# 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.
- **Entity Type:** role
- **Schema Version:** role.v1
- **Soc Code:** 15-1299.09
- **Summary:** 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.

## Aliases

- Cloud Product Director
- Cybersecurity Project Manager
- IT Manager (Information Technology Manager)
- IT Project Manager (Information Technology Project Manager)
- Data Center Product Director
- IT Program Manager (Information Technology Program Manager)
- Information Systems Project Manager (IS Project Manager)
- Scrum Master
- Transition Program Manager
- Application Development Director
- Application Manager
- Computer Project Manager

## Tasks

| Text | Type | Iwa |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manage project execution to ensure adherence to budget, schedule, and scope. | Core | 4.A.4.b.4.e |
| Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems. | Core | 4.A.4.b.1.a |
| Monitor or track project milestones and deliverables. | Core | 4.A.1.a.2.c |
| Submit project deliverables, ensuring adherence to quality standards. | Core | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Assess current or future customer needs and priorities by communicating directly with customers, conducting surveys, or other methods. | Core | 4.A.1.a.1.n |
| Initiate, review, or approve modifications to project plans. | Core | 4.A.2.b.6.b |
| Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects. | Core | 4.A.4.b.4.e |
| Direct or coordinate activities of project personnel. | Core | 4.A.4.b.4.a |
| Perform risk assessments to develop response strategies. | Core | 4.A.2.a.4.l |
| Identify need for initial or supplemental project resources. | Core | 4.A.2.b.1.h |
| Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI). | Core | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing. | Core | 4.A.2.b.6.b |

## Emerging Tasks


## Activities

| Name | Iwa |
| --- | --- |
| Analyze security of systems, network, or data. | 4.A.2.a.4.l |
| Inspect products or operations to ensure that standards are met. | 4.A.1.a.2.k |
| Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies. | 4.A.2.a.1.g |
| Supervise information technology personnel. | 4.A.4.b.4.a |
| Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues. | 4.A.4.b.1.a |
| Collect data about customer needs. | 4.A.1.a.1.n |
| Manage information technology projects or system activities. | 4.A.4.b.4.e |
| Monitor financial information. | 4.A.1.a.2.c |
| Coordinate resource procurement activities. | 4.A.4.b.4.j |
| Develop detailed project plans. | 4.A.2.b.6.b |
| Participate in staffing decisions. | 4.A.4.c.2.a |
| Develop information communication procedures. | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Identify information technology project resource requirements. | 4.A.2.b.1.h |
| Develop guidelines for system implementation. | 4.A.3.b.2.f |
| Manage budgets for appropriate resource allocation. | 4.A.4.b.4.h |
| Assign duties or work schedules to employees. | 4.A.4.b.1.f |
| Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables. | 4.A.2.a.4.d |
| Prepare analytical reports. | 4.A.3.b.6.c |

## Capabilities

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| English Language | knowledge | 4.29 |
| Customer and Personal Service | knowledge | 4.24 |
| Computers and Electronics | knowledge | 4.19 |
| Critical Thinking | essential_skill | 4.12 |
| Reading Comprehension | essential_skill | 4 |
| Active Listening | essential_skill | 4 |
| Writing | essential_skill | 4 |
| Coordination | transferable_skill | 4 |
| Time Management | transferable_skill | 4 |
| Administration and Management | knowledge | 4 |
| Written Comprehension | ability | 4 |
| Oral Expression | ability | 4 |
| Written Expression | ability | 4 |
| Speaking | essential_skill | 3.88 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | transferable_skill | 3.88 |
| Oral Comprehension | ability | 3.88 |
| Problem Sensitivity | ability | 3.88 |
| Deductive Reasoning | ability | 3.88 |
| Inductive Reasoning | ability | 3.88 |
| Information Ordering | ability | 3.88 |
| Systems Analysis | transferable_skill | 3.75 |
| Monitoring | essential_skill | 3.62 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | transferable_skill | 3.62 |
| Fluency of Ideas | ability | 3.62 |
| Near Vision | ability | 3.62 |
| Speech Recognition | ability | 3.62 |
| Speech Clarity | ability | 3.62 |
| Engineering and Technology | knowledge | 3.58 |
| Systems Evaluation | transferable_skill | 3.5 |
| Active Learning | essential_skill | 3.38 |
| Social Perceptiveness | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Negotiation | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Complex Problem Solving | transferable_skill | 3.38 |
| Economics and Accounting | knowledge | 3.35 |
| Administrative | knowledge | 3.29 |
| Service Orientation | transferable_skill | 3.25 |
| Originality | ability | 3.25 |
| Category Flexibility | ability | 3.25 |
| Telecommunications | knowledge | 3.19 |
| Personnel and Human Resources | knowledge | 3.14 |

