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Project Management

Project Management

Team planning their project gathered around white board

Do you like being in the middle of the action- helping your team stay on track, solving problems, and seeing big ideas come to life? That’s what project managers do!

From the first spark of an idea to the final product, they’re the ones keeping everything running smoothly. Project managers are everywhere—leading hospital projects, creating new apps, building skyscrapers, or even producing Netflix shows!

Meet the Change Makers Who Are Project Managers!

Meet Khalouk Shahbander

Khalouk is a project manager and start-up founder with a career spanning education technology, innovation, and international development.

Meet Ayanda Nyikana

Ayanda is a project manager and engineer who recycles plastics into fabric, creating fresh and unique apparel in South Africa.

Meet Lovy Bhatia

Lovy is a project manager and telecommunications engineer who has led global initiatives for Airbnb and Amazon.

Meet Zoraida Martinez Duarte

Zoraida is an engineer and project manager who helps underserved communities get access to opportunities in the tech industry.

Career Overview

$120,000

Median salary1

30 million

More project managers needed by 20252

33%

Job growth over next 10 years3

Jobs and Education

Bachelor’s Degree + Certificate in PMP

  • Work with your team to define the scope and schedule to build a new state-of-the-art airport.
  • Manage the budget and ensure the necessary resources are available to create a new app that monitors a user’s health.
  • Keep all project partners and clients up to date on the latest developments as your team builds a solar farm to deliver clean energy to a nearby city.
  • Watch out for potential risks, trouble shoot problems, and ensure everything is working as your team delivers a new system-wide safety protocol to keep your network secure.

Associate Degree + Certificate in PMP

  • Coordinate contractors and engineers to complete a school renovation on deadline.
  • Track tasks and milestones for a cybersecurity upgrade.
  • Lead a production line automation project to install new robotic arms at a manufacturing facility.