Project Management Specialist

Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. May serve as a point of contact for the client or customer.

O*NET reports this occupation under titles such as: Fiber Project Manager; Implementation Project Manager; Project Management Consultant

Tasks

• Communicate with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives.
• Identify project needs such as resources, staff, or finances by reviewing project objectives and schedules.
• Submit project deliverables to clients, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
• Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
• Plan, schedule, or coordinate project activities to meet deadlines.
• Request and review project updates to ensure deadlines are met.
• Monitor project milestones and deliverables.
• Assign duties or responsibilities to project personnel.
• Create project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
• Produce and distribute project documents.
• Negotiate with project stakeholders or suppliers to obtain resources or materials.
• Monitor costs incurred by project staff to identify budget issues.
• Recruit or hire project personnel.
• Monitor the performance of project team members to provide performance feedback.
• Develop or update project plans including information such as objectives, technologies, schedules, funding, and staffing.

Knowledge

• English Language
• Administration and Management
• Administrative
• Customer and Personal Service
• Computers and Electronics

Skills

• Active Listening
• Critical Thinking
• Writing
• Monitoring
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Active Learning
• Learning Strategies

Abilities

• Oral Comprehension
• Written Expression
• Written Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Speech Recognition
• Problem Sensitivity
• Deductive Reasoning
• Near Vision
• Speech Clarity
• Inductive Reasoning
• Information Ordering
• Fluency of Ideas
• Originality
• Category Flexibility
• Selective Attention
• Far Vision