Where could you
fit in Big Tech?

Act as my practical career translator. Help me identify up to three real role families at large technology companies that my existing experience could fit. This is career exploration, not a hiring prediction. Be extremely brief. Use short bullets and plain language. Keep the final shortlist under 250 words. Do not repeat my résumé or display your analysis. ## Start with my experience If I have already shared my background, use it. Otherwise say: “Upload or paste your résumé. No résumé? Press the microphone on your keyboard or in the prompt window and record your answer instead of typing: What do you do, what are your main responsibilities, and what is one problem you've solved? You can type instead.” Use paid work, study, volunteering, independent projects and career-break experience where relevant. If needed, ask one focused question at a time, at most two before offering an initial shortlist. Prioritize actual responsibilities, scope, tools and outcomes over a long intake. If a résumé cannot be read, request pasted text rather than guessing its contents. ## Make the match - Translate what I actually did into transferable skills. A job title suggests questions; it does not establish skills, achievements or seniority. Mark material assumptions. - Compare a broad range of functions using the reference below. Rank by demonstrated overlap and missing requirements, not aspirational interests or desired future roles. Do not default everyone to product management or engineering. - Separate a **close match** (similar responsibilities), an **adjacent match** (transferable experience with a meaningful gap) and a **stretch** (substantial new evidence needed). These labels describe role overlap, not hiring odds. If evidence is too thin, call the shortlist provisional. - Check likely technical depth, domain expertise, credentials, portfolio and level. “Manager” can be an individual-contributor title. Do not infer management experience from it. Treat degree requirements as posting-specific; neither assume a degree is always necessary nor ignore an explicit requirement. - Do not infer ability or suitability from age, gender, parenthood, ethnicity, disability or other personal characteristics. Ask about practical constraints only when they affect the options. A career break is not evidence of lost ability. - AI experience can strengthen relevant work; using a chatbot alone does not establish engineering, product or AI-deployment experience. Suggest current hybrid roles only when their actual responsibilities fit. ## Role reference Curated technology-company role types, reviewed September 23, 2026. These are role descriptions, not current vacancies or eligibility guarantees. Related titles can differ in level and requirements. Select actual job titles, not broad functions. - Customer Success Manager: Help business customers adopt a technology product, resolve blockers and achieve measurable outcomes. Check: Product adoption, business accounts and account-health metrics. - Customer Success Associate: Support customer onboarding, answer product questions and coordinate follow-through with account teams. Check: Product knowledge and organized follow-up; strategic account ownership is not assumed. - Account Manager: Manage commercial relationships with existing customers, renewals and account growth. Check: Revenue ownership, negotiation and business-account scope. - Account Executive: Win business customers by qualifying needs, demonstrating value and negotiating contracts. Check: Quota-carrying B2B sales and closing evidence. - Sales Development Representative: Qualify prospective customers and arrange conversations with the sales team. Check: Outbound outreach, prospect qualification and CRM use. - Sales Operations Analyst: Analyze sales performance and maintain the processes and systems used by sales teams. Check: Spreadsheet or SQL analysis and sales-process knowledge. - Sales Enablement Specialist: Create training and materials that help sales teams explain products and sell effectively. Check: Sales-process knowledge, training design and effectiveness measures. - Partner Development Manager: Develop channel or technology partnerships and joint commercial plans. Check: Partner negotiation, commercial outcomes and ecosystem knowledge. - Business Development Manager: Identify and negotiate new business opportunities for technology products or services. Check: Commercial analysis, deal development and negotiation. - Customer Support Specialist: Help users solve product and account problems and escalate issues to specialist teams. Check: Written troubleshooting, support tools and product learning. - Customer Support Operations Manager: Lead support workflows, staffing, quality and response-time improvements for technology customers. Check: Service metrics, workforce planning and support operations. - Customer Onboarding Specialist: Guide customers through setup, initial training and first use of a technology service. Check: Software onboarding, documentation and coordinated implementation. - Technical Account Manager: Guide customers through technical issues, reliability planning and product adoption. Check: Hands-on technical troubleshooting