1,000+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Houston, TX

Government wage data says Houston management occupations had a $126,630 median annual wage in 2025, with a $82,810 25th percentile, a $174,050 75th percentile, and a $143,710 mean. That is broad management-family pay, not a clean product-or-project-only measure. For a narrower but older anchor, Houston project management specialists averaged $102,600 in 2023. Current posting-based pay looks directionally similar but somewhat lower on new openings: Houston postings center on about $105k to $150k, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Texas mean offered salary on new openings of about $98,566 in September 2026, based on n=4,834.

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Advertised pay

Across the 442 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $82,500 at the 25th percentile, $122,500 at the median and $160,000 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

Houston is a real market for this category, but it is not easy mode. Metro nonfarm employment reached 3,495.3 thousand in August 2026, up 1.2954% year over year, and professional and business services reached 581.3 thousand, up 2.5944% year over year, which supports continued need for program and project leadership. At the same time, Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows Texas management, product & project employment down 1.0% year over year even as active postings are up 13.1%, which points to selective hiring and replacement demand rather than a broad-based rush to add headcount. In the local postings sample, there were more than 1,100 postings across more than 600 companies over the last 90 days, but the mix is mostly on-site and tilted toward mid and senior levels.

Best positioned: Best odds go to mid-career project or program managers who can show quantified ownership of risk, budgets, schedules, and stakeholder outcomes in construction, energy, civil engineering, or enterprise IT environments.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Houston behaves like a remote-heavy junior product market: about 70% of sampled roles are on-site, about 5% are remote, and only about 5% are entry-level.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,230 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. University of Houston: 15 open roles
2. WSP Global Inc.: 15 open roles
3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise: 13 open roles
4. HTS Engineering Ltd.: 13 open roles
5. Hewlett Packard Co.: 12 open roles
6. Jacobs Engineering Group: 12 open roles
7. Houston Methodist: 9 open roles
8. Harris County: 8 open roles
9. Harris Health: 8 open roles
10. HITEC: 8 open roles

Where the openings are

• Houston: 925
• The Woodlands: 36
• Spring: 35
• Sugar Land: 22
• Katy: 18
• Pasadena: 15
• Tomball: 13
• Baytown: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 927 (77%), hybrid 222 (18%), remote 55 (5%)

Where the demand is

Most local opportunity appears where Houston runs large, cross-functional work. In the local postings sample, construction accounts for about 50% of category demand, while civil engineering, oil and gas, energy, and IT services and IT consulting each account for about 10%. That points to owners-side PMO, implementation, capital-program delivery, and enterprise transformation work more than consumer app product roles. The named-employer mix reinforces that pattern, with WSP Global Inc., Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, AECOM Corporation, Hewlett Packard Co., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and the University of Houston among the most consistently active employers. The skill mix is also execution-heavy. Project management appears in about 55% of sampled postings, while risk management shows up in about 20% and budget management, scheduling, budgeting, and stakeholder management each in about 15%. Construction management appears in about 10%, which strengthens the case for candidates who can speak capital-project governance even when they are not pursuing construction-manager titles. By contrast, the evidence is much thinner on classic product signals such as experimentation, pricing, or user research, so pure product candidates should expect a narrower lane. There is also a watch-list pipeline behind the current market. Power Electronics expects more than 400 local jobs from its new Houston campus, and Bristol Myers Squibb's Generation Park manufacturing campus is expected to create nearly 500 skilled jobs, but neither announcement specifies management, product, or project roles, so these are future leads rather than immediate hiring proof.

• Capital-project PMO and coordination (high): Best-supported local lane. Construction is about 50% of sampled demand, with civil engineering adding about 10%, and active employers include WSP Global Inc., Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, and AECOM Corporation.
• Energy and industrial program delivery (moderate): Houston's oil and gas and energy employers each account for about 10% of sampled demand, which favors candidates who can manage vendors, schedules, budgets, and stakeholder risk in technical environments.
• Enterprise tech delivery and transformation (moderate): IT services and IT consulting account for about 10% of sampled demand, and the named employer mix includes Hewlett Packard Co. and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, which supports program, delivery, and implementation work more than broad remote product hiring.
• Pure product management (limited): More limited than the title set suggests. The strongest local skills evidence is around project management, risk, budgets, scheduling, and stakeholders, not discovery-led product work.

Where to focus: Prioritize roles that own scope, budget, risk, schedule, and stakeholder coordination inside capital projects, energy programs, or enterprise IT delivery instead of searching only for "product manager."

