business manager

Business managers are responsible for setting the objectives of the business unit of a company, creating a plan for the operations, and facilitating the achievement of the objectives and implementation of the plan together with employees of the segment and stakeholders. They keep an overview of the business, understand detailed information of the business unit and support the department, and make decisions based on the information at hand.

The most in-demand skills for this role include business management principles, business law, financial forecasting, corporate social responsibility, cost management, risk identification. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives business manager a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.