KM Manager/Director/Leader Salaries #roles


klbullo70@...
 

Does anyone have a good source/research they can point me to that shows salary ranges for KM leaders in different organizations?


Stan Garfield
 


Kim Bullock <klbullo70@...>
 

Thanks, Stan! I have already Googled and done some research around KM salaries. I was hoping someone might have something with a little more research/clout behind it. I am specifically looking for salaries for senior-level KM experts/leaders coming into an organization as an experienced hire.


Thanks,
Kim Bullock
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Kenneth Myers
 

you might look around Glassdoor for salaries.  One caution on any salary source.  Salaries can vary quite a bit depending on metro area and industry, so national figures may not be overly useful.  Living in Silicon Valley I'm certainly experiencing that.

-Ken Myers


Howie Cohen
 

This is a great question.   One of the issues / concerns of being a leader in the KM space is that HR has a difficult time classifying the role.  For example,  working in the insurance industry there was a CIO (Innovation Officer) that led a broad KM practice.  He was a C-level executive with 33 years of experience in the industry.   His team was composed of a KM VP leading global IT (that was me).  He also had AVP level and manager level staff representing areas of business and lines of business.  Each of these people had a different level of experience.   Reporting to the Senior VP / C-level were 3 VP levels and everyone else was lower.   The (KM) part was essentially ignored relative to the cost center a person managed + operations.  Basically, the bigger the budget you had, the more you made.  

In the consulting world, we all know that is different. If someone asked me about how much a KM consultant made, I would say "What kind of KM consultant"?   

If we look at Big Pharma, based on what I have seen so far is very focused on SME knowledge relative to a specific capability area (R&D, Discovery, etc)  All that said, I would suggest there is no standard for KM itself.   If there were a standard, it would most likely be level, title, cost center or RC.   For example, if you manage a budget of 50m, probably will be paid more than 50k (a little humor there). 

It doesn't answer your question specifically (sorry for that) but I think the answer may be there is no answer.  

--Howie 





On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 6:03 PM, ken@... [sikmleaders] <sikmleaders@...> wrote:
 

you might look around Glassdoor for salaries.  One caution on any salary source.  Salaries can vary quite a bit depending on metro area and industry, so national figures may not be overly useful.  Living in Silicon Valley I'm certainly experiencing that.


-Ken Myers



Boris Jaeger
 


Nick Milton (Knoco) is somewhat regularly checking the salaries for KMers. Maybe it's time for an update again, Nick.

Nick Milton: The KM job market at end 2014. Knoco Stories, 28 November 2014
https://kmeducationhub.de/knowledge-management-job-market-end-2014/
(see also related resources)

Sunny regards from Germany,
Boris