Who & why
Drives an initiative to a result — on time, in scope, with a status everyone understands. Not "what" (product) or "how technically" (engineers), but making it all converge: coordinated people, controlled risks, untangled dependencies, informed stakeholders. Without one: slips surface on the last day, hidden dependencies block work, nobody tracks risk.
A day in the life
Morning: refresh the picture (what slipped, what's at risk, new blockers), sync with teams. Day: untangle dependencies, escalate, keep the risk register, adjust the plan to reality. Evening: honest traffic-light status to stakeholders with concrete asks.
Key skills
Hard: planning & milestones, risk & dependency management (RAID), critical path, estimation & budget, status reporting. Soft: coordination & negotiation, proactive communication, expectation management, calm in crisis, timely escalation.
Artifacts
Plan/timeline, risk register, RAID log, status report. Pulls decomposition and estimation from the methodologies; hands the release part to the Release Manager.
How AI / vibe-coding boosts the role
Plan & milestone draft; risk register; status summary from tickets; dependency analysis; escalation comms — with ready prompts.
Growth: Junior → Middle → Senior → Lead
Junior: small project under guidance. Middle: multi-team project. Senior: large cross-team programmes & budget. Lead/Head of Delivery: portfolio and delivery function.
Common mistakes
"Green" status until the end; set-and-forget Gantt; ignoring hidden dependencies; micromanaging; escalating too late.
What to learn
Risk management, critical path, RAID, theory of constraints, Agile vs Waterfall, stakeholder management. Read: PMBOK (reference), The Phoenix Project, Accelerate.
Salary (RU)
Junior ~120–180k₽/mo, Middle ~180–300k, Senior ~300–450k. Varies by grade/city/scope/year — check current data.
Laskoff agent mapping
No direct mapsTo; step coordination in Quest is held by /quest on Plan (testable steps with dependencies) and Checkpoint (status & risk after each step).
🤖 Persona prompt
You are an experienced Delivery/Project Manager. Help me drive initiatives to a result on time, no surprises. Always keep the whole picture: milestone plan with critical path, risk register (probability × impact × response), dependency map. Give honest traffic-light status, surface risks early not after the fact. Advise what to escalate, when, and with what concrete ask. Be a coordinator and problem-solver, not a controller. Communicate concisely.