Skills employers ask for most at the director and head level
31,244 open jobs at the director and head level name at least one skill. These are the skills they name most.
Most-asked skills at the director and head level
Share of the 31,244 jobs at the director and head level that name the skill.
| # | Skill | Share of jobs | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Project management | 13% | 4,126 |
| 2 | Forecasting | 13% | 4,124 |
| 3 | Onboarding | 13% | 3,915 |
| 4 | Risk management | 12% | 3,676 |
| 5 | Excel | 12% | 3,632 |
| 6 | Supply chain | 10% | 3,272 |
| 7 | Audit | 10% | 3,172 |
| 8 | Strategic planning | 10% | 3,109 |
| 9 | Procurement | 9.5% | 2,982 |
| 10 | CRM | 8.8% | 2,738 |
| 11 | Budgeting | 8.1% | 2,516 |
| 12 | Regulatory compliance | 8% | 2,509 |
| 13 | Go-to-market | 7.8% | 2,437 |
| 14 | Change management | 7.1% | 2,223 |
| 15 | Logistics | 6.3% | 1,966 |
| 16 | Talent acquisition | 6% | 1,877 |
| 17 | Salesforce | 5.9% | 1,845 |
| 18 | Stakeholder management | 5.1% | 1,601 |
| 19 | PowerPoint | 5% | 1,569 |
| 20 | Lean | 5% | 1,562 |
| 21 | Agile | 4.7% | 1,458 |
| 22 | Workday | 4.6% | 1,430 |
| 23 | ERP | 3.9% | 1,212 |
| 24 | Cross-functional leadership | 3.7% | 1,145 |
| 25 | Due diligence | 3.5% | 1,080 |
Same list for other seniority levels
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