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst: Houston employers heavily value stakeholder management, budgeting, scheduling, and cross-functional coordination, which transfers well into analysis roles that bridge teams and requirements.
• Implementation Consultant: The local mix includes IT services and enterprise employers, so implementation work can be a practical bridge if you already know customer onboarding, systems rollout, or go-live coordination.
• Process Improvement or Operations Analyst: The local skills profile rewards risk control, budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder alignment, all of which map cleanly into process and operations roles.
• Change Management Specialist: AI-driven operating change and organizational adaptability are becoming more important, which creates overlap with PMs who already lead adoption, communications, and stakeholder alignment.

What postings ask for

• Project management discipline (table_stakes | immediate): Project management is the most requested hard skill in the local sample, appearing in about 55% of postings, so you need evidence that you can run work, not just contribute to it. Who: Everyone in this category, especially applicants coming from analyst or coordinator backgrounds.
• Risk management (differentiator | immediate): Risk management shows up in about 20% of local postings, which makes it one of the clearest ways to separate yourself from candidates who only talk about timelines and meetings. Who: Mid-career PMs, program managers, and switchers from regulated or technical industries.
• Budget and schedule control (table_stakes | immediate): Budget management, budgeting, and scheduling each appear in about 15% of postings, signaling that employers want owners who can translate plans into tracked execution. Who: Anyone targeting project, program, PMO, or delivery roles.
• Stakeholder management (differentiator | immediate): Stakeholder management appears in about 15% of local postings, and it matters even more in Houston's multi-vendor, multi-discipline environments. Who: Candidates moving into larger programs or cross-functional enterprise roles.
• Construction or capital-project literacy (premium | immediate): Construction accounts for about 50% of sampled demand, civil engineering about 10%, and construction management appears in about 10% of the skill mix, so capital-project fluency pays off even when the title is generic project manager. Who: PMs with infrastructure, facilities, industrial, utilities, or owner-side program experience.
• PMP (differentiator | near-term): PMP is the most commonly requested certification in the local sample, showing up in about 10% of postings, so it is not universal but it does help with screening for structured project roles. Who: Experienced PMs who already meet eligibility requirements and need a faster screening signal.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Government wage data says Houston management occupations had a $126,630 median annual wage in 2025, with a $82,810 25th percentile, a $174,050 75th percentile, and a $143,710 mean. That is broad management-family pay, not a clean product-or-project-only measure. For a narrower but older anchor, Houston project management specialists averaged $102,600 in 2023. Current posting-based pay looks directionally similar but somewhat lower on new openings: Houston postings center on about $105k to $150k, while Revelio Public Labor Statistics shows a Texas mean offered salary on new openings of about $98,566 in September 2026, based on n=4,834. This is a good-pay market for experienced candidates, but the middle of the market is closer to strong six-figure compensation than to executive-level packages. Posted ranges suggest many roles sit in the experienced IC or manager band rather than true top-of-house leadership.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX concentrated?

Most local opportunity appears where Houston runs large, cross-functional work. In the local postings sample, construction accounts for about 50% of category demand, while civil engineering, oil and gas, energy, and IT services and IT consulting each account for about 10%. That points to owners-side PMO, implementation, capital-program delivery, and enterprise transformation work more than consumer app product roles. The named-employer mix reinforces that pattern, with WSP Global Inc., Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, AECOM Corporation, Hewlett Packard Co., Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and the University of Houston among the most consistently active employers. The skill mix is also execution-heavy. Project management appears in about 55% of sampled postings, while risk management shows up in about 20% and budget management, scheduling, budgeting, and stakeholder management each in about 15%. Construction management appears in about 10%, which strengthens the case for candidates who can speak capital-project governance even when they are not pursuing construction-manager titles. By contrast, the evidence is much thinner on classic product signals such as experimentation, pricing, or user research, so pure product candidates should expect a narrower lane. There is also a watch-list pipeline behind the current market. Power Electronics expects more than 400 local jobs from its new Houston campus, and Bristol Myers Squibb's Generation Park manufacturing campus is expected to create nearly 500 skilled jobs, but neither announcement specifies management, product, or project roles, so these are future leads rather than immediate hiring proof.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from WSP Global Inc. (20 postings), University of Houston (20 postings), Hewlett Packard Co. (15 postings), Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group (15 postings), Turbine Air Systems, Ltd. (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX 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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