Also called: Park President
Leads an entire theme park or water park business.
You set the park's strategy, approve new attractions, oversee safety and budgets, and represent the park in the community. Peak season means thousands of seasonal employees. The job usually comes after decades in parks or hospitality.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's, often an MBA; long operations experience.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Business Administration, Hospitality Management, Recreation Management.
Growing about average.
Low risk for 10 years. AI helps with data and pricing; leading a whole park and its people stays human.
Classes: Business, Economics, Speech.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-1011.
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