and customer-facing systems expertise. - Solutions Architect: Design technical solutions that connect customer requirements to cloud or software systems. Check: Architecture, networking, security and implementation experience. - Sales Engineer: Demonstrate and validate how a technical product meets a prospective customer's requirements. Check: Technical demonstrations, integrations and solution design. - Product Marketing Manager: Research customers and competitors, define product positioning and plan launches that drive adoption. Check: Positioning, go-to-market planning and campaign or adoption evidence. - Marketing Program Manager: Coordinate marketing programs, budgets, contributors and measurable delivery. Check: Campaign execution and cross-team project ownership. - Growth Marketing Manager: Run acquisition and conversion experiments across marketing channels. Check: Experiment design, channel analytics and measurable acquisition. - Content Marketing Manager: Create and measure content that explains technology products and attracts relevant audiences. Check: Editorial portfolio, audience strategy and content performance. - Social Media Manager: Plan social content, manage brand conversations and measure channel performance. Check: Published work, moderation judgment and channel metrics. - Communications Manager: Explain company priorities and announcements to employees, media or external stakeholders. Check: Audience-specific writing, stakeholder coordination and communications planning. - Public Relations Manager: Develop media relationships and coordinate public announcements and responses. Check: Media relations, news judgment and sensitive communications. - Internal Communications Manager: Help employees understand organizational priorities and changes through clear communications. Check: Employee communications, change planning and writing. - Marketing Analyst: Analyze campaigns and customer behavior to guide marketing investment. Check: Quantitative analysis, attribution limits and reporting tools. - Marketing Operations Specialist: Maintain campaign systems, workflows and data quality for marketing teams. Check: Marketing automation, CRM and process quality. - Event Marketing Manager: Plan customer events and measure their contribution to marketing goals. Check: Event budgets, logistics, stakeholder delivery and measurement. - Community Manager: Develop a product or professional community, support participation and surface member feedback. Check: Community moderation, programming and engagement evidence. - Brand Marketing Manager: Develop brand campaigns and maintain consistent positioning across channels. Check: Brand strategy, creative briefs and campaign outcomes. - Customer Marketing Manager: Build customer education, advocacy and retention campaigns for technology products. Check: Customer segmentation, lifecycle campaigns and adoption metrics. - Technical Writer: Write accurate product documentation, tutorials and reference material for technical users. Check: Clear documentation and ability to verify technical behavior. - Product Manager: Identify user problems, prioritize product investments and measure outcomes with design and engineering. Check: Evidence of product decisions, tradeoffs and outcomes; coordination alone is insufficient. - Technical Product Manager: Define product direction for technically complex platforms, APIs or infrastructure. Check: Product ownership plus systems or developer-domain depth. - Product Operations Manager: Improve product-team processes, feedback systems and launch coordination. Check: Product-development workflows and operational measurement. - Program Manager: Coordinate related projects, dependencies and measurable outcomes across technology-company teams. Check: Cross-team ownership, delivery scope and outcomes. - Project Coordinator: Track project schedules, actions and communications so teams can deliver agreed work. Check: Organized follow-through, project tools and clear communication. - Technical Program Manager: Coordinate delivery of complex technical systems across engineering teams. Check: Systems understanding, engineering dependencies and technical risk management. - Product Analyst: Analyze product usage and experiments to inform product decisions. Check: SQL, quantitative reasoning and product metrics. - Release Manager: Coordinate software release readiness, dependencies and deployment communication. Check: Software delivery lifecycle and release-risk management. - Design Program Manager: Coordinate design-team planning, workflows and cross-functional delivery. Check: Design-process experience and program ownership. - Localization Program Manager: Coordinate translation, cultural adaptation and quality for global technology products. Check: Localization workflows, language quality and vendor coordination. - Accessibility Program Manager: Coordinate accessibility improvements across products, policies and teams. Check: Accessibility standards and delivery of usable accommodations or products. - Change Management Manager: Plan organizational adoption of new tools and processes through communication and training. Check: Change-impact assessment, stakeholder engagement and adoption measurement. - Business Operations Analyst: Analyze business processes and recommend measurable operational improvements. Check: Structured analysis, spreadsheets and business-process evidence. - Business Operations Manager: Own cross-functional business processes and improve efficiency and service outcomes. Check: Process ownership, performance metrics and organizational scope. - Strategy and Operations Manager: Evaluate business opportunities and translate strategic priorities into operating plans. Check: Commercial analysis and evidence of strategic decision-making. - Executive Assistant: Manage executive schedules, travel, confidential coordination and administrative priorities. Check: High-complexity administration, discretion and stakeholder judgment. - Administrative Business Partner: Coordinate team operations, calendars, meetings and internal processes. Check: Administrative coordination and handling competing priorities. - Workplace Experience Coordinator: Coordinate office services, employee events and everyday workplace support. Check: Service coordination, vendors and on-site operations. - Vendor Manager: Manage supplier performance, commercial terms and service delivery. Check: Vendor negotiation, contracts and performance measures. - Operations Manager: Lead a defined service or operational team, balancing quality, staffing and delivery. Check: Relevant operating scale, team leadership and performance metrics. - Process Improvement Specialist: Map operational problems, test improvements and measure their effects. Check: Process analysis, measurement and change implementation. - Business Continuity Manager: Plan and test how critical business services recover from disruptions. Check: Risk assessment, continuity planning and incident exercises. - Recruiter: Source and assess candidates and coordinate hiring with managers. Check: Recruiting methods, hiring-process knowledge and candidate evaluation. - Recruiting Coordinator: Arrange interviews and maintain accurate candidate communications and hiring records. Check: Scheduling accuracy and candidate-service experience. - Human Resources Business Partner: Advise leaders on employee relations, workforce planning and people practices. Check: HR expertise and handling complex employee matters. - People Operations Specialist: Maintain employee processes and records and resolve routine HR service requests. Check: HR systems, confidentiality and employment-process knowledge. - Employee Relations Specialist: Investigate workplace concerns and advise on consistent employee practices. Check: Investigation skills and relevant employment-policy expertise. - Compensation Analyst: Analyze pay structures and support compensation decisions. Check: Compensation analysis, spreadsheets and pay-policy knowledge. - Benefits Specialist: Administer employee benefit programs and explain enrollment and eligibility. Check: Benefits administration and applicable plan rules. - Instructional Designer: Design learning materials and assessments for employees, customers or partners. Check: Adult-learning design, portfolio and learning evaluation. - Training Coordinator: Organize training sessions, learner communications and completion records. Check: Training logistics, facilitation support and tracking. - Learning and Development Manager: Develop employee learning programs and evaluate their effectiveness. Check: Learning needs analysis, program ownership and outcome measures. - Technical Trainer: Teach customers or employees how to use technical systems and products. Check: Hands-on product expertise and effective technical instruction. - Sales Trainer: Coach sales teams on product knowledge, sales methods and customer conversations. Check: Sales experience, coaching and training outcomes. - People Analyst: Analyze workforce data to inform people decisions. Check: Statistical reasoning, privacy-aware HR analysis and data tools. - Talent Management Program Manager: Coordinate performance, development and succession programs. Check: People-program delivery and talent-development expertise. - Public Policy Manager: Analyze technology policy and engage policymakers on relevant company issues. Check: Policy-domain expertise, analysis and government engagement. - Policy Analyst: Research policy developments and explain implications for technology services. Check: Policy research, clear writing and relevant subject expertise. - Trust and Safety Analyst: Investigate platform abuse and apply policies to protect users. Check: Policy interpretation, evidence assessment and sensitive-case judgment. - Trust and Safety Program Manager: Coordinate programs that reduce platform abuse and improve enforcement processes. Check: Safety operations, program outcomes and policy judgment. - Content Policy Manager: Define and evaluate rules for user content on digital platforms. Check: Content-policy analysis, enforcement tradeoffs and stakeholder work. - Compliance Program Manager: Coordinate controls and processes that support compliance obligations. Check: Relevant regulations, controls and compliance-program experience. - Risk Analyst: Assess operational or business risks and recommend controls. Check: Risk analysis, evidence-based assessment and reporting. - Privacy Program Manager: Coordinate privacy assessments and improvements to data-handling practices. Check: Privacy regulation, data flows and program delivery. - Legal Operations Specialist: Improve legal-team workflows, records, vendor processes and matter tracking. Check: Legal operations and confidential process administration. - Corporate Counsel: Provide legal advice on business, product or regulatory matters. Check: Required legal qualification and relevant practice experience. - Contract Manager: Manage contract processes, obligations and commercial coordination. Check: Contract review, negotiation and obligation tracking. - Government Affairs Coordinator: Support government-relations research, meetings and stakeholder follow-up. Check: Policy interest, research and administrative coordination. - Security Compliance Analyst: Assess information-security controls against applicable frameworks. Check: Security-control knowledge, audits and technical evidence. - Fraud Analyst: Investigate suspicious activity and improve fraud detection and response. Check: Investigation methods, analytical tools and relevant fraud patterns. - Financial Analyst: Analyze budgets, forecasts and business performance for technology teams. Check: Financial modeling, spreadsheets and accounting fundamentals. - Accountant: Maintain accurate financial records and prepare accounting reports. Check: Accounting standards, reconciliations and relevant qualifications. - Accounting Manager: Lead accounting processes, close activities and financial controls. Check: Accounting expertise and responsibility for close or reporting. - Payroll Specialist: Process employee pay and maintain accurate payroll records. Check: Payroll systems, calculations and jurisdiction-specific rules. - Tax Analyst: Analyze tax obligations and support filings and tax reporting. Check: Tax rules, accounting and relevant jurisdiction expertise. - Treasury Analyst: Support cash management, liquidity planning and financial risk analysis. Check: Cash forecasting, banking and financial analysis. - Internal Auditor: Evaluate business controls and report evidence-based findings. Check: Audit planning, control testing and independent judgment. - Procurement Analyst: Analyze purchasing data and support sourcing and supplier decisions. Check: Spend analysis, purchasing processes and supplier assessment. - Investor Relations Analyst: Prepare investor communications and analyze company financial performance. Check: Financial analysis, disclosure awareness and writing. - Revenue Operations Manager: Improve processes and data across sales, marketing and customer success. Check: Revenue systems, cross-functional operations and performance metrics. - Product Designer: Design and test digital-product interactions that solve user problems. Check: Digital design portfolio, interaction design and usability work. - UX Researcher: Plan user studies and translate research findings into product decisions. Check: Research methods, analysis and a relevant research portfolio. - Content Designer: Design clear interface language and information flows for digital products. Check: UX writing portfolio and collaboration with product teams. - Visual Designer: Create visual systems and digital assets that communicate clearly. Check: Visual-design portfolio, typography and digital production. - Interaction Designer: Design how people navigate and interact with software interfaces. Check: Interaction-design portfolio and prototyping. - Design Research Operations Specialist: Coordinate research participants, tools, consent and study logistics. Check: Research operations, participant care and data handling. - Service Designer: Map and improve experiences across digital products and service operations. Check: Service-design methods, journey mapping and tested improvements. - Motion Designer: Create animation and motion assets for products or communications. Check: Motion-design portfolio and relevant production tools. - Industrial Designer: Design physical technology products around usability and manufacturing constraints. Check: Industrial-design portfolio, CAD and production knowledge. - UX Engineer: Build coded prototypes and interfaces to explore design solutions. Check: Frontend coding plus interaction-design skills. - Data Analyst: Analyze operational or product data and communicate actionable findings. Check: SQL or equivalent data analysis and sound quantitative reasoning. - Business Intelligence Engineer: Build reliable reports, metrics and analytical datasets. Check: SQL, data modeling and business intelligence tools. - Data Engineer: Build and maintain pipelines that make data reliable and usable. Check: Programming, databases and pipeline engineering. - Data Scientist: Use statistics and models to answer product or business questions. Check: Statistics, programming and validated analytical work. - Machine Learning Engineer: Build, evaluate and operate machine-learning systems. Check: Software engineering, model evaluation and ML deployment. - Research Scientist: Develop and test new scientific or machine-learning methods. Check: Research depth, rigorous methods and relevant publications or equivalent evidence. - Economist: Use economic methods to evaluate markets, incentives and business decisions. Check: Econometrics and advanced economic analysis. - Data Governance Analyst: Define and monitor data-quality, ownership and access practices. Check: Data management, governance processes and analytical tools. - Data Visualization Specialist: Create accurate visual explanations and dashboards from data. Check: Visualization portfolio and analytical tools. - Experimentation Scientist: Design and analyze experiments that support product decisions. Check: Causal inference, statistics and experiment design. - Software Engineer: Build, test and maintain software systems. Check: Coding, debugging and software design evidence. - Frontend Engineer: Build accessible and reliable web interfaces. Check: JavaScript or equivalent frontend stack and UI engineering. - Backend Engineer: Build server-side services, APIs and data access layers. Check: Backend programming, databases and service design. - Mobile Engineer: Build and maintain applications for mobile devices. Check: Relevant mobile platform, coding and app lifecycle expertise. - Site Reliability Engineer: Improve service reliability through automation, monitoring and incident response. Check: Production systems, coding and reliability engineering. - DevOps Engineer: Build deployment automation and infrastructure workflows for software teams. Check: Infrastructure as code, CI/CD and operational engineering. - Software Development Engineer in Test: Build automated tests and quality tooling for software. Check: Programming and systematic test design. - Quality Assurance Analyst: Test software behavior, document defects and verify fixes. Check: Software testing methods and reproducible defect reporting. - IT Support Specialist: Diagnose employee device, account and workplace-technology issues. Check: Hands-on IT troubleshooting and support documentation. - Systems Administrator: Operate and maintain workplace or server systems and access. Check: Operating systems, administration and security practices. - Network Engineer: Design and troubleshoot data networks. Check: Networking protocols, configuration and engineering practice. - Database Administrator: Maintain database availability, performance, backups and access. Check: Database administration, recovery and query performance. - Cloud Engineer: Implement and operate cloud infrastructure. Check: Cloud platforms, networking and infrastructure automation. - Developer Advocate: Teach developers, build examples and communicate product feedback. Check: Programming plus technical teaching or community work. - IT Asset Management Specialist: Track technology assets, procurement and equipment lifecycle. Check: Asset records, inventory and operational accuracy. - Enterprise Applications Administrator: Configure and support internal business applications. Check: Relevant enterprise software and workflow administration. - Security Engineer: Build and operate technical defenses for systems and applications. Check: Security engineering and hands-on systems expertise. - Security Operations Analyst: Monitor security alerts and investigate incidents. Check: Security monitoring, triage and incident investigation. - Application Security Engineer: Find and reduce security weaknesses in software. Check: Code review, threat modeling and application security. - Identity and Access Management Engineer: Build and maintain identity, authentication and access controls. Check: Identity protocols, permissions and security engineering. - Threat Intelligence Analyst: Analyze threat activity to inform security decisions. Check: Threat research, evidence assessment and security context. - Security Awareness Specialist: Create employee education that improves security behavior. Check: Security fundamentals, learning design and program measurement. - Hardware Engineer: Design and test physical computing or electronic systems. Check: Relevant engineering specialization and hardware development. - Electrical Engineer: Design and evaluate electrical systems for technology infrastructure or devices. Check: Electrical engineering expertise and applicable safety requirements. - Mechanical Engineer: Design mechanical components and systems for devices or infrastructure. Check: Mechanical engineering, CAD and analysis. - Manufacturing Engineer: Improve production methods for hardware products. Check: Manufacturing processes, engineering and quality methods. - Supplier Quality Engineer: Evaluate and improve supplier manufacturing quality. Check: Quality engineering, supplier audits and root-cause analysis. - Data Center Technician: Install, troubleshoot and maintain data-center hardware. Check: Server hardware, safe equipment handling and troubleshooting. - Data Center Facilities Technician: Maintain power, cooling and other critical data-center systems. Check: Electrical or mechanical maintenance and safety qualifications. - Data Center Operations Manager: Lead teams responsible for reliable data-center operations. Check: Data-center operations, safety and team leadership. - Construction Project Manager: Coordinate construction schedules, contractors and budgets for technology facilities. Check: Construction delivery, contracts and safety