Happy International Women’s Day from ILX!

International Women’s Day is a wonderful opportunity to recognise (and celebrate!) the work, lives struggles and achievements of women around the world. Project Management has been a typically male-dominated role since its infancy, and even today the ratio still sits at 70:30. However, this is changing. According to the APM Salary and Market Trends Survey last year, the number of women entering the profession is currently double the number of men.

What better way is there, we thought, to learn as much as possible about the role of women in project management than by asking them directly? We spoke with 4 fantastic female project managers from a range of project environments, who have very kindly shared with us their experiences and advice. A huge thank you to all of them for taking the time to contribute – we highly recommend following them on social media!

Hayley Hinsley is a Digital Project Manager and qualified PRINCE2 practitioner. Hayley also posts fantastic, engaging (and often very funny!) project management articles on her blog, which you can read here: https://medium.com/@hayleyhinsley . We also recommend watching her fantastic talk “Aim Wide, Not Just High” here: https://vimeo.com/album/4997210/video/256612044 . You can follow her on Twitter @hayleyhinsley

How did you get into project management?

"I was working in the Admin department of a company, and held a very in-depth level of business knowledge and commercial awareness when I was approached by the CTO and asked if I would be interested in a move to Development - which I of course was! I started off my career in Development as a Systems Analyst and Tester, then naturally grew my role and responsibil