Modeled career paths · Test engineering

Where does a Test & Validation Manager go next?

What employers are asking a Test & Validation 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.

Specialist path

VP Operations+23% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Operations. 16% joint modeled share

executive step100% of modeled exits move upward from there

Higher-growth opportunity

Practice Director, Forensics+56% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Principal Forensic Engineer. 23% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Director of Human Factors+49% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Human Factors Lead. 23% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Chief Operating Officer+88% typical comp change · ~7.0y typical

reachable via Director of Operations. 5% joint modeled share

executive stepno modeled onward moves above the evidence floor

Adjacent career

Principal Forensic Engineer+9% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

27% of modeled moves out of Test & Validation Manager go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Human Factors Lead+4% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

27% of modeled moves out of Test & Validation Manager go here

lateral84% of modeled exits move upward from there

Director of Operations-14% typical comp change · ~4.0y typical

23% of modeled moves out of Test & Validation 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.