Information Technology Project Managers
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.
Also called: Cloud Product Director, Cybersecurity Project Manager, IT Manager (Information Technology Manager), IT Project Manager (Information Technology Project Manager)
Knowledge:
- customer service
- management
Engineering and Technology
- computers and electronics
- product and service development
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
People and Technology Systems
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- managing your time and the time of other people
- selecting and managing the best workers for a job
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- communicate by writing
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need
- Leadership
- Integrity
- Initiative
- Stress Tolerance
- Adaptability/Flexibility
- Dependability
Technology:
Project management software
- Atlassian JIRA
- Microsoft Project
Development environment software
- Eclipse IDE
- Microsoft PowerShell
Web platform development software