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Football Tech Product Manager to Football Tech Founder
How to move from Football Tech Product Manager to Football Tech Founder: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
Qualification check for Football Tech Founder
Not needed
No qualification is needed for the new role. Evidence of results, reputation and relationships decide this move. No qualification is needed. Customers, product quality and execution decide success.
2 to 4 yearstypical timeline
4new skills to build
0qualifications to consider
+33%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Football Tech Product Manager
Guides the development of football software and data products.
Football Tech Founder
Builds a product or company for football, such as analytics, video, fan or scouting tech.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
No additional qualification is typically required. Experience and a track record matter most.
Tools to learn
What the new role asks of you
- Find a clear customer problem
- Build and test a product with clubs
- Raise funds and lead a team
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Entrepreneurship.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.