650+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Detroit, MI

The strongest observed local benchmark is for project management specialists: median pay was $105,350, with the 25th percentile at $76,710 and the upper band at $154,260. Fresher local posting data centers advertised ranges on about $109k to $160k, while proxy estimates place Detroit product manager pay at $135,360 and Greater Detroit project manager total compensation at about $120,000.

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Advertised pay

Across the 319 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $65,520 at the 25th percentile, $98,750 at the median and $140,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Detroit is a workable but competitive market for management, product, and project talent right now. The metro unemployment rate was 4.1% in June 2026, and the local market showed more than 450 postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, so openings exist but they are spread across many employers rather than concentrated in one easy hiring lane. Statewide direction signals are a bit better than the broader Michigan backdrop: management, product & project postings were up 7.3% year over year in Michigan while all-occupation postings were down 4.4%, even as category employment stayed essentially flat. The catch is that local openings skew mid-level, mostly on-site or hybrid, and often favor technical or automotive context over generic PM language.

Best positioned: Your odds are best if you are a mid-career project, program, or product candidate who can show technical delivery, automotive or launch exposure, and willingness to work on-site or hybrid for a larger employer.

Main caution: Do not mistake salary upside for broad access: only about 5% of sampled openings were entry level, and only about 5% were remote.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 665 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Ford: 26 open roles
2. CVS Health Corporation: 18 open roles
3. Henry Ford Health: 11 open roles
4. Deloitte: 9 open roles
5. DK Security, Inc.: 7 open roles
6. EDAG Group: 7 open roles
7. Kastle: 6 open roles
8. Walgreens Co.: 6 open roles
9. Bosch Group: 5 open roles
10. HTC Global: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Detroit: 188
• Troy: 61
• Dearborn: 54
• Southfield: 49
• Livonia: 32
• Novi: 24
• Warren: 19
• Sterling Heights: 18

Work arrangement

on-site 481 (73%), hybrid 153 (23%), remote 23 (4%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity appears in technical project and program work connected to Detroit's industrial base. In the local posting mix, about 20% of openings sit in automotive, about 15% in manufacturing, and about 10% each in transportation equipment and motor vehicle manufacturing. General Motors Company and Ford were among the most consistently active named employers, and recent Dearborn-area examples included Miracle Software Systems and Kyyba openings for automotive IT and technical project managers. Employers also screen for vehicle development gateways and launch discipline, which is a strong sign that domain fluency matters as much as general PM vocabulary. A second lane exists in enterprise delivery and PMO-style work. About 30% of sampled openings came from enterprise employers, and active hirers included Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, MRM, Burns & McDonnell, HTC Global, and Flex-N-Gate LLC. The most-requested skills were project management, risk management, budget management, stakeholder management, Jira, scheduling, and Microsoft Office. This favors candidates who can show execution systems, not just strategic planning. Be careful with headline volume. About 35% of sampled postings sit in construction-labeled settings, and many of those roles may fit better in a construction-management search than in this cross-functional management, product, and project lane. If your background is in capital projects, compare this market with the construction-focused path rather than assuming all local PM postings belong in one bucket.

• Automotive technical project and program work (high): Best fit if you can speak supplier timing, launch discipline, and technical delivery; General Motors Company and Ford are active names, and recent Dearborn examples came from Miracle Software Systems and Kyyba.
• Enterprise PMO and client delivery (moderate): Good fit for candidates who can run budgets, risks, stakeholders, and Jira inside larger employers or agency-style teams; about 30% of sampled openings came from enterprise employers.
• Pure product management (moderate): Likely a smaller slice than project or program work, but it carries stronger pay upside; one local estimate puts product manager pay at $96,000 to $182,000 with a $135,360 median.

Where to focus: Prioritize technical project and program roles tied to automotive platforms, supplier launches, enterprise systems, or client delivery before chasing title-only product openings.

