Do you have a successful experience in working as a Project Manager remotely?

Hello Evgeniya: Thank you for your question. I am in a unique situation where I have an office at a local hospital, but am a corporate employee. Corporate is over 2000 miles away and I support 18 hospitals across the country with IT projects. I work virtually with all 18 hospitals and work virtually with the corporate office. I sit with the local IT team so have interaction with them, but for all intents and purposes my work is solely remote from the teams and hospitals I am managing projects for. This has been successful. Working remotely is not my preferred method - in person would be my first choice....so this can be challenging at times, but I love it and it is very rewarding.

There are advantages to both locations. Office work allows for face-to-face interactions which are invaluable. Office work also keeps you in your managers' and colleagues' mind.

Working remotely gives you flexibility and focus. You do have to work hard to listen and avoid multi-tasking on phone calls.

If you manage a remote co-located team, it helps if they have a on-site team lead.

I do not have experience in managing projects remotely despite that fact that remote work is supported by my organization.

But I would expect that working remotely as a PM is very achievable. Afterall, this has been going on for years: The PM is working remotely to those team members/management/stakeholders who are not co-located.

So, the question becomes does the PM working remotely work for those who are co-located. I would expect the answer to be yes, particularly if there is a balance between remote and on-site work.