Currently a program manager but not sure if I want to stay as one long term. Curious what other common paths people go into after project management?

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Portfolio Mgmt, Ppl Management as a PMO Lead, Change Management, Product Management (Tech or non-tech), consultant, etc. you can be whatever you set set your mind to be, you’ll just have a great program/project/product mgmt background as your foundation.

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How to figure out in which direction to head at?

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Portfolio Mgmt

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Project manager here. Let’s chat I am trying yo transition too.

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Think about 3 ways, PM, business, and technology. These all bring you to a different path.

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Do MBA, otherwise you are stuck doing deliveries for executive management.

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