Will AI replace Project Management Specialists?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
41/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 68% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 11% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 77% of the work
What the job involves
Analyze and coordinate the schedule, timeline, procurement, staffing, and budget of a product or service on a per project basis. Lead and guide the work of technical staff. May serve as a point of contact for the client or customer.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(3)
- Monitor project milestones and deliverables.
- Develop or update project plans including information such as objectives, technologies, schedules, funding, and staffing.
- Identify, review, or select vendors or consultants to meet project needs.
Within reach(13)
- Communicate with key stakeholders to determine project requirements and objectives.
- Identify project needs such as resources, staff, or finances by reviewing project objectives and schedules.
- Submit project deliverables to clients, ensuring adherence to quality standards.
- Plan, schedule, or coordinate project activities to meet deadlines.
- Request and review project updates to ensure deadlines are met.
and 8 more
Out of reach(4)
- Confer with project personnel to identify and resolve problems.
- Monitor the performance of project team members to provide performance feedback.
- Monitor costs incurred by project staff to identify budget issues.
- Recruit or hire project personnel.
Also called
Implementation Project Manager · Fiber Project Manager · Project Management Consultant · Design Project Management Specialist · HR Project Manager (Human Resources Project Manager) · HR Project Manager · Movie Project Management Specialist · Planning Development Specialist
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics