Modeled career paths · Incident management

Where does a Incident Commander go next?

What employers are asking a Incident Commander 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
Head of Incident Management+34% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
75% of modeled moves out of Incident Commander go here
progression84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of Reliability Programmes+91% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical
25% of modeled moves out of Incident Commander go here
executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor
Specialist path
Director of IT+2% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Head of Incident Management. 3% joint modeled share
progression64% of modeled exits move upward from there
Director of PMO-4% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Head of Incident Management. 3% joint modeled share
progression0% of modeled exits move upward from there
Higher-growth opportunity
Staff Engineer, Productivity+45% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Head of Incident Management. 3% joint modeled share
progression84% of modeled exits move upward from there
Staff AI Engineer+66% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical
reachable via Head of Incident Management. 3% joint modeled share
progression84% 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.