Resume template · Updated October 2026
IT project manager resume template
Short answer
Leslie suits an IT project manager: a short summary, then projects inside each job before any skills list, so scope, budget and cutover results lead. The fictional sample runs infrastructure and cloud projects for a Denver health system, including a data centre exit to Azure and a 40-branch network refresh, after four years as a systems engineer. It shows how to write technical delivery without drowning the reader.
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Why Leslie suits an IT project manager resume
Leslie runs summary, work experience, skills, education and certifications, so the projects you delivered (servers moved, sites cut over, budgets held) come before the tool list. Its centred blue header and short blue underlines add one restrained accent, which suits CIOs and PMO directors reading a business document.
Second choice: FAANGPath. FAANGPath prints labelled skill rows above the jobs; better for a technical project lead role where platforms are the first filter.
What goes in each section, in Leslie's order
Leslie prints its sections in a fixed order, the same in the PDF and the Word file. Here is that order for this sample, and what to put in each section.
- Professional Summary. Project types (infrastructure, cloud, applications, security), industry, years managing projects and years in hands-on IT, two headline projects with size, and the PMP or other certification.
- Work Experience. Write each major project as scope (servers, applications, sites, users), budget, timeline and result against plan. Then the delivery mechanics a CIO cares about: cutovers, change approvals, vendors, risks and outages avoided.
- Skills. Technical for delivery methods (cutover planning, change management, vendor management, hybrid agile); Tools for Jira, Microsoft Project, ServiceNow and the platforms you migrate to; Soft Skills for steering committee reporting.
- Education. Degree, school and year. Information systems or computer science degrees support the technical credibility the role needs.
- Certifications. PMP or CAPM with the year, then agile, ITIL or cloud fundamentals certificates. Mention the PMP in the summary too.
The sample resume as text
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Teresa Valdivia
IT Project Manager, Infrastructure and Cloud, PMP
Denver, CO | teresa.valdivia@example.com | (303) 555-0191 | linkedin.com/in/sample-teresa-valdivia
IT project manager with eight years running infrastructure, cloud and collaboration projects in healthcare and banking, after four years as a systems engineer. Plans cutovers, manages vendors and change approvals, and reports to steering committees. Delivered a data centre exit to Azure and a 40-branch network refresh within budget. PMP certified.
Experience
Senior IT Project Manager, Front Range Health Partners, Denver, CO (02/2021 to Present)
- Led the exit from an on-premises data centre to Azure: 310 servers and 85 applications over 18 months on a $7.8 million budget, finishing 4% under.
- Ran 26 weekend cutovers with runbooks, rollback plans and change advisory board approval; two were rolled back and rescheduled with no patient-facing outage.
- Managed three vendors on fixed-price statements of work and held each payment to agreed acceptance criteria.
- Report status, risks and spend monthly to a steering committee of the CIO, CFO and two hospital presidents.
- Run a hybrid plan: milestones for infrastructure work and two-week sprints for the application migration team.
IT Project Manager, Mile High Credit Union, Lakewood, CO (06/2018 to 01/2021)
- Delivered a network and Wi-Fi refresh at 40 branches in nine months without closing any branch during business hours.
- Moved 1,100 staff to Microsoft 365 email and Teams in phased waves with a help desk surge plan.
- Set up project intake and prioritisation for the IT portfolio.
Systems Engineer, Mile High Credit Union, Lakewood, CO (06/2014 to 05/2018)
- Administered VMware and Windows servers and ran the monthly patching program.
Education
BS, Information Systems, Rocky Mountain State University (05/2014)
Certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (2021)
Skills
Infrastructure and cloud migrations, Cutover and rollback planning, Change management (CAB), Vendor and SOW management, Budget and risk tracking, Hybrid agile delivery, Jira, Microsoft Project, ServiceNow, Smartsheet, Azure, Steering committee reporting, Working with clinical and business leaders
How to make the sample yours
Give scope in IT units
Servers, applications, sites, users, mailboxes, terabytes. "Led a migration" is unreadable without them.
Report against the plan
Budget held or beaten by a percentage, dates met, cutovers rolled back and recovered. Honest variance reads better than claims of perfection.
Show you understand the technology
Name the platforms and say what the cutover involved. IT leaders want a project manager who can challenge an engineer's estimate.
Name the governance
Change advisory board, steering committee, security reviews, vendor acceptance criteria. Regulated industries such as healthcare and banking look for this.
Match the delivery method
Waterfall, agile or hybrid. If you ran sprints for some teams and milestones for others, say so in one bullet.
Keywords to keep where they are true
Terms this kind of resume is usually searched for. Use the posting's exact wording, and only for work you have done.
- IT project manager
- infrastructure projects
- cloud migration
- Azure
- data center migration
- cutover planning
- change advisory board
- vendor management
- statement of work
- project budget
- risk management
- steering committee
- hybrid agile
- Jira
- PMP
Mistakes to avoid
- Projects with no scope, budget or result.
- A tools list that crowds out delivery evidence.
- Claiming every project ran on time; one recovered slip told well is more believable.
- Leaving out the hands-on IT years that make you credible to engineers.
How the sample PDF reads in text extractors
We exported this sample with Resumity's PDF exporter in Chrome on 2026-10-29 and read the file back with three open-source text extractors. This shows whether software that turns a PDF into text can recover it; it is not a test of any commercial applicant tracking system. How we test templates.
| Extractor | Name, email, phone | Headings | Bullets intact |
|---|---|---|---|
| pdf.js 4.10.38 | All found | 5 of 5 | 9 of 9 |
| pdftotext (Xpdf) 4.00 | All found | 5 of 5 | 9 of 9 |
| pypdf 6.13.0 | All found | 5 of 5 | 9 of 9 |
Frequently asked questions
When can an IT project manager earn the PMP?
PMI's PMP handbook asks for 36 months of project management experience leading and directing projects with a four-year degree, or 60 months with a high school diploma or associate degree, gained within the last eight years, plus 35 contact hours of project management education unless you hold an active CAPM. Until then, list the training hours or the CAPM.
How technical should an IT project manager resume be?
Technical enough that an engineer trusts you: name the platforms, what moved and how cutovers worked. Keep configuration detail out; that belongs on an engineer's resume.
How do I show agile and waterfall experience on one resume?
Say which method each project or team used and why. A hybrid bullet, such as milestones for infrastructure and sprints for application work, shows judgement rather than loyalty to one method.
Should I include a project that went badly?
Include what you did about it. A slip recovered, a rollback handled without harm or a vendor brought back on track shows exactly what hiring managers fear they will need.
What is the difference between an IT project manager and an IT program manager resume?
A project manager shows individual projects with scope, budget and dates. A program manager shows several related projects, shared benefits, dependencies and the people running each project.
Will applicant tracking systems read this Leslie PDF?
The sample PDF read back with its contact details, all 5 section headings and all 9 bullets intact in three open-source text extractors (pdf.js, pdftotext and pypdf). Commercial systems such as Workday, Greenhouse or Taleo were not tested, and each employer configures its own.
Guides and templates for this resume
Sources, checked 29 October 2026
We opened every page below on that date. Pay, rules and requirements change, so check the source before you rely on a detail.
- Project Management Institute: Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification Handbook (eligibility: 36 months of unique non-overlapping project management experience with a four-year degree, or 60 months with a secondary degree, within the last eight consecutive years; experience must include leading and directing projects; 35 contact hours of project management education unless an active CAPM holder)
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