📋 Project Manager
IT Service, Project & Business career path
From coordinator to portfolio leader across PMI, PRINCE2/MSP and IPMA/APM schemes.
Typical roles
- Project Coordinator
- Project Manager
- Programme Manager
- PMO Lead
- Portfolio Manager
Suggested certifications, by phase
Foundation
- CAPM PMI Certified Associate in Project Management
- Project+ CompTIA Project+
- PRINCE2 F PRINCE2 7 Foundation
- APM PFQ APM Project Fundamentals Qualification
- Google PM Cert Google Project Management Professional Certificate
Core
- PMP PMI Project Management Professional
- PRINCE2 P PRINCE2 7 Practitioner
- APM PMQ APM Project Management Qualification
- MSP F MSP Foundation (5th edition)
- PMI-RMP PMI Risk Management Professional
Advanced
- PgMP PMI Program Management Professional
- MSP P MSP Practitioner (5th edition)
- PMI-PMOCP PMI PMO Certified Professional
- IPMA B IPMA Level B Certified Senior Project Manager
- Prosci CCP Prosci Certified Change Practitioner
Mastery
- PfMP PMI Portfolio Management Professional
- IPMA A IPMA Level A Certified Projects Director
- ChPP APM Chartered Project Professional
A suggestion, not a set of prerequisites — one or two certifications per phase is plenty.