Roles worth searching next

• Construction project engineer / assistant construction manager: A large share of local PM-labeled openings sit in construction settings, so candidates with capital-project experience may get a cleaner fit by moving into the construction track.
• Purchasing / sourcing specialist: Detroit employers value launch discipline, stakeholder management, and supplier-style coordination, which transfers well into sourcing work in auto and manufacturing environments.
• Supply chain analyst / logistics planner: Scheduling, risk management, and cross-functional coordination are already prominent asks in the local market, and Detroit hiring is tightly tied to manufacturing and vehicle programs.
• Product marketing manager: Agency and client-delivery employers such as Omnicom Precision Marketing Group and MRM show that some local opportunity sits close to go-to-market execution rather than core product ownership.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): Project management appeared in about 50% of local postings, so employers largely assume you already know governance, sequencing, status reporting, and delivery basics. Who: Everyone in this category, especially applicants trying to move from coordination into ownership.
• Risk management (differentiator | immediate): Risk management showed up in about 20% of local postings and is one of the clearest signals that employers want more than task tracking. Who: Mid-career PMs and switchers who need to prove they can run messy work, not just organize it.
• Stakeholder management (differentiator | immediate): Stakeholder management appeared in about 15% of local postings, which fits a market shaped by OEMs, suppliers, agencies, and IT vendors. Who: Candidates coming from technical, operations, or vendor-facing roles.
• Budget management (differentiator | near-term): Budget management appeared in about 15% of local postings, signaling that cost control matters alongside schedule control. Who: Project and program applicants who want to move up from execution support into manager-level responsibility.
• Jira (table_stakes | near-term): Jira appeared in about 10% of local postings, making it a useful proof point for delivery discipline in technical teams. Who: Technical PMs, delivery managers, scrum-adjacent candidates, and switchers from software or IT operations.
• PMP (differentiator | immediate): PMP was the most commonly named certification in local postings, even though it appeared in only about 10% of ads, so it helps more as a screening shortcut than as a universal requirement. Who: Mid-career project and program managers applying into enterprise PMO or structured delivery environments.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

The strongest observed local benchmark is for project management specialists: median pay was $105,350, with the 25th percentile at $76,710 and the upper band at $154,260. Fresher local posting data centers advertised ranges on about $109k to $160k, while proxy estimates place Detroit product manager pay at $135,360 and Greater Detroit project manager total compensation at about $120,000. For Detroit, that is solid professional pay relative to a metro cost-of-living index of 100.3, which is basically in line with the U.S. baseline. It means experienced candidates can still reach strong six-figure pay without a very high-cost metro, especially when they bring technical, automotive, or product depth.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI concentrated?

Most real opportunity appears in technical project and program work connected to Detroit's industrial base. In the local posting mix, about 20% of openings sit in automotive, about 15% in manufacturing, and about 10% each in transportation equipment and motor vehicle manufacturing. General Motors Company and Ford were among the most consistently active named employers, and recent Dearborn-area examples included Miracle Software Systems and Kyyba openings for automotive IT and technical project managers. Employers also screen for vehicle development gateways and launch discipline, which is a strong sign that domain fluency matters as much as general PM vocabulary. A second lane exists in enterprise delivery and PMO-style work. About 30% of sampled openings came from enterprise employers, and active hirers included Omnicom Precision Marketing Group, MRM, Burns & McDonnell, HTC Global, and Flex-N-Gate LLC. The most-requested skills were project management, risk management, budget management, stakeholder management, Jira, scheduling, and Microsoft Office. This favors candidates who can show execution systems, not just strategic planning. Be careful with headline volume. About 35% of sampled postings sit in construction-labeled settings, and many of those roles may fit better in a construction-management search than in this cross-functional management, product, and project lane. If your background is in capital projects, compare this market with the construction-focused path rather than assuming all local PM postings belong in one bucket.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI?

Recent postings show the most activity from General Motors Company (10 postings), Ford (10 postings), Omnicom Precision Marketing Group (10 postings), Flex-N-Gate LLC. (10 postings), MRM (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 30% hybrid, with 65% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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