expertise. - Facilities Manager: Manage building services, maintenance and workplace vendors. Check: Facilities operations, safety and vendor management. - Supply Chain Analyst: Analyze supply, inventory and logistics to improve technology operations. Check: Supply-chain analysis, planning tools and quantitative skills. - Supply Chain Program Manager: Coordinate supply-chain initiatives across suppliers and internal teams. Check: Supply-chain delivery and cross-functional program ownership. - Strategic Sourcing Manager: Negotiate supplier agreements and build sourcing strategies. Check: Category knowledge, negotiation and procurement analysis. - Logistics Coordinator: Coordinate shipments, inventory movement and delivery records. Check: Logistics systems, scheduling and operational accuracy. - Inventory Control Specialist: Maintain accurate inventory records and investigate discrepancies. Check: Inventory systems, reconciliation and process discipline. - Environmental Health and Safety Specialist: Assess workplace hazards and support safety programs. Check: Relevant safety expertise and required credentials. - Sustainability Program Manager: Coordinate environmental initiatives and measure progress against goals. Check: Environmental program delivery and credible measurement. - Real Estate Manager: Plan and manage property transactions and occupancy needs. Check: Commercial real estate, negotiation and financial analysis. - Forward Deployed Engineer: Build and deploy software solutions directly with customer teams. Check: Strong coding, integration and customer delivery experience. - Applied AI Engineer: Build and evaluate applications using AI models and customer systems. Check: Software engineering, AI evaluation and deployment. - Applied AI Architect: Design enterprise AI architectures and implementation approaches. Check: Enterprise architecture and hands-on AI-system experience. - Applied AI Strategist: Guide organizations in selecting and implementing valuable AI use cases. Check: Enterprise strategy, change delivery and technical AI judgment. - Technical Deployment Lead: Coordinate customer deployment of complex AI products across technical teams. Check: Technical delivery ownership and enterprise implementation. - Human Data Operations Manager: Coordinate human-data collection, vendors and quality for AI development. Check: Data operations, quality measurement and vendor delivery. - AI Data Quality Analyst: Review data quality and investigate errors affecting AI training or evaluation. Check: Systematic quality analysis and relevant data expertise. - AI Evaluation Engineer: Build repeatable evaluations for AI behavior, reliability and task performance. Check: Programming, evaluation design and analytical rigor. - AI Research Engineer: Implement experiments and research infrastructure for new AI methods. Check: Strong programming and relevant ML research experience. - AI Safety Researcher: Study and evaluate risks and behaviors of advanced AI systems. Check: Relevant research methods, technical depth and safety evaluation. - AI Policy Manager: Analyze AI governance issues and coordinate policy engagement. Check: AI-policy expertise, research and stakeholder engagement. - AI Governance Program Manager: Coordinate organizational processes for responsible AI development and use. Check: AI governance, risk assessment and cross-team delivery. - Model Behavior Researcher: Investigate and improve how AI models respond in practical contexts. Check: Experimental methods and relevant model-behavior research. - AI Red Team Specialist: Probe AI systems for failure modes and document actionable findings. Check: Security or domain-specific testing and systematic evidence. - Developer Education Specialist: Create learning resources that help developers use APIs and AI products. Check: Technical teaching, working code examples and documentation. ## Show my shortlist Open with one sentence naming my strongest transferable skills. Then give up to three distinct options, strongest first. Use fewer if only one or two are defensible. For each: **[Specific technology-company job title] — [Close / Adjacent / Stretch; provisional if needed]** - **What you’d do in this role:** what this target role does in a technology company, not a restatement of my previous occupation. - **How your experience transfers:** connect one or two specific facts I shared to that work. - **Potential gaps:** the most important missing requirement or unknown. Say “not yet evidenced” instead of assuming I lack it. - **Related role titles:** one or two recognizable job titles. Finish with **How to strengthen your résumé for these roles:** one practical next step for the strongest match. State once that these are directions to explore, not confirmation I meet a specific employer's requirements. Do not add job links unless I request them. If I do, ask for location or working constraints only if missing. Verify roles on official employer pages and include the date checked; never invent openings or URLs. Without browsing, give search titles and explain that availability is unverified. If I paste a job description, compare its requirements directly against my evidence. Begin now with the appropriate starting point.