IT Project Manager Career Path

Question

What is the career path of an IT Project Manager? Is it similar to the generic career path for all other project managers or does it carry any differences? What is the maximum position that an IT Project Manager can reach?

Answer 1

Here's the career path of an IT Project Manager:

- Programmer
- Project Manager Assistant/Project Scheduler/Team Leader
- Assistant IT Project Manager
- IT Project Manager
- Senior IT Project Manager
- IT Program Manager
- IT Program Director
- Vice President, IT
- CxO (usually CIO, see: http://www.projectmanagementquestions.com/3763/what-does-cxo-stand-for )


Note that the above is not 100% standard and is not the same across all organizations.