- Based on 39 Jobtrees users who were an Organizational Development Manager in their career, on average, they have 5.74 years of experience and 3 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 6.3 years on average and earn $91K per year on average in this more senior role.
- 5% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Organizational Development Manager are Events Intern, Human Resources Business Partner and Director. Events Intern, the most common next career step, is a less experienced role which is common to see in career paths as titles aren't synonymous across companies (higher title doesn't always mean higher pay or larger scope) and not all job seekers are looking to increase their responsibility in their next career step. While Events Intern isn't from the Human Resources - General job family, there are common paths within the same discipline as Organizational Development Manager shown by Human Resources Business Partner also being a next career step Jobtrees users are taking.
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- The most common career steps to get to Organizational Development Manager are Education Director, Human Resources Intern and Instructional Designer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
- Education Director, the most common step before Organizational Development Manager, is a more senior role which is common to see in career paths. This is a natural and common career progression as titles aren't synonymous across companies so a more senior title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. For Organizational Development Manager, this is an indication that you should focus more on the scope of the role than the specific title when thinking about building a path to Organizational Development Manager.
- While Education Director is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Organizational Development Manager that is an overwhelmingly common path.
- Another characteristic of the Organizational Development Manager career path is that experience within the same job family as this role isn't common and as a result likely not necessary.
- This shows there are many potential paths to becoming an Organizational Development Manager so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
- This is a Mid role meaning if you don’t have significant work experience and likely also experience in a closely related field, you need to start more than one or two steps away from this role in planning your path. Consider education director or human resources intern as these are the most popular career starting points for Jobtrees users that led to organizational development manager. For a quicker path to this senior role title, consider looking at smaller companies as they have less layers to get to these more senior titles. The scope of the role and likely the pay though will still likely compare more similarly to a less experienced role title at a larger company. This is partly why you see some unexpected experience level titles leading to this role.
- While Education Director isn't from the same job family as Organizational Development Manager, Human Resources - General, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Human Resources Intern also being a common career path to Organizational Development Manager.
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- The most common degrees or certifications earned by Jobtrees users on the path to become Organizational Development Manager are Bachelor Of Arts (b.a.) In Psychology, Bachelor Of Business Administration (b.b.a.) In International Business, and Master Of Arts (m.a.) In Organizational Development. There may be other specific certification requirements to land a job with this role, so please make sure to check local regulations as well.
- Organizational Development Manager is part of the Human Resources - General job family which has a limited number of unique role types (49) within that discipline. Choosing to pursue a role within this family likely will mean that you will need to look outside of your discipline to find new roles and so should focus on related skills as part of that search.
- Other common titles that have similar job requirements and career paths as Organizational Development Manager are Manager, Organizational Development.