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Project Manager resume example
Project management is judged on delivery against constraints. Budget, schedule and scope are the three numbers a reader is looking for.
What we would lead with
- Projects delivered on time and on budget, with the figures
- Size: budget, headcount, duration, stakeholders
- Recoveries: a project you rescued is worth more than three that went smoothly
The mistake we would warn you about
Listing methodologies. Nobody hires for knowing what a Gantt chart is. What did you deliver, and against what odds?
Bullet points that work for project managers
Each one opens with an action verb, says what was done, and ends with a result.
- Delivered a $4.2M platform migration on schedule and 8% under budget across 6 teams.
- Recovered a programme 5 months late by cutting scope to the regulatory minimum and re-baselining with the sponsor.
- Ran the vendor selection that replaced three overlapping tools with one, saving $340K a year.
- Cut project status reporting from 6 hours a week to 45 minutes by replacing four decks with one dashboard.
Skills to list as a project manager
Delivery
Programme managementRisk managementVendor management
Methods
AgileWaterfallChange management
Tools
JiraSmartsheetMS Project