Modeled career paths · Defense manufacturing

Where does a Defense Program Production Manager go next?

What employers are asking a Defense Program Production Manager for, what they pay, and where people go next. From live postings and Startline’s modeled career map: what the ads say, never estimated.

Typical advancement

Director of Defense Manufacturing+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

84% of modeled moves out of Defense Program Production Manager go here

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Specialist path

VP Supply Chain+23% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Supply Chain. 3% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Higher-growth opportunity

VP Operations+30% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Operations. 3% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Chief Operating Officer+99% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Operations. 1% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Adjacent career

Director of Additive Manufacturing+0% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Defense Program Production Manager go here

lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Metrology Manager-9% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Defense Program Production Manager go here

lateral0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Operations-9% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

4% of modeled moves out of Defense Program Production Manager go here

lateral93% of modeled exits move upward from there

What this page cannot know is which of these fit you. That is what the free list is for.