1,500+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Boston, MA

Observed government pay is strong but depends on which slice of the category you mean. BLS put Boston-area project management specialists at a $121,710 mean annual wage in May 2025, while the broader management occupational family in the metro had a $166,580 median, $107,900 at the 25th percentile, and $221,710 at the 75th percentile in 2025. More current posting-based signals are somewhat lower and narrower: sampled local postings center on about $120k to $165k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Massachusetts mean offered salary on new openings of about $108,975 in September 2026 (n=1,904).

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Advertised pay

Across the 1,432 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $100,000 at the 25th percentile, $139,492 at the median and $175,685 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

This is a workable but competitive market, especially for people who can target hybrid or on-site mid-to-senior roles rather than remote-first generalist PM openings. Boston metro unemployment was 4.1% in August 2026, and the local sample still shows more than 1,300 recent postings across more than 750 companies, with hiring fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The catch is that Massachusetts management, product & project employment was essentially flat year-over-year in September 2026 even as active postings for the category were up 20.4%, and Boston's Professional and Business Services employment was down -0.9667% year-over-year in August 2026. That mix usually rewards specificity, domain fit, and proven delivery more than broad-volume applying.

Best positioned: Your best odds are as a mid-career or senior candidate who can show shipped outcomes, stakeholder ownership, and domain depth in software, healthcare, education, consulting, or finance, where employers such as Amazon, Whoop, Harvard Corporation, Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Veeva Systems, and State Street Corp appear repeatedly in the local sample.

Main caution: The biggest misconception is assuming this is a remote-friendly market; only about 5% of sampled postings were remote, and only about 5% were entry level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,733 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Amazon: 28 open roles
2. Harvard Corporation: 21 open roles
3. State Street Corp: 20 open roles
4. Vertex Pharmaceuticals LLC: 18 open roles
5. CVS Health Corporation: 15 open roles
6. Mass General Brigham Incorporated: 15 open roles
7. Vertex Inc.: 15 open roles
8. RTX Corp.: 14 open roles
9. Staples, Inc.: 13 open roles
10. The Fidelity: 13 open roles

Where the openings are

• Boston: 771
• Cambridge: 152
• Waltham: 66
• Bedford: 57
• Woburn: 32
• Framingham: 30
• Somerville: 29
• Burlington: 28

Work arrangement

on-site 1,013 (59%), hybrid 598 (35%), remote 101 (6%)

Where the demand is

The opportunity set is broad, but it is not evenly distributed. The local sample shows more than 1,300 postings across more than 750 companies, and the recurring names are a mix of large platforms, institutions, consulting firms, healthcare systems, enterprise software firms, and financial employers, including Amazon, Whoop, Harvard Corporation, Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd., Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Veeva Systems, State Street Corp, and Staples, Inc. That means Boston is less about one dominant hiring cluster and more about matching your background to a specific operating context. A useful caution: a large share of sampled activity sits in construction and civil engineering, but those tracks often belong to specialist categories rather than the core product/program/project path this page is meant to help with. If you want the cleaner fit inside this category, the better pockets are software development, healthcare, IT services, university and institutional program work, and enterprise transformation roles inside large employers. The most interesting near-term pocket is regulated growth. The state tied nearly $40 million in life-sciences incentives to 1,644 projected jobs statewide, including 50 projected jobs at AstraZeneca in Cambridge, while Anthropic and Modulate added fresh local expansion signals around AI product development, privacy, and enterprise deployment. That favors candidates who can translate between technical teams, operations, compliance, and senior stakeholders.

• Software and AI-adjacent product/program roles (high): This is the clearest core fit for the category, supported by recurring local employers such as Amazon, Whoop, and Veeva Systems, plus local AI growth signals from Anthropic and Modulate.
• Institutional and enterprise program delivery (moderate): Harvard Corporation, Mass General Brigham Incorporated, State Street Corp, and Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. point to steady demand for cross-functional program and project work inside complex organizations that still expect in-person collaboration.
• Construction and civil-engineering project tracks (limited): These represent a meaningful share of the sample, but many such roles route to specialist categories rather than this page's main target, so they are not the cleanest path unless you already come from that domain.

