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Business and Financial Project Management Professionals

Job holders in this unit group manage and oversee major projects across all sectors of modern industry, commerce and the public sector, in areas such as e-commerce, business analysis, finance, product development, marketing, human resources.

Average Salary

£49,962

New workers start around £27,563. Normal pay is £49,962 per year. Highly experienced workers can earn up to £93,604.

Jobs

220,302

The number of jobs in the career for the current year.

Daily Tasks

  • Reports regularly on progress to the client or to senior managers.

  • Ensures that each stage of the project is progressing on time, on budget and to the right quality standards.

  • Negotiates with contractors and suppliers for materials and services.

  • Selects and leads a project team.

  • Draws up a detailed plan for how to achieve each stage of the project.

  • Agrees timescales, costs and resources needed.

  • Finds out what the client or company wants to achieve.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

  • Project Management

  • Agile Methodology

  • Stakeholder Management

  • Risk Management

  • Finance

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

  • Management

  • Communications

  • Planning

  • Leadership

  • Innovation

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.