Project Manager (IT)
Impact: Strategic, Operational
Manages IT projects from conception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget, and meet scope requirements. This involves planning, executing, and closing projects, as well as managing teams and stakeholders.
What the day looks like
- People interaction
- Moderate
- Team vs solo
- 70% Team / 30% Solo
- Client facing
- Always
- Impact visibility
- High
- Travel
- Low
- Schedule flexibility
- Moderate
- Remote work
- Hybrid
- Typical work hours
- 40-50 hours/week
- Stress level
- Moderate
At a glance
- Median salary
- $105,000
- Entry-level
- $70,000
- Senior
- $140,000
- Growth by 2033
- 7
- Demand
- Growing
- Freelance potential
- Low
- Salary growth potential
- 33%
- Typical student debt
- $30,000 - $50,000
Skills you'll use
Hard skills
- Project Management Software
- Agile Methodologies
- Budget Management
Soft skills
- Communication
- Leadership
- Problem-solving
Technical complexity: High
How to get there
- Minimum education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Licensing
- No
- Years to mid-career
- 4
- Years to senior
- 8
- Career switching
- Moderate
Where this career leads
How people arrive here
Where you can go from here
Typical progression
- Project Coordinator
- Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Program Manager
- Portfolio Manager
Future outlook
- Automation probability
- 15
- AI disruption risk
- Moderate
- Demand trend
- Growing
How people feel about it
- Overall satisfaction
- 3.5/10
- Meaning
- 3.5/10
- Work-life balance
- 3/10
- Prestige
- 7.5/10
- Social perception
- High