Senior executive vs corporate manager

The differences between senior executives and corporate managers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 2-4 years to become a senior executive, becoming a corporate manager takes usually requires 4-6 years. Additionally, a corporate manager has an average salary of $108,486, which is higher than the $104,507 average annual salary of a senior executive.

The top three skills for a senior executive include customer service, project management and SR. The most important skills for a corporate manager are project management, healthcare, and oversight.

Senior executive vs corporate manager overview

	Senior Executive	Corporate Manager
Yearly salary	$104,507	$108,486
Hourly rate	$50.24	$52.16
Growth rate	-8%	6%
Number of jobs	74,894	233,928
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	49	44
Years of experience	4	6

What does a senior executive do?

A senior executive is responsible for supporting the chief technology officer and other higher officials on implementing critical corporate decisions, especially on identifying business opportunities to extend business partnership scopes and drive more revenue resources, supporting the company's financial stability. Senior executives oversee departmental operations across the company, ensuring production efficiency and high-quality output deliverables. They may also handle operational budgets and allocate adequate resources to each department's head. A senior executive attends meetings and conferences with other executives, sharing updates with stakeholders, and strategizing project management processes.

What does a corporate manager do?

A corporate manager is responsible for leading the corporate team in operational processes and ensuring that the company provides the highest satisfaction for the clients. Corporate managers identify business opportunities through data and statistical analysis and review of current market trends to generate more revenue resources and increase the company's profitability. They resolve process gaps, handle the operational budget, and represent the company in regional corporate meetings, requiring them to possess excellent communication and leadership skills.

Senior executive vs corporate manager salary

Senior executives and corporate managers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Executive	Corporate Manager
Average salary	$104,507	$108,486
Salary range	Between $63,000 And $172,000	Between $78,000 And $149,000
Highest paying City	Hartford, CT	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	Connecticut	California
Best paying company	Intuit	Macerich
Best paying industry	Pharmaceutical	Finance

Differences between senior executive and corporate manager education

There are a few differences between a senior executive and a corporate manager in terms of educational background:

	Senior Executive	Corporate Manager
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 62%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	Western Carolina University	University of Pennsylvania

Senior executive vs corporate manager demographics

Here are the differences between senior executives' and corporate managers' demographics:

	Senior Executive	Corporate Manager
Average age	49	44
Gender ratio	Male, 57.4% Female, 42.6%	Male, 59.8% Female, 40.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.6% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 11.2% Asian, 5.0% White, 71.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.4%	Black or African American, 6.1% Unknown, 4.3% Hispanic or Latino, 15.0% Asian, 6.3% White, 67.8% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	10%	10%

Differences between senior executive and corporate manager duties and responsibilities

Senior executive example responsibilities.

Work with other team leads for integration of the software for deployment to QA area.
Manage releases to multiple prod and non-prod environments using HPSD tool base in ITIL standards.
Manage vendor selection, purchasing, budgeting, and asset management ensuring positive ROI on capital and expense dollars.
Manage teaching hospitals and non-profit community healthcare institutions pharmaceutical supply chain operations (end-to-end services).
Rationalize the portfolio through decommissioning and consolidation of legacy applications to accomplish annual cost savings of 900K.
Manage a team responsible for designing service-orient application architecture, standards and best practices guidelines, security and data access frameworks.

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Corporate manager example responsibilities.

Manage temperature control (HVAC system) for office space.
Manage building maintenance and HVAC, contract services (i.e.
Manage all aspects of mailroom operations, reproduction, facsimile department, courier services, and supply ordering and maintenance.
Lead implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley and develop training program used to instruct all domestic and international finance employees.
Manage elaborate software implementation projects relate to national convenience store/gas station point of sale (POS) technology.
Create presentations and training manuals for staff meetings using Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Senior executive vs corporate manager skills

Common senior executive skills

Customer Service, 17%
Project Management, 8%
SR, 8%
Healthcare, 7%
Human Resources, 7%
Macro, 6%

Common corporate manager skills

Project Management, 10%
Healthcare, 8%
Oversight, 6%
Financial Statements, 5%
Continuous Improvement, 4%
Process Improvement, 4%

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