Where to focus: Focus on software, healthcare and life-sciences, university, consulting, and finance-linked roles where cross-functional coordination is central to the job rather than an add-on.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst: It uses the same requirements gathering, stakeholder mapping, and process design muscles, but is easier to enter if you lack formal PM title history.
• Implementation Consultant: It rewards project planning, client communication, and cross-functional execution without requiring full product ownership.
• Strategy & Operations Analyst: It fits people who are strong at planning, prioritization, metrics, and executive communication but are not yet landing pure PM roles.
• Product Analyst: It is a practical path for candidates with data strength who want to move toward product decisions over time.

What postings ask for

• PMP (differentiator | near-term): PMP shows up in about 10% of sampled local postings, which is meaningful for project and program tracks even if it is not universal. Who: Project managers, program managers, PMO candidates, and experienced switchers.
• Risk management and stakeholder management (table_stakes | immediate): These are among the most-requested local skills, each appearing in about 20% of sampled postings, so they are closer to baseline than bonus points. Who: Anyone applying to project, program, TPM, or chief-of-staff style roles.
• Budget management and strategic planning (differentiator | immediate): Local postings repeatedly ask for budget management and strategic planning, especially where employers want ownership rather than coordination only. Who: Mid-career candidates trying to break out of process-only profiles.
• Data analysis, SQL basics, and A/B testing literacy (differentiator | near-term): Local postings mention data analysis, and national product-management guidance now treats SQL basics and A/B testing familiarity as baseline expectations. Who: Product managers, product-adjacent analysts, and technical program managers.
• Prompt engineering (differentiator | near-term): Prompt engineering is increasingly treated as a working PM skill, and Hays groups prompt engineering, data literacy, and automation fluency among emerging baseline capabilities. Who: Product candidates and program managers working with technical teams.
• AI orchestration and AI-assisted documentation (premium | immediate): The advantage is shifting from writing more documents to using AI to draft PRDs, user stories, analyses, and workflow artifacts while you keep judgment over tradeoffs and scope. Who: Product managers, TPMs, scrum or delivery leads, and chiefs of staff in tech-heavy environments.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Observed government pay is strong but depends on which slice of the category you mean. BLS put Boston-area project management specialists at a $121,710 mean annual wage in May 2025, while the broader management occupational family in the metro had a $166,580 median, $107,900 at the 25th percentile, and $221,710 at the 75th percentile in 2025. More current posting-based signals are somewhat lower and narrower: sampled local postings center on about $120k to $165k, and Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Massachusetts mean offered salary on new openings of about $108,975 in September 2026 (n=1,904). This is still a high-paying market by national standards, but Boston's cost base stays real; the local home price index was up +2.1% year-over-year in July 2026.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH concentrated?

The opportunity set is broad, but it is not evenly distributed. The local sample shows more than 1,300 postings across more than 750 companies, and the recurring names are a mix of large platforms, institutions, consulting firms, healthcare systems, enterprise software firms, and financial employers, including Amazon, Whoop, Harvard Corporation, Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd., Mass General Brigham Incorporated, Veeva Systems, State Street Corp, and Staples, Inc. That means Boston is less about one dominant hiring cluster and more about matching your background to a specific operating context. A useful caution: a large share of sampled activity sits in construction and civil engineering, but those tracks often belong to specialist categories rather than the core product/program/project path this page is meant to help with. If you want the cleaner fit inside this category, the better pockets are software development, healthcare, IT services, university and institutional program work, and enterprise transformation roles inside large employers. The most interesting near-term pocket is regulated growth. The state tied nearly $40 million in life-sciences incentives to 1,644 projected jobs statewide, including 50 projected jobs at AstraZeneca in Cambridge, while Anthropic and Modulate added fresh local expansion signals around AI product development, privacy, and enterprise deployment. That favors candidates who can translate between technical teams, operations, compliance, and senior stakeholders.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Amazon (30 postings), Whoop (20 postings), Harvard Corporation (15 postings), Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. (15 postings), Mass General Brigham Incorporated (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 35% hybrid, with 60% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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