Occupation Atlasproject manager
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bea99fea-0383-4c63-b944-70d4799de2c5
project manager
Project managers oversee the project on a daily basis and are responsible for delivering high-quality results within the identified objectives and constraints, ensuring the effective use of the allocated resources. They are responsible for risk and issue management, project communication and stakeholder management. Project managers perform the activities of planning, organising, securing, monitoring and managing the resources and work necessary to deliver specific project goals and objectives in an effective and efficient way.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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Occupational interest profile
ECSEnterprising · Conventional · Social — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising6.30
- C Conventional5.55
- S Social3.32
- I Investigative2.75
- A Artistic1.57
- R Realistic1.48
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Project Management Specialists (13-1082.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (36)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- apply conflict management
- build business relationships
- communication principles
- control of expenses
- create project specifications
- customise project methodologies
- draft project documentation
- ensure compliance with legal requirements
- ensure equipment availability
- ensure equipment maintenance
- establish daily priorities
- estimate duration of work
- follow company standards
- identify legal requirements
- internal risk management policy
- liaise with managers
- manage budgets
- manage logistics
- manage project changes
- manage project information
- manage project metrics
- manage staff
- manage supplies
- negotiate with stakeholders
- organise project meetings
- perform PESTEL analysis
- perform project management
- perform resource planning
- perform risk analysis
- project management
- project management methodology (PM²)
- project management principles
- provide cost benefit analysis reports
- supervise daily information operations
- train employees
- write work-related reports
Optional (32)
- Agile project management
- Prince2 project management
- analyse business plans
- apply change management
- business processes
- corporate social responsibility
- create a financial report
- crowdsourcing strategy
- design wayside signalling interlockings
- develop business plans
- find a replacement for stage manager
- insourcing strategy
- lean project management
- legal studies
- maintain a central project repository
- maintain relationship with suppliers
- manage several projects
- manage standard enterprise resource planning system
- mathematics
- office administration
- outsourcing strategy
- plan schedule
- program management
- project configuration management
- quality assurance methodologies
- quantity surveying
- recruit employees
- risk identification
- statistics
- strive for company growth
- total quality control
- use communication techniques
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
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