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Project leader, manager or director?

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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Are these terms equivalent? Which you do you prefer and why?
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Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany
Eduard, I would add project master, which I just read on LinkedIn.

Do not think they are synonyms, and their usage depends strongly on the organisational context (career paths, role definitions).

I personally go with the term project manager, following the usage of the PMI PMBoK Guide.
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Mushtaq Abdulrahimzai SWIS| Surrey Schools District 36 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
I am totally agree with Thomas, depend on the organizational context, i will go with project manager as this level can be care taker in each level.
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
A rose by any other name, Eduard - I've worked in shops where the term PM was used and the role and responsibilities were closer to that of a project administrator. Meanwhile, I've known project analysts who have held the full fledged responsibilities of a PM.

I'm not a fan of the term "master" applied to ANY role or title as:

1. It is misogynistic
2. In the context of project delivery, it implies mastery over something which one can never truly master given the unique context influencing each project

Kiron
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Eduard Hernandez
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Product Operations Program Manager Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain
Thank you for your answers. Project Master? Wow, I hope that this terminology will not stick. It evoques a mix of scrum master + project manager.

If a manager is a person who does things right and a leader a person who does the right things, I am inclined to believe that the most suitable term should be a combination of manager + leader. A new neologism for PMI? :-)

Thanks again for your insights!
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Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong
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Financial Management Specialist | US Peace Corps Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Hi Eduard,
Generally, post titles or nomenclatures varies from one organization to another. A project leader in company A is a project director in B and etc... Interestingly enough the holders of this post do the same thing across the board

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