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Project Manager – Technology

Project Manager - Technology Job Description

Project managers play critical roles on technology teams, providing the requisite leadership and planning for program and portfolio management, aligning skills and resources, as well as monitoring, managing, and controlling company projects. Independent judgment is required to oversee system development and implementation according to the company’s methodology and standards. Project managers coordinate and oversee the activities of the project team, identifying, prioritizing, authorizing, managing, and controlling projects and programs to achieve strategic business objectives. Employers look for a bachelor’s degree in an IT- or business-related field, a background in application development, and five or more years of experience managing complex projects.

Typical project manager – technology duties:

Managing large, long-range or multiple complex IT application development projects. Setting project scope, priorities, deadlines and deliverables schedules. Facilitating discussions and consensus among various project stakeholders, such as analysts, applications programmers and clients. Managing and monitoring project budgets and expenditures.

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Salary for Project Manager – Technology
103000 - 154750
Low
103000
The candidate is new to the role or has limited experience and is building necessary skills.
Mid
134750
The candidate has moderate experience in the role, meets most requirements or has equivalent transferrable skills, and may also have relevant certifications.
High
154750
The candidate has extensive experience and advanced skills for the role, and may also have specialized certifications.
Projected salaries for related positions Job title Low Mid High IT Product Manager 101750 123500 146500 Scrum Master 89750 113000 130500 IT Business Systems Analyst 84500 110750 132000

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Our starting salary projections come from a rigorous, multistep process so that our numbers accurately reflect the marketplace. They are based on actual compensation for professionals Robert Half has matched with employers across the country and third-party job posting data from Textkernel that we use to independently validate the salary levels. Starting compensation—pay for someone new to a role—can vary significantly based on a candidate’s skills, experience and certifications, as well as other factors including industry, company size and revenue, and demand for the role. To reflect this variability, we report our salary data in three levels: low, mid and high.