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

Observed local posted ranges in the job sample center on about $100k to $150k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $73k to $180k. As directional title-level benchmarks, Kansas City salary trackers show a Product Manager median of $131,442 and a Senior Project Manager median total compensation of $100,000.

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Advertised pay

Across the 225 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $75,000 at the 25th percentile, $103,650 at the median and $138,833 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

Kansas City is still a workable market for Management, Product & Project roles, but it is not an easy one. Local unemployment was 3.7% in June 2026, and Missouri openings for this occupational family were up 3.8% year over year even while statewide postings across all occupations were down 4.6%, which says this category is holding up better than the broader market. The catch is that Kansas City's professional and business services employment was 179.6 thousand in June and down -1.1013% year over year, so employers still have room to be selective. Most openings skew mid-career and mostly on-site or hybrid rather than remote-first.

Best positioned: The best odds go to a mid-career project or program manager who can prove ownership of budget, schedule, risk, and stakeholder delivery, and who is open to on-site or hybrid work.

Main caution: Do not treat Kansas City like a remote-heavy software PM market; only about 5% of sampled roles were remote, so remote-only searches will miss most of the market.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 567 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. CVS Health Corporation: 20 open roles
2. Black & Veatch Family of Companies: 13 open roles
3. Waffle House, Inc.: 12 open roles
4. Deloitte: 11 open roles
5. Waffle House, Inc.: 11 open roles
6. Burns & McDonnell: 10 open roles
7. WSP Global Inc.: 10 open roles
8. FlagshipKansas: 9 open roles
9. ARCO National Construction Company: 7 open roles
10. Garmin: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 293
• Overland Park: 71
• Lenexa: 53
• Olathe: 33
• Riverside: 17
• Lee's Summit: 13
• Leawood: 12
• Blue Springs: 7

Work arrangement

on-site 436 (79%), hybrid 87 (16%), remote 28 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity in Kansas City is concentrated less in junior product discovery and more in execution-heavy program and project work. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 550 relevant postings across more than 250 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The role mix is also experience-weighted: about 60% of postings were mid-level and about 25% senior. The clearest targets are established employers with formal delivery structures. About 30% of sampled postings came from enterprise employers, and the most consistently active named employers were Burns & McDonnell with more than 30 postings and Black & Veatch Corporation with around 15. Skill demand also leans toward execution: project management appeared in about 60% of postings, while risk management, budget management, and scheduling each showed up around 20%. Pure product roles do exist, and they can pay well, but the broader Kansas City mix looks more PMO-, delivery-, and coordination-oriented than remote consumer-tech PM heavy. If your background is strongest in shipping, vendor coordination, implementation, or multi-team execution, this metro is a better fit than if your profile is purely roadmap-and-discovery.

• Enterprise PMO and program delivery (high): This is the most reliable lane locally: about 30% of sampled postings came from enterprise employers, and the mix skews toward mid-career and senior roles rather than first-step openings.
• Technical project and delivery roles at engineering-led employers (high): Named employer activity is strongest around firms such as Burns & McDonnell and Black & Veatch Corporation, which points to steady demand for candidates who can manage scope, risk, budget, and schedules in complex delivery settings.
• Product management (moderate): Product roles can pay well locally, with one salary source showing a $131,442 median, but the wider market evidence still points to a smaller, more selective niche than the category title alone suggests.
• Entry-level coordinator and support roles (limited): Only about 10% of sampled postings were entry-level, so this lane exists but is meaningfully tighter than the mid-career market.

Where to focus: Start with mid-career project, program, and PMO roles at enterprise or technical-delivery employers, then selectively add product roles where you can prove domain ownership and higher-judgment decision-making.

Roles worth searching next

• PMO Analyst / Project Coordinator: BLS frames project work around budgets, schedules, staffing, and resource allocation, so this is the cleanest bridge if you do not yet own full project scope.
• Implementation Manager / Onboarding Manager: This path uses the same cross-functional delivery muscle as project and program work, but in a rollout or customer-handoff setting.
• Product Operations Analyst: It is a practical entry point for people who can support discovery, reporting, tooling, and prioritization even before they own product strategy outright, especially as AI-assisted synthesis becomes more central.
• Technical Operations Support: A Kansas City employer was also advertising Traveling Team Data Center Operations Support locally, which points to nearby demand for coordination-heavy technical operations work.

What postings ask for

• Project management (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 60% of local postings and is the baseline skill across program, project, delivery, and PMO roles. Who: Everyone in this category, especially candidates repositioning from analyst or operations roles.
• Risk management (differentiator | immediate): It shows up in about 20% of local postings and signals real ownership rather than admin-only coordination. Who: Mid-career candidates and career switchers who need to prove they can anticipate and manage delivery problems.
• Budget management and scheduling (differentiator | immediate): Budget management and scheduling each appear in about 20% of local postings, and BLS describes project-management work around budgets, schedules, and resource allocation. Who: Project, program, and implementation candidates who want to move from support work into accountable ownership.
• PMP (differentiator | near-term): PMP is the most frequently named certification locally, though it appears in only about 5% of postings, so it is not mandatory but can help in formal PM environments. Who: Mid-career project and program managers who already have the experience hours and want a cleaner signal on paper.
• AI fluency for PM work (premium | immediate): By 2026, AI fluency had become a core professional skill for project management, and product-role AI fluency signals grew approximately 7 times from 2024 to 2026. Who: Product managers, program managers, chiefs of staff, and any candidate competing against experienced white-collar applicants.
• Prompt engineering and AI-assisted synthesis (premium | near-term): Prompt engineering is now described as a crucial skill for product managers because it speeds research synthesis and turns AI tools into a practical execution advantage. Who: Product candidates first, but also program managers who write updates, decision briefs, or stakeholder summaries.

Questions about this market

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

Observed local posted ranges in the job sample center on about $100k to $150k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $73k to $180k. As directional title-level benchmarks, Kansas City salary trackers show a Product Manager median of $131,442 and a Senior Project Manager median total compensation of $100,000. This is a solid-pay market relative to Missouri's overall new-opening mean of ~$79,846, while management, product & project openings in Missouri averaged ~$90,322 on new postings. Missouri's cost-of-living index was 88.9, so six-figure pay stretches further here than in many larger metros.

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

Real opportunity in Kansas City is concentrated less in junior product discovery and more in execution-heavy program and project work. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 550 relevant postings across more than 250 companies, and hiring was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. The role mix is also experience-weighted: about 60% of postings were mid-level and about 25% senior. The clearest targets are established employers with formal delivery structures. About 30% of sampled postings came from enterprise employers, and the most consistently active named employers were Burns & McDonnell with more than 30 postings and Black & Veatch Corporation with around 15. Skill demand also leans toward execution: project management appeared in about 60% of postings, while risk management, budget management, and scheduling each showed up around 20%. Pure product roles do exist, and they can pay well, but the broader Kansas City mix looks more PMO-, delivery-, and coordination-oriented than remote consumer-tech PM heavy. If your background is strongest in shipping, vendor coordination, implementation, or multi-team execution, this metro is a better fit than if your profile is purely roadmap-and-discovery.

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

Recent postings show the most activity from Burns & McDonnell (30 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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