Program vs. product vs. project manager. What’s the difference and what’s the “most likely to land” exit op from marketing / strat consulting?

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marketing-oriented consulting -> product manager, esp. if you've a technical background

ops consulting -> project manager, esp. if you've significant pmo experience

strat consulting -> program manager, esp. at slightly more senior levels where you have more experience of handling concurrent projects

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@ac1 OK. So what'll be a better answer for OP's question?

Tech StratOps is probably the most natural placement for management consultants, with growth hacking a good option for marketers. But this would not answer the OP's question.

Program manager and project manager are relatively similar. A project manager is a little bit narrower and focused on a particular project while program is a little more overreaching. Product management at its true form is very different - you are not managing the people but rather managing the results of the product itself. The product manager knows more about the product being delivered while the project manager knows more about the team delivering it

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