Modeled career paths · Incident management

Where does a Head of Incident Management go next?

What employers are asking a Head of Incident Management 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 Reliability Programmes+43% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
84% of modeled moves out of Head of Incident Management go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Higher-growth opportunity
Director of Developer Experience+54% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Staff Engineer, Productivity. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Director of Generative AI+77% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Staff AI Engineer. 4% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Chief Information Officer+66% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Director of IT. 2% joint modeled share
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Adjacent career
Staff Engineer, Productivity+8% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Head of Incident Management go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Staff AI Engineer+24% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Head of Incident Management go here
lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of IT-24% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical
4% of modeled moves out of Head of Incident Management go here
lateral64% of modeled exits move upward from there

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