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.

9 mo+15% salary
moderate59% 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.

18 mo+30% salary
easy72% overlap
Business Operations Manager → Chief of Staff

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

11 mo+13% salary
easy76% overlap
Operations Manager → Senior Operations Manager

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

11 mo+37% salary
moderate52% overlap
Operations Manager → COO

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

22 mo+182% salary
easy74% overlap
Senior Operations Manager → COO

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

6 mo+106% salary
moderate58% overlap
Business Operations Manager → COO

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

14 mo+101% salary
easy79% overlap
Chief of Staff → COO

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

9 mo+77% salary
easy72% 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
moderate58% overlap
Program Manager → Director of Engineering

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

16 mo+97% salary
easy75% overlap
Technical Program Manager → Director of Engineering

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

6 mo+55% salary
easy77% overlap
Strategy Consultant → Chief of Staff

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

8 mo+2% salary
moderate56% overlap
Strategy Consultant → COO

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

15 mo+82% salary
moderate58% overlap
Supply Chain Manager → COO

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

18 mo+158% salary
easy77% overlap
Procurement Manager → COO

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

8 mo+182% salary
moderate56% overlap
Logistics Manager → COO

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

22 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