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Daniel Origer Business Analyst II| JP Morgan Chase Huntley, United States

I recently obtained my PMP Certification and am looking to continue my education, what would be a good area/certification to focus on next? I currently work in the banking industry. (This is my first post, hope I am doing this correct)
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Keith Novak Tukwila, Wa, United States
In today's job market, I would seriously consider a certificate program in AI and ML. It certainly has many applications in the financial sector. There are many universities and online providers offering courses of different lengths, knowledge levels, and price points. Many employers will also cover the tuition from accredited universities, and you get to purchase software under heavily discounted student licenses.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Daniel -

My standard answer to this question is what do you wish to achieve in the near or mid term? Until that is defined, any recommendation will be a pure guess.

Kiron
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
My recommendation is taking the business analyst role path. In this way you will understand the end-to-end to create a solution, because organizations hire us to create solutions. Just to comment remember that to obtain a certification will not make you better in the role. Certifications is a matter of enhance the possibilities to get new job.
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Luis Branco CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal

Congratulations on earning your PMP®

That’s a strong foundation. In the banking sector, your next step depends on where you want to create the most impact:

  • Agile/Hybrid Delivery (PMI-ACP®): if you want to lead digital and regulatory change.
  • Risk Management (PMI-RMP®): if you want deeper insight into governance and risk, core to banking.
  • PMO skills/PMOCP®: if you want to strengthen how projects are managed across the organization, not just deliver them.

Your PMP opened the door.

Now choose the path that matches the kind of problems you want to be the “go-to” person for.

Welcome to the community!
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Daniel, whatever you decide to do, it should be in line with your career path and goals. I highly recommend the PMI-ACP as a next step.
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Lissette Indhira Pimentel Sosa
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Program Manager| HARPER SRL Santo Domingo / Distrito Nacional, Dominican Republic
Congrats on earning your PMP, Daniel, that’s a huge milestone.
Since you’re in banking, the next steps really depend on where you want to grow. If you want to deepen delivery skills, PMI-ACP or Scrum Master can help with agility. If your team works with automation or analytics, PMI-CP (Citizen Developer) is becoming very relevant.
On the business side, many banking PMs benefit from Business Analysis (PMI-PBA) or Risk Management (PMI-RMP) since compliance and operational risk are big in financial services.
Think of it as building range, choose what aligns with the problems you solve most often.

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