project manager
http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/bea99fea-0383-4c63-b944-70d4799de2c5
Description
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.
Hierarchy
1 · Managers → 12 · Administrative and commercial managers → 121 · Business services and administration managers → 1219 · Business services and administration managers not elsewhere classifiedRelated skills
- apply conflict management (essential · skill/competence)
- build business relationships (essential · skill/competence)
- communication principles (essential · knowledge)
- control of expenses (essential · skill/competence)
- create project specifications (essential · skill/competence)
- customise project methodologies (essential · skill/competence)
- draft project documentation (essential · skill/competence)
- ensure compliance with legal requirements (essential · skill/competence)
- ensure equipment availability (essential · skill/competence)
- ensure equipment maintenance (essential · skill/competence)
- establish daily priorities (essential · skill/competence)
- estimate duration of work (essential · skill/competence)
- follow company standards (essential · skill/competence)
- identify legal requirements (essential · skill/competence)
- internal risk management policy (essential · knowledge)
- liaise with managers (essential · skill/competence)
- manage budgets (essential · skill/competence)
- manage logistics (essential · skill/competence)
- manage project changes (essential · skill/competence)
- manage project information (essential · skill/competence)
- manage project metrics (essential · skill/competence)
- manage staff (essential · skill/competence)
- manage supplies (essential · skill/competence)
- negotiate with stakeholders (essential · skill/competence)
- organise project meetings (essential · skill/competence)
- perform PESTEL analysis (essential · skill/competence)
- perform project management (essential · skill/competence)
- perform resource planning (essential · skill/competence)
- perform risk analysis (essential · skill/competence)
- project management (essential · knowledge)
- project management methodology (PM²) (essential · knowledge)
- project management principles (essential · knowledge)
- provide cost benefit analysis reports (essential · skill/competence)
- supervise daily information operations (essential · skill/competence)
- train employees (essential · skill/competence)
- write work-related reports (essential · skill/competence)
- Agile project management (optional · knowledge)
- analyse business plans (optional · skill/competence)
- apply change management (optional · skill/competence)
- business processes (optional · knowledge)
- corporate social responsibility (optional · knowledge)
- create a financial report (optional · skill/competence)
- crowdsourcing strategy (optional · knowledge)
- design wayside signalling interlockings (optional · skill/competence)
- develop business plans (optional · skill/competence)
- find a replacement for stage manager (optional · skill/competence)
- insourcing strategy (optional · knowledge)
- lean project management (optional · knowledge)
- legal studies (optional · knowledge)
- maintain a central project repository (optional · skill/competence)
- maintain relationship with suppliers (optional · skill/competence)
- manage several projects (optional · skill/competence)
- manage standard enterprise resource planning system (optional · skill/competence)
- mathematics (optional · knowledge)
- office administration (optional · knowledge)
- outsourcing strategy (optional · knowledge)
- plan schedule (optional · skill/competence)
- Prince2 project management (optional · knowledge)
- program management (optional · knowledge)
- project configuration management (optional · knowledge)
- quality assurance methodologies (optional · knowledge)
- quantity surveying (optional · knowledge)
- recruit employees (optional · skill/competence)
- risk identification (optional · knowledge)
- statistics (optional · knowledge)
- strive for company growth (optional · skill/competence)
- total quality control (optional · knowledge)
- use communication techniques (optional · skill/competence)
Details
project expediter
project leader
projects manager
project coordinator
project director
senior project manager