Digital Project Manager

Digital Project Manager: Help multidisciplinary teams deliver quality work within budget throughout digital project life cycles.

The Digital Project Manager is responsible for coordinating the launch of a range of digital projects such as corporate websites, mobile apps, e-commerce platforms, software projects, and many more! They are in charge of ensuring the project runs smoothly. This means making sure it’s completed on time, within the planned budget, and that the quality of the delivered project is guaranteed. They need to keep both your team members and clients happy along the way!

Their stakeholders (mainly developers, designers, online marketing specialists) will count on them to choose the project management style that best meets the challenges they’re facing. It could be an agile or more traditional workflow.

The digital project manager also regularly meets and reports back to the client on behalf of the team. This will either be an in-house client, such as another team, or an external client if they’re working in an agency.

In this role, your main missions involve:

1. Establishing the customer need: analyzing the feasibility of a project, identifying necessary resources, presenting the project outcomes.
2. Leading digital projects from A to Z: carrying out audits, setting up a test protocol, managing  sprints, modeling data, and launching the product to market.
3. Ensuring compliance with the planning, quality requirements and budget of a project: prioritizing, prototyping, continuous improvement,and  reporting.
4. Federating stakeholders: managing internal and external conflicts and issues, leading meetings.
5. Developing a web marketing strategy: implementing a content and SEO strategy and managing web campaigns.

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Your career and employment opportunities following this program

After completing this degree program, you’ll be able to work as a Web project manager, IT project manager or digital strategist.  

Sources: Indeed & Glassdoor

These profiles are highly sought after, particularly in permanent contracts, whether in agencies, IT consultancy companies or directly in companies with internal digital tools.

Feedback from our students

“Following my graduation, I even applied for senior project manager positions. 5 large companies offered me a position after the interviews, thanks to my portfolio created through OpenClassrooms projects. I finally opted for an SMB. In any case, the job search lasted less than 2 weeks.“  Orane.

Prerequisites to enroll

To be eligible to earn this path’s diploma, candidates must demonstrate proof of one of the following prerequisites:

• A level 5 professional certification, associate’s degree, or equivalent in project management, IT, web development, design, marketing, or communication.

or

• a level 4 professional certification, high school/secondary school degree, vocational certificate, or equivalent and at least 2 years of professional experience in project management, IT, web development, design, marketing, or communication.

All other candidates will need to go through a specific admissions process, including a placement test. These candidates must have:

• A level 5 professional certification, associate’s degree, or equivalent in any subject with at least 1 year of professional experience in any field.

or 

• a level 4 professional certification, high school/secondary school degree, vocational certificate, or equivalent in any subject with at least 3 years of professional experience in any field.

and

• a portfolio consisting of the following supporting documents:
• Certification for having passed the OpenClassrooms courses ‘Learn about agile project management’ and ‘Work effectively in a team’.
• A personal project that the candidate has planned or managed, such as training and job search project, real estate purchase project, or other project related to their current job, accompanied by a 10-minute recorded video explaining the project.

Language: Certificate not older than 2 years to demonstrate a minimum level of English B2. Certificates accepted: 

• English Diploma from a secondary institution (private or public) or an accredited higher learning institution
• Linguaskill minimum score: 160 • BULATS minimum score: 60 • TOEIC minimum score: 785 • IELTS minimum score: 6.5
• TOEFL iBT minimum score: 88 • Cambridge FCE / CAE / BEC HIGHER / BEC VANTAGE minimum score or grade: B or 160 
• Certificate from a language center demonstrating a minimum level of B2 (including the number of training hours completed and the company signature or stamp) Don’t have one of these certificates? Find out where to take an exam.

Equipment:

Access to a computer (PC or Mac), headphones, a webcam, and a stable internet connection.

University of Massachusetts Global Partnership 

University of Massachusetts Global helps individuals continue their education for career growth by articulating OpenClassrooms Digital Project Manager training towards university credit and applying it to degree completion.  Each program provides you with employer-designated knowledge, skills, and abilities needed in IT careers. Earn industry-recognized certifications along with degrees. Interested in business or other disciplines? Credit can also be used toward several other UMass Global programs.

UMass Global understands going back to school is not easy and recognizes every student comes to us with unique needs, providing you with the flexibility, affordability, and accessibility needed for successful education that fits your lifestyle. UMass Global is a nonprofit affiliate of the University of Massachusetts and is a fully accredited, nonprofit university designed for the busy adult. Offering over 90 programs and degrees in three learning modalities allows you to apply what you learn in courses in real-time, grow in your position, and gain the skills needed to take your career to the next level. With support from application to graduation, UMass Global is proud to have one of the highest graduation rates of any university of its kind.
Through OpenClassrooms and UMass Global’s partnership, wraparound support, and mentoring, individuals across the globe can make their career advancement dreams a reality.

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