Do Project Managers Need to Be Subject Matter Experts? Or Just Great Facilitators?

Zakaria Botros

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Project Manager | Driving Clean Energy Innovations for a Sustainable Future| Canadian Nuclear Laboratories Ontario, Canada

I've seen projects where the PM was a deep subject matter expert — and others where they had zero domain knowledge but were master facilitators and leaders.

In your experience, which works better?

Posted: Jun 8, 2025 12:45 AM

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