{"schemaVersion":"1.0","exportedAt":"2026-05-15T12:39:41.910Z","occupation":{"soc":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","group":"Business & Financial Operations","sector":"54","jobZone":4,"jobZoneInferred":false},"framework":{"version":null,"description":"Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as a point of contact for the client or customer. May work in any sector of the economy, including IT, construction, healthcare, finance, government, and many others.","contextCovered":"Cross-sector PM practice across IT, construction, healthcare, financial services, professional services; PMO coordinator through senior PM through program manager.","levels":{"emerging":{"label":"Emerging","statements":["Project plans, timelines, and Gantt charts — produce in MS Project, Asana, or Jira under a senior PM's review.","Status reports for routine projects — compile from team inputs on a weekly cadence.","Project budgets and burn-rate tracking — maintain accurately for a defined scope.","RAID logs (risks, actions, issues, decisions) — keep current across project life.","Stakeholder rosters and RACI matrices — produce for assigned projects.","Project meetings — schedule, run-of-show, take notes, and circulate.","Change-request paperwork — log and route through governance.","Common project-management tools — use to team conventions across the PMO.","PM-methodology fundamentals (PMBOK, Agile-Scrum, Kanban) — apply correctly on assigned engagements.","Resource-allocation tracking and capacity views — maintain for the assigned PM portfolio."]},"developing":{"label":"Developing","statements":["A small project (6-12 weeks, single team, defined scope) — own end-to-end with senior backstop.","Project planning from a charter — produce a realistic plan + budget + resource model.","Stakeholder management on a routine project — communicate effectively at multiple levels.","Risk identification and mitigation planning — execute substantively across the project life.","Project closeout and lessons-learned — facilitate at end of engagement.","Cross-functional team coordination — drive accountability across disciplines.","Vendor and contractor management — execute on routine engagement components.","PM-tool administration (Jira workflows, Asana templates, MS Project files) — manage at project level.","Junior PMs and coordinators — guide on technique and process.","Status and steering-committee presentations — deliver credibly on owned projects."]},"proficient":{"label":"Proficient","statements":["Mid-complexity project portfolio — manage 3-5 concurrent projects across multiple teams.","Difficult-stakeholder management — handle politically charged or distressed-project contexts.","Project recovery and turnaround — diagnose and execute on troubled projects.","Methodology selection and tailoring — apply waterfall / agile / hybrid appropriately to the project context.","PM-team mentorship — provide formally and informally across the practice.","PMO governance and reporting — contribute substantively to portfolio-level practice.","Resource-conflict resolution across functions — negotiate at director and VP level.","Vendor and SOW negotiation — execute with procurement on six-figure engagements.","Program-level cross-project dependencies — identify and manage across owned portfolio.","Quality and acceptance criteria — own across deliverables and through user-acceptance."]},"advanced":{"label":"Advanced","statements":["Multi-million-dollar programs or critical strategic initiatives — own as program manager with executive sponsorship.","Program portfolio governance — set practice across multi-quarter cycles.","Hiring, leveling, and PM-career development — shape the PMO talent pipeline.","PMO strategy and methodology — author or co-author for the organization.","Executive-sponsor partnerships — manage on multi-quarter or multi-year programs.","Crisis-management on at-risk programs — lead through with composure and clarity.","Senior consulting on cross-organizational programs (M&A, transformation, ERP rollouts) — drive with executive partners.","Industry / community PM presence — represent through PMI chapter, conferences, or publication.","Vendor and consulting-partner strategy at program level — own commercials.","Practice culture and PM standards — shape through rituals, templates, and example."]}}},"sources":{"onet":"v30.2 (CC BY 4.0)","crosswalk":"https://skillscrosswalk.com","generator":"LER.me"},"attribution":"© EBSCOed"}