Modeled career paths · Defense manufacturing

Where does a Production Lead, Defense go next?

What employers are asking a Production Lead, Defense 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

Defense Program Production Manager+34% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

75% of modeled moves out of Production Lead, Defense go here

progression84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Defense Manufacturing+92% typical comp change · ~3.0y typical

25% of modeled moves out of Production Lead, Defense go here

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Specialist path

Metrology Manager+22% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Defense Program Production Manager. 3% joint modeled share

progression0% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Operations+22% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Defense Program Production Manager. 3% joint modeled share

progression93% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Supply Chain+15% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Defense Program Production Manager. 3% joint modeled share

progression88% of modeled exits move upward from there

Higher-growth opportunity

Director of Additive Manufacturing+34% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Defense Program Production Manager. 3% joint modeled share

progression0% 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.