Project Manager

What it officially is

Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects. Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage. Monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met.

O*NET, US Department of Labor · classified as “Information Technology Project Managers”

What the work involves

  • Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Develop and manage annual budgets for information technology projects. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Establish and execute a project communication plan. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this
  • Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects. 21% of people in this occupation report doing this

What employers actually ask for

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Large employers

  • advocating to customers the appropriate technologies from canonical's portfolio 3 of 12

Only one tier has enough listings for this role to count from. A share measured over fewer than three listings is not a measurement, so it is not shown.

What they call it

Large employers

  • Program Manager, GTM Strategic Programs Stripe
  • Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems Canonical
  • Enterprise Project Manager Canonical Ltd.
  • Junior Project Manager Canonical Ltd.
  • Project Manager - Ubuntu Embedded Systems Canonical Ltd.
  • People Project Manager Stripe

Startups

  • BREAKFAST Studio | Senior Technical Program Manager | Brooklyn, NYC (ONSITE) | Full-time | $180k–$210k base + bonus | theartistbreakfast.com BREAKFAST Studio
  • Implementation Manager BlueCargo

Tools the occupation uses

Data base management system software Amazon DynamoDB, Apache Hadoop, Apache Cassandra, Amazon Kinesis, Apache Hive
Data base user interface and query software Amazon Web Services AWS software, Airtable, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2, Amazon Redshift
Desktop publishing software Adobe InDesign
Development environment software Apache Ant, Adobe ActionScript, Apache Gump, Apache Continuum, AnthillPro
Document management software Adobe Acrobat
Expert system software Ansible software

How well this role is advertised

362listings reviewed
55/100median HR-standards score
76/100median title accuracy

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Official definitions and responsibilities come from public occupational records — O*NET (US Department of Labor) and ESCO (European Commission). The employer half is counted from listings on this board and shown with its denominator. Nothing on this page is written by a language model: the measured half is arithmetic over real postings, and the official half is quoted.