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Jenny Gooch Project Manager| Intertek Sheboygan, Wi, United States
What are other job titles for Project Managers?

The HR department here won't give someone a title with "Manager" in it until they have been a supervisor or specialist etc...

I was thinking of Project Specialist or Project Leader (I don't really like Project Leader).
Or replace the word "project" with the product line the person works on???
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Production Manager could be a suitable title but I do not think anything could replace the title of Project Manager. You could be acting PM though.
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Chris Werner Retired| Philips Healthcare Burlington, Ma, United States
Project Leader makes sense. Can you ask HR for guidance?
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John Herman . Us, Aa, United States
At one company, Project Leader was reserved for junior PMs. Ironic because, in my humble opinion, it is more difficult to lead than to manage. I have also seen Project Coordinator being used. PMI's junior exam is CAPM (Associate Project Manager) or Project Manager Associate.
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Jenny Gooch Project Manager| Intertek Sheboygan, Wi, United States
I just recently got my PMP certification. I feel like it's time for my title to catch-up to what I do. I'm PM'ing full time with little to no "chemist" functions. I maybe greedy but I feel like an "associate" title would be a step down.

And I saw the same thing where leader was entry level and manager was higher at another company. I agree leading is harder! We have no one at my company with the project manager title of something similar. We did have a few "Special Projects" titles.
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Sean Whitaker Project Management Consultant| Crystal Consulting Christchurch, New Zealand
Coordinator, Administrator, Supervisor, Leader, Director - just make sure they match other descriptions in the organization
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Jenny Gooch Project Manager| Intertek Sheboygan, Wi, United States
I like it. I will suggest project manager and project supervisor as a backup!
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Daniel Swaim Program Manager| TycoIS Evergreen, Co, United States
I had the same problem at a former company. We went with Project Specialist and Project Coordinator, although I felt both were lacking considering the level of responsibility you take on as a project manager.
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Pamela Pennington IT Director| Ride Connection Phoenix, Az, United States
In our organization we have Project Leaders. My title is Project Portfolio Manager, and I supervise the Project Leaders. My organization also has a special classification of Project Managers and Senior Project Managers, but those roles tend to be filled by contractors.
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Elizabeth Harrin Director| RebelsGuideToPM.com London, England, United Kingdom
Project Executive: we used to have some of those.
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Christian Velazquez BARA Process Lead| Cadena de Descuento BARA Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Project Coordinator is what I have seen commontly.

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