IT Project Manager → Senior IT Project Manager

A realistic transition from IT Project Manager to Senior IT Project Manager: transferable skills, the gaps to close, a step-by-step learning plan and alternative routes. Estimated skill overlap 80%. Difficulty: Medium.

Difficulty: Medium5 stepsDuration: 9 to 13 monthsOverlap: 80%

Transition from IT Project Manager to Senior IT Project Manager.

Transferable skills

  • Complex project delivery
  • Risk & issue management
  • Budget & financial control
  • Stakeholder management
  • Agile & hybrid methods
  • Vendor & contract mgmt

Skills to learn

  • Coaching & mentoring

Step-by-step learning plan

  1. 1. Build on your IT Project Manager experience

    2–4 weeks

    Leverage

    • Complex project delivery
    • Risk & issue management
    • Budget & financial control
    • Stakeholder management

    Map transferable skills — Complex project delivery, Risk & issue management, Budget & financial control — against what a Senior IT Project Manager needs.

  2. 2. Learn the core of the Senior IT Project Manager role

    6–10 weeks

    Learn

    • Coaching & mentoring

    Technologies

    PrimaveraSharePointPowerPoint

    Cover the biggest gaps first: Coaching & mentoring.

  3. 3. Get productive with the Senior IT Project Manager toolchain

    4–8 weeks

    Technologies

    PrimaveraSharePointPowerPoint

    Be hands-on with Primavera, SharePoint, PowerPoint and the rest of the target stack.

  4. 4. Practise Senior IT Project Manager work in real conditions

    4–8 weeks

    Ship a portfolio project or take on Senior IT Project Manager tasks at work.

  5. 5. Get certified and position yourself as a Senior IT Project Manager

    4–8 weeks

    Technologies

    PMPPRINCE2 PractitionerPMI-RMPSAFe PM/POPM

    Update your CV and LinkedIn around Senior IT Project Manager, then apply to target roles.

Alternative routes