Senior Vice President Career Path
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The career path for a
Based on 351 Jobtrees users who were a Senior Vice President in their career, on average, they have 5.87 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They have spent a significant amount of time in this job before moving on 7.1 years on average and earn $172K per year on average in this more senior role.
7% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Senior Vice President are Vice President, President and Chief Operating Officer. Vice President, 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 Vice President is from the same job family, Corporate, there are other common opportunities outside this discipline that Jobtrees users are taking as shown by President, also being a common career path from Senior Vice President.
If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Principal, Chief Executive Officer and Founder as they commonly lead to Senior Vice President as well. Find more insights below about this specific career path based on our Jobtrees users' experience.
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How can I become a
The most common career steps to get to Senior Vice President are Vice President, President and Executive Vice President based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
While Vice President is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Senior Vice President that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Senior Vice President 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 a Senior Vice President so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Vice President isn't from the same job family as Senior Vice President, Corporate, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by President also being a common career path to Senior Vice President.
If you are looking for more potential career paths to Senior Vice President, you should also consider Advisor, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director as they commonly lead to Senior Vice President as well.
What should I know about the career path
Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Vice President being the most common role to and from Senior Vice President. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with. Career paths aren't linear with people often returning to a prior role which is what you see with Vice President being on the path to and from Senior Vice President. This is common when people move to companies of different sizes or choose to return to a function they fit well with.
Senior Vice President is part of the Corporate job family which has a variety of unique role 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 Senior Vice President are Sr. Vice President, Svp, Svp Business Development, Svp Finance, Svp Marketing, Svp Technology.