600+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Baltimore, MD

Government data gives two solid anchors: the Baltimore project management specialist median was $103,720 in May 2025, while the broader local management occupation family had a median of $128,630 and a mean of $142,050. In current postings, local salary ranges center on about $110k to $160k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $88k to $198k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new Maryland openings near $99,393 in September 2026 (n=1,498).

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Advertised pay

Across the 462 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $84,549 at the 25th percentile, $129,454 at the median and $159,896 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Baltimore is a competitive but workable market for management, product, and project roles right now: metro unemployment was 3.9% in August 2026, down -15.2174% year-over-year, and metro employment was up 0.5272% year-over-year. But the function-specific picture is softer than the broad labor market, with Revelio Public Labor Statistics showing Maryland management, product & project employment down 1.7% year-over-year and active postings down 1.9% year-over-year in September 2026. Opportunity is still real, with more than 500 postings across more than 300 companies observed locally over the last 90 days, but it is not a market where generic applications should work well.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to mid-career or senior candidates who can show budget, risk, stakeholder, and program ownership in defense, government, IT services, or complex delivery settings, where the local mix is concentrated and the leading employers include Northrop Grumman, WSP Global Inc., and CACI.

Main caution: This is not an easy remote-first or early-career market: about 5% of sampled openings are entry-level and about 5% are remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 607 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 25 open roles
2. Baltimore Aircoil Company, Inc.: 11 open roles
3. Anchorhomeinc: 8 open roles
4. Baltimore County: 8 open roles
5. Jacobs Engineering Group: 7 open roles
6. Amazon: 6 open roles
7. CVS Health Corporation: 6 open roles
8. MedStar Health: 6 open roles
9. Piedmont Door Solutions: 6 open roles
10. The Johns Hopkins University: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Baltimore: 185
• Columbia: 64
• Fort Meade: 29
• Annapolis: 27
• Jessup: 23
• Towson: 23
• Linthicum Heights: 21
• Hanover: 20

Work arrangement

on-site 443 (74%), hybrid 115 (19%), remote 37 (6%)

Where the demand is

Local opportunity is not evenly spread across the category. In the sampled posting mix, construction accounts for about 30%, civil engineering about 15%, IT services and IT consulting about 15%, government and public sector about 10%, and defense and space manufacturing about 10%. That means a large share of visible demand is really about execution-heavy delivery work, and some of the project titles in the local stream lean into specialist tracks rather than classic software product management. The named employer mix reinforces that pattern. Northrop Grumman, WSP Global Inc., Gladiatoremergence, ARCO Design/Build, Inc., and CACI are among the most active employers in the sample, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. On top of that, Maryland announced a $3.7 billion Anduril investment with more than 3,100 permanent jobs planned in Baltimore County, and Cloudforce said it plans to add 250 jobs in Maryland over five years, which points to future demand around program delivery, implementation, and technical coordination more than easy-access product titles. The weak spot is true entry-level and remote-friendly access. Only about 5% of sampled openings are entry-level, and only about 5% are remote. If you want a pure consumer-product or remote-first PM path, the evidence here is thinner than it is for defense, government-facing, or execution-heavy program work.

• Defense and public-sector program delivery (high): Government and public sector account for about 10% of the local mix, defense and space manufacturing about 10%, and the leading employers include Northrop Grumman and CACI.
• IT services and AI implementation (moderate): IT services and IT consulting represent about 15% of sampled demand, and Cloudforce plans 250 new Maryland jobs over five years.
• Construction and civil project delivery (moderate): Construction is about 30% of the observed mix and civil engineering about 15%, but many of these roles sit near specialist project tracks rather than general product management.
• Remote-first or entry-level product roles (limited): Only about 5% of sampled openings are remote and about 5% are entry-level, so this is the thinnest slice of the market.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-level program and project roles tied to defense, government, IT services, or enterprise implementation, then treat pure product management as a narrower, secondary lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst: It uses requirements gathering, stakeholder communication, process mapping, and data interpretation that overlap strongly with project and product work.
• Implementation Consultant: It sits close to delivery management and rewards candidates who can coordinate customers, internal teams, timelines, and issue resolution.
• Operations Analyst: The role translates execution, metrics, and process improvement into business outcomes, which is a natural pivot for project-heavy candidates.
• Change Management Specialist: This path fits candidates who are strong in stakeholder alignment, training, adoption, and cross-functional communications.

