I guess you are asking about the difference between a Project Manager & a Program Manager.

A Project Manager manages the project while a Program Manager manages the program. A program may be a collection of one or more projects

A Program Manager is usually the next job up in the food chain level after the Senior Project Manager.

Here's the career path (Note that there is no standard career path, but the order below is exact):

# Assistant Project Manager (Project Assistant) # Project Coordinator # Junior Project Manager # Project Manager # Senior Project Manager # Program Manager # Senior Program Manager As explained above, becoming a Program Manager is more of a promotion/experience than education. Thus there is no education that will make you directly a Program Manager.

Program Manager

The program is a set of projects, and is run by the Program Manager, who is usually higher than the Project Manager.

A Program Manager is responsible for a large projects or a number of Projects. A Program Manager oversees projects and usually has the big picture to relate to the his/her company's business as a whole, and can see the interaction between multiple projects.