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

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Etymology

Origin of project manager

First recorded in 1910–15

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

project manager

"It's about the cost of living, gas prices, those kind of things. It needs to change for the everyday person, and I'm an everyday person," said Donta Comer, a 38-year-old project manager in Atlanta, Georgia.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

“Well, something has changed,” said Susan Kemen, a 46-year-old project manager from New York who flies multiple times a year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Now a project manager in a housing association and living in Worcester, she earns £72,000 and says her student loan balance has hovered at about £47,000 for a number of years.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Hired as an assistant project manager, the candidate’s strong communication and organizational skills were his selling point, she said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

I became the project manager, Soraya my comanager.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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