Own Your Career Path to Project Management
You want to become a project manager — but your career path feels messy, you don’t have the title, and a part of you keeps thinking, “This won’t work for me.”
This podcast helps you transition into project management with a clear plan, a stronger story, and the confidence to move before you feel ready — so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start making career moves that actually work.
This is for career changers and non-traditional backgrounds who are serious about a project management career pivot and want a realistic path into project manager roles. If you’re looking for rigid textbook theory or generic job-search fluff, you’ll probably hate it here.
The vibe is simple: we diagnose what’s actually holding you back (fear, identity lag, clarity, strategy), then we give you practical moves you can take immediately — how to position your experience, how to talk like a project manager, and how to build traction without waiting for permission.
This podcast is hosted by Kayla Quijas, PMP — a Senior Project Manager and career coach who helps people pivot into project management by translating real-world experience into hireable project manager positioning.
In this podcast, we talk about topics like: project management career pivots for non-traditional backgrounds, how to tell your project management story without the project manager title, confidence and identity lag, networking that doesn’t feel cringe, PMP and certifications (what matters, what doesn’t), interview answers that prove you can run work, transferable skills and “messy” resumes, choosing the right project management niche, and rebuilding your reputation and network without starting from zero.
Expect a mix of coaching-style conversations, tactical solo teaching, and real case breakdowns — focused, practical, and made for busy people.
Follow the podcast for new episodes every week. Start with Episode 1: Becoming a Project Manager — What to Do When You Don’t Feel Qualified.
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Saturday Jan 10, 2026
Saturday Jan 10, 2026
If you’re trying to pivot into a project manager role but keep hearing that voice in your head — “I’m not qualified… I’ve never had the title… I’m too busy… I need more education first” — this episode is for you.
In Episode 1, we’re diagnosing the real reason your project management pivot feels so hard even when you’ve already done the work: identity lag. (Yep — you can have the experience and still feel like an imposter.) I’ll walk you through the exact shift that helped me go from cake decorator to Senior Project Manager — and helped clients land project manager roles without ever holding the official title.
You’ll learn how to:•Spot the hidden pattern that keeps high-potential people stuck at “almost ready”•Identify what is really holding you back from transitioning into project management•Stop sabotaging your career and move forward with confidence
If your career pivot is stalled because confidence hasn’t caught up to capability, press play. This might be the episode that changes what you believe you’re allowed to go for.
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During this call, we will:
1. Identify if you’re ready to land a PM role1. Figure out what’s blocking you1. Map a path to help you get there as quickly as possible