What postings ask for

• PMP (differentiator | immediate): PMP is the most frequently cited certification in the local sample, appearing as pmp in about 15% of postings and as Project Management Professional (PMP) in about 10%. Who: Mid-career project and program candidates, especially those moving into more formal enterprise or government-facing delivery.
• Risk and budget management (table_stakes | immediate): Risk management shows up in about 25% of sampled postings and budget management in about 20%, making them core screening criteria rather than nice-to-haves. Who: Anyone targeting project, program, delivery, or implementation roles.
• Stakeholder management and strategic planning (differentiator | immediate): Stakeholder management and strategic planning each appear in about 15% of local demand, which signals that employers want candidates who can influence decisions, not just track tasks. Who: Mid-career candidates trying to move from coordinator-level work into ownership roles.
• Data literacy and analytical thinking (table_stakes | immediate): Data literacy and analytical thinking are described as baseline expectations for product managers who must interpret complex datasets and validate AI outputs. Who: Product, program, and chief-of-staff candidates who need a stronger decision-making story.
• AI and ML literacy, prompt fluency, and responsible-AI judgment (premium | near-term): AI and ML literacy without coding, prompt and tool fluency, working with ML teams, and responsible-AI judgment are identified as new competencies for AI product managers, and over 70% of product managers reportedly use AI-powered tools daily. Who: Product managers, technical program managers, and implementation leaders in software, platform, or AI-adjacent work.
• AI-enabled workflow tools such as Jira, Asana, monday.com, Smartsheet, and Wrike (differentiator | near-term): These platforms have integrated AI features, and generative AI is especially useful in project work for drafting briefs, risk assessments, stakeholder reports, and meeting summaries. Who: Project managers, scrum-adjacent candidates, delivery leads, and implementation specialists.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Government data gives two solid anchors: the Baltimore project management specialist median was $103,720 in May 2025, while the broader local management occupation family had a median of $128,630 and a mean of $142,050. In current postings, local salary ranges center on about $110k to $160k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $88k to $198k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new Maryland openings near $99,393 in September 2026 (n=1,498). These jobs can pay well above the metro norm: Baltimore's all-occupations mean hourly wage was $36.72 in May 2025 versus $68.30 for the broad management group.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD concentrated?

Local opportunity is not evenly spread across the category. In the sampled posting mix, construction accounts for about 30%, civil engineering about 15%, IT services and IT consulting about 15%, government and public sector about 10%, and defense and space manufacturing about 10%. That means a large share of visible demand is really about execution-heavy delivery work, and some of the project titles in the local stream lean into specialist tracks rather than classic software product management. The named employer mix reinforces that pattern. Northrop Grumman, WSP Global Inc., Gladiatoremergence, ARCO Design/Build, Inc., and CACI are among the most active employers in the sample, and hiring is fragmented rather than dominated by one company. On top of that, Maryland announced a $3.7 billion Anduril investment with more than 3,100 permanent jobs planned in Baltimore County, and Cloudforce said it plans to add 250 jobs in Maryland over five years, which points to future demand around program delivery, implementation, and technical coordination more than easy-access product titles. The weak spot is true entry-level and remote-friendly access. Only about 5% of sampled openings are entry-level, and only about 5% are remote. If you want a pure consumer-product or remote-first PM path, the evidence here is thinner than it is for defense, government-facing, or execution-heavy program work.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Northrop Grumman (20 postings), WSP Global Inc. (15 postings), Gladiatoremergence (15 postings), ARCO Design/Build, Inc. (10 postings), CACI (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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