## Skills

| Name | Type |
| --- | --- |
| English Language | Common Skill |
| Critical Thinking | Common Skill |
| Writing | Common Skill |
| Time Management | Common Skill |
| Reading Comprehension | Common Skill |
| Active Listening | Common Skill |
| Information Ordering | Specialized Skill |
| Inductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Deductive Reasoning | Common Skill |
| Systems Analysis | Specialized Skill |
| Speech Recognition | Specialized Skill |
| ServiceNow | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Excel | Common Skill |
| Atlassian Confluence | Specialized Skill |
| Social Perceptiveness | Common Skill |
| Negotiation | Common Skill |
| Complex Problem Solving | Common Skill |
| Active Learning | Common Skill |
| Telecommunications | Specialized Skill |
| Mathematics | Common Skill |
| Instructing | Specialized Skill |
| Unix Shell | Specialized Skill |
| Unix | Specialized Skill |
| Transact-SQL | Specialized Skill |
| Spring Framework | Specialized Skill |
| Spring Boot | Specialized Skill |
| Shell Script | Specialized Skill |
| SAP ERP | Specialized Skill |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux | Specialized Skill |
| PostgreSQL | Specialized Skill |
| Node.js | Specialized Skill |
| NoSQL | Specialized Skill |
| MySQL | Specialized Skill |
| MongoDB | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Word | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Windows | Common Skill |
| Microsoft Visual Studio | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Visio | Specialized Skill |
| Microsoft Teams | Specialized Skill |

## Tools

| Example | Category | Hot | In Demand |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Amazon Web Services AWS software | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Atlassian Confluence | Project management software | yes | yes |
| Atlassian JIRA | Project management software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Azure software | Development environment software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Excel | Spreadsheet software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft Office software | Office suite software | yes | yes |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation software | yes | yes |
| SAP software | Enterprise resource planning ERP software | yes | yes |
| ServiceNow | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Structured query language SQL | Data base user interface and query software | yes | yes |
| Adobe Acrobat | Document management software | yes | no |
| Adobe Creative Cloud software | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | no |
| Adobe Illustrator | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | no |
| Adobe InDesign | Desktop publishing software | yes | no |
| Adobe Photoshop | Graphics or photo imaging software | yes | no |
| AJAX | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Amazon DynamoDB | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2 | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Amazon Redshift | Data base user interface and query software | yes | no |
| Ansible software | Expert system software | yes | no |
| Apache Cassandra | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Apache Hadoop | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Apache Hive | Data base management system software | yes | no |
| Apache Kafka | Development environment software | yes | no |
| Apache Maven | Development environment software | yes | no |
| Apache Spark | Business intelligence and data analysis software | yes | no |
| Apache Subversion SVN | File versioning software | yes | no |
| Apache Tomcat | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Apple macOS | Operating system software | yes | no |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | Computer aided design CAD software | yes | no |
| Autodesk Revit | Computer aided design CAD software | yes | no |
| Bash | Operating system software | yes | no |
| C | Development environment software | yes | no |
| C# | Object or component oriented development software | yes | no |
| C++ | Object or component oriented development software | yes | no |
| Cascading style sheets CSS | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Chef | Configuration management software | yes | no |
| Cisco Webex | Video conferencing software | yes | no |
| Django | Web platform development software | yes | no |
| Docker | Application server software | yes | no |

