How difficult is it to jump from tax technology to project/product manager role at tech companies? Does PMP cert helps?

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Jumping to a project/program manager role is pretty easy especially if it’s within finance/tax - I’ve interviewed/gotten offers for 2 of these roles at large tech companies. The jump to product manager role is harder to do directly.

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Project Manager and product manager are two different things so make sure you are clear what you want to do. Very easy to jump to Project Manager, but may require more skills and experience for Product Manager

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What type of experience needed for product manager? Any transferable skills from PA?

Following…@BDO I have been thinking through this too. can someone elaborate what’s the role of a Project/Product manager?

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