$169,125 avg salary24+ transitions
Roles

All Operations & Strategy roles

Transitions

Popular transitions in Operations & Strategy

easy75% overlap
Revenue Operations Manager Business Operations Manager

Natural progression from revenue-operations-manager to business-operations-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+15% salary
moderate51% overlap
Revenue Operations Manager Chief of Staff

Fast-track jump from revenue-operations-manager to chief-of-staff — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

22 mo+30% salary
easy77% overlap
Business Operations Manager Chief of Staff

Natural progression from business-operations-manager to chief-of-staff — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+13% salary
easy71% overlap
Operations Manager Senior Operations Manager

Natural progression from operations-manager to senior-operations-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

10 mo+37% salary
moderate51% overlap
Operations Manager COO

Fast-track jump from operations-manager to coo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

12 mo+182% salary
easy74% overlap
Senior Operations Manager COO

Natural progression from senior-operations-manager to coo — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+106% salary
moderate56% overlap
Business Operations Manager COO

Fast-track jump from business-operations-manager to coo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

18 mo+101% salary
easy75% overlap
Chief of Staff COO

Natural progression from chief-of-staff to coo — same track, higher scope and compensation.

6 mo+77% salary
easy71% overlap
Program Manager Technical Program Manager

Natural progression from program-manager to technical-program-manager — same track, higher scope and compensation.

9 mo+27% salary
moderate53% overlap
Program Manager Director of Engineering

Fast-track jump from program-manager to director-of-engineering — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

20 mo+97% salary
easy79% overlap
Technical Program Manager Director of Engineering

Natural progression from technical-program-manager to director-of-engineering — same track, higher scope and compensation.

7 mo+55% salary
easy79% overlap
Strategy Consultant Chief of Staff

Natural progression from strategy-consultant to chief-of-staff — same track, higher scope and compensation.

11 mo+2% salary
moderate59% overlap
Strategy Consultant COO

Fast-track jump from strategy-consultant to coo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

18 mo+82% salary
moderate56% overlap
Supply Chain Manager COO

Fast-track jump from supply-chain-manager to coo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

22 mo+158% salary
easy75% overlap
Procurement Manager COO

Natural progression from procurement-manager to coo — same track, higher scope and compensation.

8 mo+182% salary
moderate60% overlap
Logistics Manager COO

Fast-track jump from logistics-manager to coo — ambitious but very achievable with focused skill-building.

12 mo+211% salary
moderate55% overlap
Product Manager Chief of Staff

Great for cross-functional PMs who want to work with the CEO.

9 mo+16% salary
moderate55% overlap
Business Operations Manager Product Manager

BizOps → PM is one of the most common pivots at growth-stage tech.

9 mo-3% salary
moderate45% overlap
Strategy Consultant Product Manager

Consultants moving in-house frequently target product.

12 mo-12% salary
easy68% overlap
Strategy Consultant Business Operations Manager

Natural in-house move for consultants.

6 mo-10% salary
moderate60% overlap
Strategy Consultant Corporate Development Manager

Consultants routinely move into corp dev.

9 mo+0% salary
moderate55% overlap
Technical Program Manager Engineering Manager

Move from cross-functional programs to owning an engineering team.

12 mo+16% salary
moderate55% overlap
Program Manager Product Manager

PMPs frequently transition into product roles.

12 mo+12% salary
moderate45% overlap
HR Business Partner Chief of Staff

HRBPs with strong exec relationships often move into Chief of Staff.

12 mo+59% salary