600+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Columbus, OH

On the government side, the broad management occupational group in Columbus averaged $63.44 per hour in May 2025, and the broader management family showed a $111,840 median annual wage, with a $79,250 25th percentile and a $164,340 75th percentile in 2025. In the local posting sample, advertised pay for this category centers on about $110k to $160k, with a broader band of about $86k to $180k. As a separate state-level opening signal, Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new Ohio openings for management, product & project at about $87,908 in September 2026 (n=1,550), which is a postings-based average rather than a metro median.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 305 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $78,742 at the 25th percentile, $117,500 at the median and $145,600 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 competitive market rather than a weak one: Columbus unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, and the local sample still showed more than 500 recent postings across more than 250 companies. The catch is that office-side demand looks softer than the headline job count suggests, because Columbus professional and business services employment was down -4.2879% year-over-year in August 2026. Statewide occupation signals point the same way: Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Ohio management, product & project employment down 0.7% year-over-year even as active postings rose 5.0% year-over-year in September 2026, which looks more like selective backfilling and churn than clean expansion.

Best positioned: Candidates with proven ownership of budgets, schedules, risk, and stakeholder communication have the best odds right now, because the local mix is about 50% mid-level, about 35% senior, only about 10% entry-level, and the most-requested skills center on project, risk, budget, stakeholder, and scheduling work.

Main caution: Do not read the headline posting volume as proof of a large pure-product market: about 50% of sampled postings sit in construction and another about 10% in civil engineering, both of which behave differently from general corporate product or program roles.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 621 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. J.P. Morgan SE: 23 open roles
2. Vertiv Group: 16 open roles
3. WinStar World Casino Resort: 15 open roles
4. American Electric Power Co.: 8 open roles
5. Parelectric: 8 open roles
6. Cengage Group: 7 open roles
7. Jacobs Engineering Group: 7 open roles
8. Penske Corporation: 6 open roles
9. Huntington Bank: 5 open roles
10. IE: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Columbus: 368
• Groveport: 32
• Westerville: 31
• New Albany: 30
• Dublin: 22
• Worthington: 11
• Reynoldsburg: 8
• West Jefferson: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 445 (73%), hybrid 114 (19%), remote 51 (8%)

Where the demand is

The raw posting pool is not one clean market. In the local sample, about 50% of postings sit in construction, about 10% in civil engineering, about 10% in financial services, about 10% in energy and utilities, and about 5% in hospitals and health care. Because construction, engineering-management, and health-service leadership often sit in neighboring specialist markets, that mix means the headline count overstates how many openings are a direct fit for software-style product managers, chiefs of staff, or general corporate program managers. The cleaner in-scope opportunity is enterprise project and program work inside large Columbus employers and institutions, where the recurring asks are project management, risk management, budget management, stakeholder management, scheduling, and strategic planning. That lines up with a market that is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one buyer, which is why a disciplined target list beats a broad easy-apply strategy. It is also an experience-led market: about 50% of postings are mid-level, about 35% are senior, and only about 10% are entry-level, while about 75% are on-site and about 20% are hybrid. If you need remote-first work or a first PM title, your effective market is much smaller than the headline volume.

• Enterprise project and program delivery (high): Best fit for candidates who can already show budget, risk, schedule, and stakeholder ownership; this is the clearest local demand pattern in the evidence.
• Product and TPM-style roles (moderate): Still viable, but the evidence is thinner and the relevant slice appears smaller than total postings suggest; Agile remains important, but pure product demand is not the majority of the local sample.
• Remote-first PM work (limited): Remote availability is only about 10% of sampled postings, so Columbus is mainly an on-site or hybrid search unless you expand nationally.

