How an education program helped this product manager land her dream role at Spotify

Published Updated 6 Min Read

Like many young professionals, Christina Gilligan felt like she was at a standstill in her career. In 2021, after years building a resume in tech and product management, she was feeling restless in her position at an advertising agency. 

After a decade in the workforce, she watched an increasing amount of her peers ditch their gigs in pursuit of graduate degrees and career next-steps — but she knew that wasn’t the solution she was craving. Still, she worried that her undergraduate degree in business management and marketing could only expand her professional universe so far.

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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