project manager

[proj-ekt man-i-jer]

noun

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of project manager¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Nicolette Nicholls is the senior project manager.

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Project manager for the event, Sahir Ahmed-Evans, said she hopes it will spread reliable information to women from ethnic minority communities, but crucially, from women who look like them.

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If Rob Bigbee sees a Clear line at the airport, the 57-year-old project manager from Norman, Okla., uses it.

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“You want the barista to feel like a human being,” said Major Cohen, a former Starbucks project manager who helped lead coffee education during his 25 years at the chain.

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Trevor Marshall, the retired project manager, said he regularly saw orange lights from tankers flashing over the hedge that separates his house from the road.

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