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Sample ATS-friendly CV: Project Manager

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[Your Name]

Project Manager · IT & Digital Delivery

[City] · [email@example.com] · [Phone] · [linkedin.com/in/yourname]

Summary

Project manager with 5 years delivering complex projects on time and on budget. Strong at planning, managing risks and dependencies, and keeping stakeholders informed with clear reporting.

Skills

Scope & schedule management · Risk & dependency tracking · Budget control · Agile & Waterfall · Jira / MS Project · Stakeholder communication · Vendor management · Status reporting

Experience

Project Manager2022 – Present

[Company], [City]

Delivered a ₹6 Cr ERP rollout across 4 sites, 2 weeks ahead of plan.
Managed a team of 15 across 3 vendors with a weekly risk and dependency review.
Introduced a reporting template that leadership adopted for all projects.

Project Coordinator2019 – 2022

[Company], [City]

Coordinated 10+ concurrent projects, tracking plans, budgets and change requests.
Cut meeting time by 30% by moving status updates to a shared dashboard.

Projects

ERP rollout across 4 sites

MS Project, Jira, risk register

Planned and tracked 400 tasks across finance, supply chain and IT, with weekly risk reviews and a clear change-control process.

PMO reporting template

Excel, Power BI

Designed a one-page status report (RAG, milestones, risks, budget) adopted across 12 projects.

Education

B.E / BBA — [University], 2019

Certifications

PMP – Project Management Professional
PRINCE2 Foundation

Keywords recruiters search for

Use the ones that are true for you, in the same words.

Project management
PMP
Agile
Waterfall
Risk management
Budget management
Stakeholder management
Jira
MS Project
Scope management
Vendor management

What each section is for

Summary: Three lines: role title, years of experience, and the two or three strengths the job ad asks for.
Skills: Use the exact wording from job ads ("Power BI", not "BI tools"). ATS filters match words, not meaning.
Experience: Most recent first. Each bullet: action verb, what you did, and a number that shows the result.
Projects: Show the tools you used and the outcome. This is where freshers and career-changers prove their skills.
Education: Degree, subject, institution, year. Keep it to one line once you have work experience.
Certifications: List the full official name so it matches what recruiters search for.

ATS formatting checklist

One column, no tables, text boxes, images or icons
Standard headings: Summary, Skills, Experience, Projects, Education
A plain font (Arial, Calibri) at 10–12 pt
Dates in one format, e.g. 2022 – Present
Contact details in the body, not the page header
Save as a text-based PDF or Word file, never a scanned image
Tailor the keywords to each job you apply for

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Sample ATS-friendly CV: Project Manager

Pick a role and we'll show you what a strong, ATS-friendly CV for it looks like: the skills, projects and keywords recruiters look for. Use it as a template, then come back and check yours for free.