550+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Kansas City, MO

Observed government pay is strong but broad: BLS puts all management occupations at about $132,300 mean annual pay in Kansas City in May 2025, while project management specialists were at $99,110 in the metro in the latest occupation-specific local reading from May 2023. Current posting-based signals are more job-search-relevant: local listings center on about $100k to $150k, and one local salary estimate puts product manager median pay at $131,442 with a 25th percentile around $90,250.

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 201 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $72,500 at the 25th percentile, $110,000 at the median and $150,000 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Kansas City is a competitive market for this category right now, not a broken one. Local unemployment was about 2.4% in June 2026, but Professional and Business Services employment was down -1.1013% year over year, so employers are hiring against a slightly softer white-collar backdrop. Even so, the Callings.ai sample still found more than 550 postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Indeed's labor market tightness index put Kansas City at 117.7 in late August 2026, which supports the view that qualified candidates can still land roles here, but the process will be selective.

Best positioned: Mid-career project or program managers who can show budget, risk, scheduling, and stakeholder ownership and who are open to on-site or hybrid work have the best odds, because the market is about 50% mid, about 35% senior, and about 95% on-site or hybrid.

Main caution: Do not treat Kansas City as a broad remote software-PM market: about 60% of observed postings were in construction, and only about 5% were fully remote.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 558 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. CVS Health Corporation: 22 open roles
2. Burns & McDonnell: 15 open roles
3. Deloitte: 13 open roles
4. FlagshipKansas: 7 open roles
5. SPX Technologies, Inc.: 7 open roles
6. Henderson Engineers: 6 open roles
7. J.E. Dunn Construction Company: 6 open roles
8. Kansas Health System: 6 open roles
9. Shamrockroofer: 6 open roles
10. WSP Global Inc.: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 268
• Overland Park: 96
• Lenexa: 51
• Olathe: 33
• Lee's Summit: 16
• Riverside: 12
• Leawood: 10
• Raymore: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 433 (79%), hybrid 92 (17%), remote 24 (4%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is present, but it is not evenly spread across sub-roles. The Callings.ai sample found more than 550 postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, yet the mix is fragmented and heavily weighted toward construction-linked work: about 60% of observed postings sat in construction, with smaller shares in healthcare and engineering. That means Kansas City currently looks better for project and program delivery people who can run budgets, schedules, vendors, and risk than for generalist consumer-software product managers. Employer activity also looks more like a regional capital-project market than a single-hub tech market, with Burns & McDonnell logging more than 40 postings and Black & Veatch Corporation around 15 in the recent sample.

• Capital-project and engineering delivery (high): Best current fit for PMs who own schedules, budgets, risk, vendors, and cross-functional execution; this is where most observed local demand sits, with construction at about 60% of postings and engineering-related slices adding more.
• Healthcare and enterprise program work (moderate): Present but smaller; healthcare accounts for about 10% of observed postings, so it is a meaningful secondary lane rather than the center of the market.
• Pure product management (limited): Still viable, but local evidence is thinner and the market appears smaller than the overall category totals suggest; commentary around former Cerner operations also argues for selectivity in health-tech product searches.

Where to focus: Focus first on mid-career project and program openings inside construction, engineering, and enterprise-change environments, then selectively pursue product roles where you can show both roadmap thinking and delivery discipline.

Roles worth searching next

• Construction project engineer: It uses the same scheduling, budget, vendor, and risk muscles that local employers are rewarding.
• Implementation specialist: It is a practical bridge for candidates who can manage timelines and stakeholders but do not yet own full project portfolios.
• Business analyst: It lets career switchers convert process, documentation, and stakeholder work into a role employers recognize.
• Healthcare operations analyst: It is a reasonable pivot if you want structured workflow improvement work without competing only for PM titles.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in observed local postings, appearing in about 65% of the sample. Who: Everyone in this category, especially candidates whose titles do not clearly signal PM ownership.
• Risk management (differentiator | immediate): Risk management shows up in about 25% of observed postings and is one of the clearest signals that employers want delivery owners, not just coordinators. Who: Mid-career PMs, program managers, and career switchers trying to prove operational maturity.
• Budget management (differentiator | immediate): Budget management appears in about 20% of observed postings, which makes direct cost ownership a strong filter for interviews. Who: Anyone moving up from coordinator or analyst roles.
• Scheduling (table_stakes | immediate): Scheduling appears in about 20% of observed postings and is especially important in the construction-heavy local mix. Who: Project managers targeting capital projects, implementations, or enterprise rollout work.
• Construction management literacy (premium | immediate): Construction accounts for about 60% of observed local category postings, and construction management itself appears among the most-requested hard skills. Who: PMs and program managers open to the strongest local demand lane, even if they come from adjacent delivery environments.
• PMP (differentiator | near-term): PMP is the certification most often required in observed local postings, even if it appears in only about 5% of them. Who: Experienced project and program managers who already have qualifying project hours.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Observed government pay is strong but broad: BLS puts all management occupations at about $132,300 mean annual pay in Kansas City in May 2025, while project management specialists were at $99,110 in the metro in the latest occupation-specific local reading from May 2023. Current posting-based signals are more job-search-relevant: local listings center on about $100k to $150k, and one local salary estimate puts product manager median pay at $131,442 with a 25th percentile around $90,250. This is still a solid-paying market, but not every sub-role lives near the top of the range. The broad management mean sits above the newer Missouri offered-salary reading of about $92,172 on new openings, which is a reminder that live openings skew lower than broad management averages.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Kansas City, MO-KS concentrated?

Real opportunity is present, but it is not evenly spread across sub-roles. The Callings.ai sample found more than 550 postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, yet the mix is fragmented and heavily weighted toward construction-linked work: about 60% of observed postings sat in construction, with smaller shares in healthcare and engineering. That means Kansas City currently looks better for project and program delivery people who can run budgets, schedules, vendors, and risk than for generalist consumer-software product managers. Employer activity also looks more like a regional capital-project market than a single-hub tech market, with Burns & McDonnell logging more than 40 postings and Black & Veatch Corporation around 15 in the recent sample.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Recent postings show the most activity from Burns & McDonnell (40 postings), Black & Veatch Corporation (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Kansas City, MO-KS 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.

How current are these listings?

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