## Work Context

| Name | Value |
| --- | --- |
| E-Mail | 4.95 |
| Telephone Conversations | 4.8 |
| Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team | 4.75 |
| Contact With Others | 4.57 |
| Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | 4.4 |
| Spend Time Sitting | 4.4 |
| Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals | 4.38 |
| Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams | 4.35 |
| Time Pressure | 4.33 |
| Coordinate or Lead Others in Accomplishing Work Activities | 4.2 |
| Freedom to Make Decisions | 4.19 |
| Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers | 4.05 |
| Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | 3.95 |
| Level of Competition | 3.9 |
| Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | 3.81 |
| Conflict Situations | 3.76 |
| Written Letters and Memos | 3.75 |
| Frequency of Decision Making | 3.65 |
| Deal With External Customers or the Public in General | 3.57 |
| Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | 3.52 |
| Public Speaking | 3.33 |
| Dealing With Unpleasant, Angry, or Discourteous People | 3.25 |
| Health and Safety of Other Workers | 3.19 |
| Physical Proximity | 3.05 |
| Consequence of Error | 2.8 |
| Exposed to Sounds, Noise Levels that are Distracting or Uncomfortable | 2.57 |
| Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions | 2.24 |
| Spend Time Standing | 2.16 |
| Degree of Automation | 2.14 |
| Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls | 2 |
| Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | 1.86 |
| Spend Time Walking or Running | 1.84 |
| Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | 1.67 |
| Exposed to Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions | 1.67 |
| In an Enclosed Vehicle or Operate Enclosed Equipment | 1.57 |
| Exposed to Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting Conditions | 1.57 |
| Spend Time Climbing Ladders, Scaffolds, or Poles | 1.5 |
| Exposed to Contaminants | 1.47 |
| Outdoors, Exposed to All Weather Conditions | 1.45 |
| Wear Common Protective or Safety Equipment such as Safety Shoes, Glasses, Gloves, Hearing Protection, Hard Hats, or Life Jackets | 1.45 |

## Preparation

- **Job Zone:** 4
- **Job Zone Name:** Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
- **Education:** Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
- **Experience:** A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
- **Svp Range:** (7.0 to < 8.0)

### Education Distribution

| Label | Percentage |
| --- | --- |
| Bachelor's Degree | 38.1 |
| Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) | 23.81 |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 19.05 |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 9.52 |
| Master's Degree | 9.52 |

## Person Fit

| Name | Family | Value |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Integrity | work_style | 10 |
| Intellectual Curiosity | work_style | 9 |
| Cooperation | work_style | 8 |
| Achievement Orientation | work_style | 7 |
| Management/Administration | specific_interest_area | 6.28 |
| Stress Tolerance | work_style | 6 |
| Enterprising | career_interest_type | 5.91 |
| Conventional | career_interest_type | 5.31 |
| Perseverance | work_style | 5 |
| Business Initiatives | specific_interest_area | 4.73 |
| Information Technology | specific_interest_area | 4.67 |
| Adaptability | work_style | 4 |
| Investigative | career_interest_type | 3.87 |
| Office Work | specific_interest_area | 3.41 |
| Public Speaking | specific_interest_area | 3.06 |
| Leadership Orientation | work_style | 3 |

## Related Roles

| Soc Code | Slug | Title | Tier |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13-1082.00 | role-13-1082-00 | Project Management Specialists | Primary-Short |
| 13-1111.00 | role-13-1111-00 | Management Analysts | Primary-Short |
| 11-3021.00 | role-11-3021-00 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | Primary-Short |
| 15-1252.00 | role-15-1252-00 | Software Developers | Primary-Short |
| 15-1211.00 | role-15-1211-00 | Computer Systems Analysts | Primary-Short |
| 15-1299.08 | role-15-1299-08 | Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | Primary-Long |
| 11-1021.00 | role-11-1021-00 | General and Operations Managers | Primary-Long |
| 15-1242.00 | role-15-1242-00 | Database Administrators | Primary-Long |
| 15-1244.00 | role-15-1244-00 | Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Primary-Long |
| 15-1243.00 | role-15-1243-00 | Database Architects | Primary-Long |
| 11-9041.00 | role-11-9041-00 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | Supplemental |
| 11-3012.00 | role-11-3012-00 | Administrative Services Managers | Supplemental |

## Career Clusters

| Cluster | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Digital Technology | digital-technology |
| Public Service & Safety | public-service-safety |

## Education Level

- **Category:** Bachelor's degree

## Study Programs

| Title | Slug |
| --- | --- |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences | biological-and-biomedical-sciences |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services | computer-and-information-sciences-and-support-services |
| Health Professions and Related Programs | health-professions-and-related-programs |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services | homeland-security-law-enforcement-firefighting-and-related-protective-services |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | multi-interdisciplinary-studies |
| Physical Sciences | physical-sciences |

## Market

- **Median Wage:** 108970
- **Mean Wage:** 116700
- **Pct10Wage:** 52650
- **Pct25Wage:** 76360
- **Pct75Wage:** 147530
- **Pct90Wage:** 176800
- **Employment:** 439380
- **Area Title:** U.S.

