project manager

American  

[proj-ekt man-i-jer] / ˈprɒdʒ ɛkt ˌmæn ɪ dʒər /

noun

project managers plural

1. a person who is in charge of the planning, execution, and completion of a particular project, or of projects generally at a particular organization.

   His new job is project manager at a software company.

   A project manager will be needed to carry out the planned rehabilitation of the storm-damaged housing.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• project managers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of project manager

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

"What comes next is the first time this one-of-a-kind aircraft will fly supersonic," said Cathy Bahm, project manager for NASA's Low Boom Flight Demonstrator.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

“A guy who’s taking a girl to dinner is probably not taking three other girls to dinner that week,” Alexa Vargas, a 30-year-old project manager in San Diego, posted on TikTok.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

In both countries, "many of the provinces and states leading coal development are major coal-producing regions", said Christine Shearer, project manager of GEM's Global Coal Plant Tracker and author of the report.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Steve Egerton-Read, white-tailed eagle project manager at Forestry England, said it was hoped their release would help to boost numbers "and continue their spread across southern England".

From BBC • May 13, 2026

NASA’s project manager for that pioneering Seasat launch was Walt McCandless.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer