What does the level above yours actually expect? For 11 senior tech and product roles, these pages list the skills GapFix checks, what “Strong” looks like at work, the usual sign of a gap, and a sample 12-week plan. Each one links to a free scan for that role.
Skills by role
Skills for the next role, one role at a time
Last updated 3 October 2026
Engineering
Senior Software EngineerFrom finishing your own tickets to leading a piece of work end to end.5 leadership and soft skills · 12 role skillsStaff Software EngineerFrom the strongest engineer on one team to technical direction across several.5 leadership and soft skills · 9 role skillsTech LeadFrom your own code to a team that ships without you on the critical path.5 leadership and soft skills · 9 role skillsEngineering ManagerFrom leading the work to leading the people who do it.7 leadership and soft skills · 10 role skillsDirector of EngineeringFrom running teams to leading through managers and working with the executive team.6 leadership and soft skills · 9 role skills
Product and design
Senior Product ManagerFrom shipping features to owning outcomes and leading the room.7 leadership and soft skills · 7 role skillsGroup Product ManagerFrom owning one product to leading the product managers who own several.8 leadership and soft skills · 6 role skillsSenior Product DesignerFrom delivering screens to leading the design of a product area.6 leadership and soft skills · 10 role skills
Data
Program management
Your role is not here?
These 11 pages are the ones we have written up. The scan itself covers about 230 tech and product roles, and you can type in one that is not on its list. Pick yours there and you get the same report: a role-fit % and every skill labelled.
The scan is free and needs no account. In the app: 7-day Pro trial, no card, no auto-charge.
How these pages were made
GapFix builds the role model fresh each time someone runs the scan. For each role here we ran it 3 separate times and kept only the skills that came back at least twice. The date is on each role's page. The skill names are the scan's own. The descriptions of what each looks like at work are ours.
New to this? Start with how a skill gap analysis works, or read how to get promoted in tech.
See where you stand
Pick the role you want next, add your CV, and read your report. It is free and needs no account.
The scan is free and needs no account. In the app: 7-day Pro trial, no card, no auto-charge.