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Information Technology Project Managers

$98.74K Median Salary 37.5K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 9.2% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Cloud Product Director, Cybersecurity Project Manager, Data Center Product Director, Information Systems Project Manager (IS Project Manager), IT Manager (Information Technology Manager), IT Program Manager (Information Technology Program Manager), IT Project Manager (Information Technology Project Manager), Scrum Master, Transition Program Manager

Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Oral Expression
Written Comprehension
Written Expression
Deductive Reasoning
Inductive Reasoning
Information Ordering
Oral Comprehension
Problem Sensitivity
Fluency of Ideas
Near Vision
Speech Clarity
Speech Recognition
Category Flexibility
Originality
Number Facility
Flexibility of Closure
Mathematical Reasoning

Knowledge

English Language
Customer and Personal Service
Computers and Electronics
Administration and Management
Engineering and Technology
Economics and Accounting
Administrative
Telecommunications
Mathematics
Personnel and Human Resources
Communications and Media

Skills

Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Coordination
Reading Comprehension
Time Management
Writing
Management of Personnel Resources
Speaking
Systems Analysis
Judgment and Decision Making
Monitoring
Systems Evaluation
Active Learning
Complex Problem Solving
Negotiation
Social Perceptiveness
Service Orientation
Instructing
Management of Financial Resources
Management of Material Resources
Persuasion
Learning Strategies

Technology Skills

Project management software
Development environment software
Web platform development software
Data base user interface and query software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Operating system software
Data base management system software
Object or component oriented development software
Application server software
Graphics or photo imaging software
Business intelligence and data analysis software
Pattern design software
Configuration management software
Enterprise application integration software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software
Analytical or scientific software
File versioning software
Word processing software
Electronic mail software
Document management software
Video conferencing software
Customer relationship management CRM software
Computer aided design CAD software
Program testing software
Cloud-based management software
Geographic information system
Medical software
Enterprise system management software
Network monitoring software
Object oriented data base management software
Computer based training software
Desktop publishing software
Video creation and editing software
Financial analysis software
Sales and marketing software
Transaction security and virus protection software
Data base reporting software
Human resources software
Web page creation and editing software
Spreadsheet software
Metadata management software
Accounting software
Access software
Expert system software
Mobile location based services software
Desktop communications software
Communications server software
Portal server software
Network security or virtual private network VPN management software
Transaction server software
Office suite software
Graphical user interface development software
Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem software
Backup or archival software
Presentation software
Data mining software
Requirements analysis and system architecture software
Calendar and scheduling software
Industrial control software
Process mapping and design software
Information retrieval or search software

Tools

Computer servers
Mobile phones
Notebook computers
High capacity removable media drives
Special purpose telephones
Laser printers
Desktop computers
Personal computers
Tablet computers