Strategist Career Path
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Based on 148 Jobtrees users who were a Strategist in their career, on average, they have 2.80 years of experience and 2 jobs prior to this one. They spend 5.0 years on average in this job building experience and earn $95K per year before moving on.
5% of Jobtrees users moved to another job with this same title in their next career step. The most common career steps after Strategist are Product Marketing Manager, Intern and Consultant.
If you are looking for more ideas on potential career paths from this job, you should also consider Creative Director, Writer and Freelance Writer as they commonly lead to Strategist 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 Strategist are Program Manager, Product Manager and Writer based on actual career paths reported to Jobtrees.
Program Manager, the most common step before Strategist, 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 higher title doesn't always mean higher pay and larger scope. Focus more on the scope of the next role than title progression in building a path to Strategist.
While Program Manager is the most common, there is no specific role leading to Strategist that is an overwhelmingly common path. Another characteristic of the Strategist 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 Strategist so focusing on translatable skills is likely more important than a specific role.
While Program Manager isn't from the same job family as Strategist, Strategy, it can help to have direct experience in this discipline shown by Product Manager also being a common career path to Strategist.
If you are looking for more potential career paths to Strategist, you should also consider Leader, Marketing Manager and Co-founder as they commonly lead to Strategist as well.
What should I know about the career path
Strategist is a role that people spend a significant amount of time in before moving on. In roles like this that are more senior, that is common as there is room and usually an expectation to grow within the role.
Strategist is part of the Strategy 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.