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

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project manager

He’s a project manager, and it’s his company’s most ambitious project to date.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

The 28-year-old, who works in public relations, and her husband, who works as a construction project manager at a real-estate company, paid $629,000 for the three-bedroom home.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026

The following Monday, the town was still emailing Bowker and the project manager, or at least trying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

Developer Mitsui Fudosan plans a "green buffer zone" of up to 78 metres with trees and a stream, reducing the noise, the heat and the "oppressive feeling", said project manager Toshitsugu Jouzuka.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

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

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer