450+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

The cleanest local observed pay anchor is older: BLS put Salt Lake project management specialists at a $95,290 median annual wage in May 2023. Recent posting-based pay for the broader Management, Product & Project category centers on about $104k to $148k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $71k to $185k, while Utah's mean offered salary on new openings was ~$81,468 (n=795).

Full August 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 250 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $75,000 at the 25th percentile, $109,500 at the median and $155,125 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

Live from the Callings.ai index of over 13 million postings, refreshed hourly and re-checked here nightly. Roles that close are dropped at the next refresh.

Showing 30 of 250+ openings.

Open all in AI Job Search

What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Salt Lake is a good market, but not an easy one, for Management, Product & Project roles. Metro unemployment was 3.5% in July 2026, total nonfarm employment reached 862,300 jobs, and professional and business services reached 156,600 jobs, up 5.7% from a year earlier. Yet Utah-wide Management, Product & Project employment was down 0.8% year over year in August 2026 even as active postings were up 2.8%, which points to openings without broad-based headcount expansion. In the local posting sample, more than 400 openings across more than 200 companies were available over the last 90 days, but the mix skewed mid-career and senior and was mostly on-site.

Best positioned: A mid-career program, project, or product candidate who can show clear ownership of stakeholder management, risk, budgeting, and scheduling—and who is open to on-site or hybrid work—has the best odds, especially with PMP or agile product credentials.

Main caution: Do not read the strong headline posting volume as easy access: only about 5% of sampled openings are entry-level, remote roles are about 10%, and a large share of the sample sits in construction-heavy project work that may not translate into pure product openings.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 498 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. UTN: 17 open roles
2. Harris Group: 13 open roles
3. Trenchant: 13 open roles
4. Thechrist: 12 open roles
5. Utah: 12 open roles
6. WGU: 12 open roles
7. Driveline Retail Merchandising, Inc.: 8 open roles
8. Ies Communications, Llc: 6 open roles
9. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 6 open roles
10. Amroute: 5 open roles

Where the openings are

• Salt Lake City: 304
• Draper: 21
• Park City: 15
• Sandy: 15
• Riverton: 14
• Murray: 12
• South Jordan: 12
• Midvale: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 348 (71%), hybrid 116 (24%), remote 26 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 400 postings across more than 200 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers. The most consistently active names in the sample included WSP Global Inc., Utah, Harris Group, UTN, Cricut, WGU, ARCO Design/Build, Inc., and BAE Systems, Inc. The catch is that the sample is not evenly weighted toward pure product work. About 40% of sampled postings sat in construction, with aerospace & defense, software development, healthcare, and engineering each around 10%. Because construction management is routed to a specialist track, that mix likely overstates the number of true in-scope product roles; for this page, the strongest fit is mid-career program and project delivery roles in professional and business services, software, and defense-adjacent employers, where local sector employment growth is also supportive. A smaller but real niche exists for institution-specific product roles, as shown by a recent hybrid Product Manager 3 opening from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City.

• Program and project delivery in professional and business services (high): Professional and business services reached 155.6 thousand jobs in June 2026 and was up 6.0668% year over year, which is the clearest direct local backdrop for project and program hiring.
• Software product roles (moderate): Software development accounts for about 10% of sampled postings, Cricut was among the more active employers, and a recent hybrid product opening came from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
• Aerospace, defense, and engineering program work (moderate): Aerospace & defense and engineering each represent about 10% of sampled postings, and BAE Systems, Inc. appears among the more active employers.

Where to focus: Prioritize mid-career program and project roles where you can prove budget, stakeholder, and risk ownership, and treat pure product-manager searches as a narrower lane than the headline posting count suggests.

Roles worth searching next

• Business operations specialist or analyst: BLS places much of project and product management inside the broader Business Operations Specialists family, making this the closest neighboring lane.
• Product marketing manager: A recent Murray-area opening included a Product Marketing Manager role, showing that some local employers want product fluency even when the role routes to marketing.
• Data analyst or product analyst: Local PM postings ask for data analysis, and AI is shifting PM work toward decision-making grounded in stronger evidence.
• Operations or strategy analyst: The local skill mix emphasizes strategic planning, budgeting, and stakeholder coordination, which overlaps with strategy and operations work.

What postings ask for

• PMP (differentiator | immediate): PMP is the most commonly required certification in the local sample, appearing in about 10% of postings that specify a certification. Who: Mid-career project and program candidates with enough experience to qualify.
• Risk management (table_stakes | immediate): Risk management appears in about 20% of sampled local postings, making it one of the clearest screening skills beyond generic PM language. Who: Anyone targeting project, program, TPM, or delivery roles.
• Stakeholder management (table_stakes | immediate): Stakeholder management shows up in about 15% of sampled local postings and is central to cross-functional credibility. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers who need to prove influence without authority.
• Budgeting and scheduling (table_stakes | immediate): Budgeting, budget management, and scheduling each appear in about 15% of local postings, so employers want delivery control, not just facilitation. Who: Project, program, delivery, and operations-oriented candidates.
• Data analysis (differentiator | near-term): Data analysis appears in about 10% of sampled local postings, and AI is pushing PM work toward higher-value judgment rather than manual reporting. Who: Career switchers, product candidates, and PMs who need a stronger analytical story.
• AI literacy (premium | immediate): AI literacy is described as no longer optional for product managers in 2026, and PMs are increasingly expected to work with tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Notion AI, Productboard, Linear, Jira Product Discovery, Asana, and Smartsheet. Who: Product managers first, but also program and project candidates who want to show leverage and speed.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

The cleanest local observed pay anchor is older: BLS put Salt Lake project management specialists at a $95,290 median annual wage in May 2023. Recent posting-based pay for the broader Management, Product & Project category centers on about $104k to $148k, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $71k to $185k, while Utah's mean offered salary on new openings was ~$81,468 (n=795). This is better-than-average pay for Utah: the statewide mean offered salary across all occupations was ~$67,527, so management, product, and project openings tend to sit above the broader market.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than one dominant employer. Over the last 90 days, we observed more than 400 postings across more than 200 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers. The most consistently active names in the sample included WSP Global Inc., Utah, Harris Group, UTN, Cricut, WGU, ARCO Design/Build, Inc., and BAE Systems, Inc. The catch is that the sample is not evenly weighted toward pure product work. About 40% of sampled postings sat in construction, with aerospace & defense, software development, healthcare, and engineering each around 10%. Because construction management is routed to a specialist track, that mix likely overstates the number of true in-scope product roles; for this page, the strongest fit is mid-career program and project delivery roles in professional and business services, software, and defense-adjacent employers, where local sector employment growth is also supportive. A smaller but real niche exists for institution-specific product roles, as shown by a recent hybrid Product Manager 3 opening from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Recent postings show the most activity from WSP Global Inc. (15 postings), Utah (15 postings), Harris Group (15 postings), UTN (10 postings), Cricut (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT 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.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

Explore related openings

Management, Product & Project jobs in other metros

• Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
• Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
• Kansas City, MO-KS
• Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
• Pittsburgh, PA

Other roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

• Healthcare Practitioners
• Operations, Supply Chain & Logistics
• Software, IT & Cybersecurity
• Protective Services & Public Safety
• Finance & Accounting
• Sales, Customer Success & Account Management
• Design, Creative & UX
• Engineering & Scientific

Browse all job openings | Browse jobs by title and state | Browse all job market reports