## Industries


### Top

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Median Wage | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 130160 | 106200 | 4.24 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 43000 | 126550 | 5.19 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 28690 | 126080 | 1.62 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 25660 | 127600 | 3.21 |
| 56 | 56 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | Sector | 24880 | 96000 | 0.97 |
| 31-33 | 31-33 | Manufacturing | Sector | 21020 | 102950 | 0.58 |
| 61 | 61 | Educational Services | Sector | 18100 | 79900 | 0.47 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 13460 | 95780 | 1.78 |
| 42 | 42 | Wholesale Trade | Sector | 13130 | 100550 | 0.76 |
| 62 | 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance | Sector | 11030 | 83320 | 0.17 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 9590 | 108370 | 2.91 |
| 48-49 | 48-49 | Transportation and Warehousing | Sector | 7000 | 65350 | 0.33 |

### Concentrated

| Naics | Slug | Title | Level | Employment | Lq |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 541720 | 541720 | Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities | National industry | 1240 | 7.16 |
| 51 | 51 | Information | Sector | 43000 | 5.19 |
| 54 | 54 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | Sector | 130160 | 4.24 |
| 55 | 55 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | Sector | 25660 | 3.21 |
| 524114 | 524114 | Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers | National industry | 3860 | 3.02 |
| 541330 | 541330 | Engineering Services | National industry | 9590 | 2.91 |
| 561320 | 561320 | Temporary Help Services | National industry | 13460 | 1.78 |
| 52 | 52 | Finance and Insurance | Sector | 28690 | 1.62 |
- **Count:** 51

## Ai Signals


## Ai Outlook


### Index

- **Value:** 92
- **Percentile:** 97
- **Band:** High
- **Version:** ai-exposure-index-v1

#### Components

| Percentile | Source |
| --- | --- |
| 95 | openai_gpts_are_gpts |
| 88 | microsoft_working_with_ai |
- **Component Count:** 2

### Exposure

| Source | Label | Value | Percentile | Band | Note |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| eloundou_gamma | LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou) | 1 | 95 | High | Share of this job's tasks where a large language model plus simple tools could cut the time to do them by at least half. γ is capped at 1.0 and many jobs reach that ceiling, so treat a top score as 'in the top group', not a precise rank. |
| microsoft_applicability | AI assistant applicability (Microsoft) | 0.29778584910303174 | 88 | High | How applicable today's AI assistants are to this job's activities, measured from real Microsoft Copilot conversations. Applicability is not the same as replacement. |

### Eloundou

- **Alpha:** 0.14285714285714285
- **Beta:** 0.5714285714285714
- **Gamma:** 1

### Usage Tasks

| Task | Usage Percent | Importance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Prepare project status reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends. | 0.01930906416771771 | 4 |
| Develop or update project plans for information technology projects including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing. | 0.013352012456400544 | 4.05 |
| Develop implementation plans that include analyses such as cost-benefit or return on investment (ROI). | 0.004005603736920163 | 4.05 |
| Schedule and facilitate meetings related to information technology projects. | 0.002156863550649319 | 4.16 |
| Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs. | 0.0020541557625231607 | 3.95 |
| Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems. | 0.0019514479743970028 | 4.38 |
- **Usage Release:** 2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2

### Bls

- **Growth Percent:** 8.2
- **Growth Percentile:** 88
- **Direction:** Growing fast
- **Annual Openings Thousands:** 31.3
- **Annual Openings Percentile:** 84
- **Employment2024Thousands:** 472
- **Employment2034Thousands:** 510.5

### Sources

| Source | Version |
| --- | --- |
| bls_employment_projections | 2024-2034 |
| microsoft_working_with_ai | working-with-ai |
| openai_gpts_are_gpts | gpts-are-gpts |

## Counts

- **Tasks:** 21
- **Skills:** 140
- **Capabilities:** 120
- **Tools:** 334
- **Related Roles:** 20

## Source

- **Dataset:** gold.onet_role_starter_surface
- **Version:** 30.3
- **Generated At:** 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00
- **Content Hash:** aeaf0f2a6dc4fad7