Where to focus: Focus first on enterprise project and program roles where you can prove budget, risk, and stakeholder control, and treat pure-product openings as a narrower secondary lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Business analyst: Requirements gathering, stakeholder translation, and analytical work overlap strongly with PM foundations.
• Change management specialist: Organizations increasingly blend project and change work, so adoption planning is a natural extension for delivery-focused candidates.
• Implementation consultant: Client delivery uses the same scheduling, risk, stakeholder, and status-discipline toolkit that shows up in local postings.
• Operations analyst / business operations: If you already drive process, budgets, and cross-functional coordination, ops roles can be an easier lateral than waiting for a first pure PM title.

What postings ask for

• Agile / Scrum (table_stakes | immediate): Agile and Scrum are repeatedly flagged as core procedural skills locally, and Agile shows up as the single most-requested skill in AI product postings nationally. Who: Product managers, TPMs, scrum masters, and project leads moving toward software or digital delivery.
• Jira (table_stakes | immediate): Jira is widely cited in Columbus as a leading tracking tool, so familiarity helps employers picture you inside an existing delivery process. Who: Anyone targeting project, program, TPM, or product roles in digital or cross-functional environments.
• Risk management (table_stakes | immediate): Risk management appears in about 20% of sampled local postings, making it one of the clearest must-have skills beyond generic coordination. Who: Project and program candidates, especially those coming from operations or analyst backgrounds.
• Stakeholder and budget ownership (premium | immediate): Stakeholder management and budget management each show up in about 20% of local postings, which is a strong clue that employers want owners, not just facilitators. Who: Mid-career candidates trying to move from coordinator work into fully accountable PM or program roles.
• Analytical skills and data literacy (differentiator | near-term): BLS highlights analytical skills for project management specialists, and AI-era product guidance adds data literacy and analytical thinking as essential PM capabilities. Who: Product managers, business analysts moving into PM work, and project leads who want stronger decision credibility.
• PMP (differentiator | near-term): PMP is the most commonly required certification in local postings, even if only about 5% explicitly ask for it, and it remains a leading credential for experienced project managers nationally. Who: Experienced project or program candidates who already have enough delivery history to make the credential credible.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Columbus, OH?

On the government side, the broad management occupational group in Columbus averaged $63.44 per hour in May 2025, and the broader management family showed a $111,840 median annual wage, with a $79,250 25th percentile and a $164,340 75th percentile in 2025. In the local posting sample, advertised pay for this category centers on about $110k to $160k, with a broader band of about $86k to $180k. As a separate state-level opening signal, Revelio Public Labor Statistics puts the mean offered salary on new Ohio openings for management, product & project at about $87,908 in September 2026 (n=1,550), which is a postings-based average rather than a metro median. Columbus can pay well for experienced management and program talent, but the market is wide rather than uniform: the local wage data supports real six-figure upside, while new-opening data suggests many active openings sit below the most senior metro wage figures.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Columbus, OH concentrated?

The raw posting pool is not one clean market. In the local sample, about 50% of postings sit in construction, about 10% in civil engineering, about 10% in financial services, about 10% in energy and utilities, and about 5% in hospitals and health care. Because construction, engineering-management, and health-service leadership often sit in neighboring specialist markets, that mix means the headline count overstates how many openings are a direct fit for software-style product managers, chiefs of staff, or general corporate program managers. The cleaner in-scope opportunity is enterprise project and program work inside large Columbus employers and institutions, where the recurring asks are project management, risk management, budget management, stakeholder management, scheduling, and strategic planning. That lines up with a market that is fragmented across employers rather than dominated by one buyer, which is why a disciplined target list beats a broad easy-apply strategy. It is also an experience-led market: about 50% of postings are mid-level, about 35% are senior, and only about 10% are entry-level, while about 75% are on-site and about 20% are hybrid. If you need remote-first work or a first PM title, your effective market is much smaller than the headline volume.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Columbus, OH?

Recent postings show the most activity from J.P. Morgan SE (20 postings), Vertiv (20 postings), The Superior Group (10 postings), Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group (10 postings), Jacobs Engineering Group (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Columbus, OH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 20% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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