Meaning
A professional responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects within established timelines, budgets, and scopes.
Three examples from work
Timeline tracking
PMWe are two weeks away from Milestone 3; are all deliverables on schedule?
DevThe API integration is complete; QA testing starts on Monday.
Risk mitigation
PMThe vendor delay poses a critical risk to our delivery deadline.
LeadWe can reassign two engineers to parallelize the frontend build.
Status reporting
ClientCould you provide a weekly progress report by Friday?
PMCertainly, I'll send our burndown status and upcoming milestones.
Distinguish between Project Manager (focuses on timeline, execution, and delivery) and Product Manager (focuses on product value, user needs, and market success).