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Project Manager resume keywords

Core keywords are the skill list on the Project Manager resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role.

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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 192 public job postings whose titles match Project Manager. Those postings came from Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is Project Manager. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.

Core keywords

These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.

  • Project Planning

    8% of 192 recent postings mention Project Planning.

  • Agile

    20% of 192 recent postings mention Agile.

  • Scrum

    8% of 192 recent postings mention Scrum.

  • Stakeholder Management

    17% of 192 recent postings mention Stakeholder Management.

  • Risk Management

    18% of 192 recent postings mention Risk Management.

  • Budget Management

    2% of 192 recent postings mention Budget Management.

  • Jira

    19% of 192 recent postings mention Jira.

  • Microsoft Project

    8% of 192 recent postings mention Microsoft Project.

  • Resource Allocation

    2% of 192 recent postings mention Resource Allocation.

  • Cross-functional Leadership

    2% of 192 recent postings mention Cross-functional Leadership.

Supporting keywords
Phrases from recent postings

These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.

  • project manager

    74% of 192 recent postings mention project manager.

  • project management

    67% of 192 recent postings mention project management.

  • cross functional

    49% of 192 recent postings mention cross functional.

  • cross functional teams

    28% of 192 recent postings mention cross functional teams.

  • problem solving

    28% of 192 recent postings mention problem solving.

  • privacy notice

    21% of 192 recent postings mention privacy notice.

  • project plans

    21% of 192 recent postings mention project plans.

  • team members

    20% of 192 recent postings mention team members.

  • application process

    19% of 192 recent postings mention application process.

  • track record

    17% of 192 recent postings mention track record.

  • large scale

    17% of 192 recent postings mention large scale.

Where to place them

  1. 1

    Headline

    Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Project Manager | Project Planning | Agile.

  2. 2

    Skills

    List the core terms together in the skills section: Project Planning, Agile, Scrum, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Budget Management, Jira, Microsoft Project, Resource Allocation, Cross-functional Leadership.

  3. 3

    Experience

    Use Project Planning, Agile, Scrum inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.

  4. 4

    Supporting terms

    Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Leadership, Communication, Teamwork, Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Collaboration, Kanban, Confluence, PMP, PRINCE2, Waterfall, Gantt Charts, Smartsheet, Asana, monday.com, PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner), CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management), SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), Earned Value Management (EVM), Critical Path Method (CPM), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), RACI Matrix.

Sample lines from the resume example

These lines are already published on the Project Manager resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.

  • Led portfolio of 10+ concurrent projects with combined budgets exceeding $8M and on-time delivery rate of 95%
  • Managed cross-functional teams of 15-30 members across engineering, design, and marketing departments
  • Implemented Agile methodology reducing project delivery time by 30% and increasing stakeholder satisfaction by 25%
  • Identified and mitigated 50+ project risks preventing $2M in potential cost overruns and schedule delays

Questions about Project Manager keywords

What keywords should a Project Manager resume include?

Core keywords for a Project Manager resume are Project Planning, Agile, Scrum, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Budget Management, Jira, Microsoft Project, Resource Allocation, Cross-functional Leadership. Core keywords are the skill list on the Project Manager resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role. Percentages are the share of 192 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.

Where should Project Manager keywords go on a resume?

Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Project Manager | Project Planning | Agile. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: Project Planning, Agile, Scrum, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Budget Management, Jira, Microsoft Project, Resource Allocation, Cross-functional Leadership. Experience: Use Project Planning, Agile, Scrum inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result. Supporting terms: Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Leadership, Communication, Teamwork, Time Management, Conflict Resolution, Collaboration, Kanban, Confluence, PMP, PRINCE2, Waterfall, Gantt Charts, Smartsheet, Asana, monday.com, PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner), CAPM (Certified Associate in Project Management), SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), Earned Value Management (EVM), Critical Path Method (CPM), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), RACI Matrix.

How do I check a Project Manager resume?

Open the free ATS checker with Project Manager prefilled, paste your resume, and compare it with the keyword list on this page.

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