Project manager CV example

Sasha Bennett is not a real project manager. The companies, the release and the sample risk are invented. Write plans you kept and decisions you recorded.

A UK project CV should say what you were accountable for. Coordinating the diary is not the same as owning the scope.

Full example CV

Fictional person, employer and release. Do not copy the sample date.

Sasha Bennett

Glasgow · sasha.bennett@example.com

Eligible to work in the UK · office and remote

Personal statement

Project manager with six years delivering internal software changes. I write the scope, the owner and the date in one place, and I raise a risk when the date moves. Looking for a team that keeps one plan, not three slides.

Experience

Project manager

Kiln Systems (fictional) · April 2021 – present

  • Run projects from a written brief to release, with a single list of decisions and who made them.
  • In a made-up sample release, moved a feature out of scope when the test failed twice, and recorded the new date before the steering note went out.
  • Chase owners on the actions from the last meeting, and close an action only when the evidence is in the ticket.
  • Write a risk as the thing that could slip, the sign we would see, and what we will do, not as a colour on a slide.

Project coordinator

Civic Digital (fictional) · January 2019 – March 2021

  • Kept the plan, the RAID log and the meeting notes in the same folder, and sent the actions the same day.
  • Booked the people the plan named, and flagged a dependency when a supplier date moved.

Education

  • PRINCE2 Foundation, 2020
  • BA, 2018

Skills

  • Scope written in one place
  • RAID logs with an owner and a date
  • Meeting actions closed against evidence
  • Stakeholder notes that say what changed
  • Release plans a developer can follow

What to show

  • The kind of project: software, office move, process, construction
  • Scope in writing, and what you took out when it slipped
  • A risk with a sign and a response, not only a colour
  • Actions closed because the evidence exists
  • The people who had to agree, in roles not private names
  • A method you use, named only if you actually use it

Common mistakes

  • “Delivered on time and on budget” with no baseline.
  • A certification you have booked but not passed.
  • Naming a stakeholder’s private argument.
  • A photo or date of birth.
  • Three tools listed and no plan anyone could open.
  • American spelling.

ATS keywords

PRINCE2 or Agile belongs on the CV only if you have used it on a project, not only in a classroom.

  • project manager
  • scope
  • RAID
  • stakeholders
  • risk
  • schedule
  • actions
  • release
  • PRINCE2
  • Agile

Use it on your own CV

FAQ

Should I list PRINCE2 if I only sat the course?

Say Foundation or Practitioner only if you passed. A course you have booked is not a qualification.

How do I show a project that slipped?

Say what moved, who agreed, and what you recorded. A slip you can explain is stronger than a perfect line you cannot defend.

Do UK project CVs need a photo?

No. City and email are enough.

How long should a project manager CV be?

Two pages. One strong project with scope, risk and outcome beats a list of ten project names.

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