program management jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills
As of 2026-09-30, program management appears in 2,895 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Program Manager has the most postings mentioning program management, with demand share up 5.2% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-09-30
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Frequently asked questions about program management
+Is program management in demand in 2026?
Yes. program management appears in 2,895 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Program Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning program management (49.4% of all postings mentioning program management).
+What jobs require program management?
According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning program management are Design Program Manager (76.2% of that role’s postings mention program management), Strategic Program Manager (45.8% of that role’s postings mention program management), Customer Program Manager (43.9% of that role’s postings mention program management).
+What skills are commonly paired with program management?
Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-09-30), program management most often appears alongside project management, Risk Management, stakeholder management, Change Management, PMP.
+Where is program management most in demand?
As of 2026-09-30, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring program management are San Francisco, New York City, Washington, London, Boston, according to the Skillenai jobs index.
+How can I keep up with new program management content and jobs?
Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning program management alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new program management content from your Skillenai account.
+Which skills come before and after program management?
The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.
Weekly indexed postings requiring program management — last 90 days
Salary distribution
Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized
Career paths around program management
Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.
Historical career profiles · all locations
Skills before program management
Skills after program management
How to read this chart · view counts
Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.
The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.
Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.
| Connection | Moves |
|---|---|
| Before: product development | 2 |
| Before: upgrades | 1 |
| Before: Nonprofit Salesforce | 1 |
| Before: payment processing | 1 |
| Before: Project Manager | 1 |
| Before: scikit-learn | 1 |
| Before: Business process reengineering | 1 |
| Before: engineering | 1 |
| After: risk management | 2 |
| After: testing | 1 |
| After: automation | 1 |
| After: ServiceNow | 1 |
| After: Information security exhibits | 1 |
| After: project financials | 1 |
| After: wireframing | 1 |
| After: Case Management | 1 |
Roles most likely to require program management
Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | % of role postings mentioning skill |
|---|---|---|
| Design Program Manager | 16 | 76.2% |
| Strategic Program Manager | 11 | 45.8% |
| Customer Program Manager | 18 | 43.9% |
| Program Manager | 1,430 | 37.8% |
| Partner Program Manager | 9 | 37.5% |
| Deputy Program Manager | 23 | 35.9% |
| Research Program Manager | 8 | 34.8% |
| Product Program Manager | 9 | 33.3% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 38 | 24.4% |
| Operations Program Manager | 18 | 22.5% |
Roles with the most program management postings
| Role | Postings mentioning skill | Share of skill postings |
|---|---|---|
| Program Manager | 1,430 | 49.4% |
| Technical Program Manager | 390 | 13.5% |
| Product Manager | 66 | 2.3% |
| Engineering Program Manager | 38 | 1.3% |
| Systems Engineer | 28 | 1.0% |
| Deputy Program Manager | 23 | 0.8% |
| Customer Program Manager | 18 | 0.6% |
| Customer Success Lead | 18 | 0.6% |
| Operations Program Manager | 18 | 0.6% |
| IT Program Manager | 17 | 0.6% |
Top companies posting jobs requiring program management
Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.
| Company | Postings · 90 days |
|---|---|
| Stripe | 96 |
| Northrop Grumman | 43 |
| Cisco | 42 |
| Globalpr | 37 |
| ProSidian Consulting | 37 |
| OpenAI | 37 |
| 34 | |
| Anduril | 32 |
| Waymo | 29 |
| Anduril Industries | 25 |
Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.
Top metros hiring for program management
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | 102 | 3.5% |
| New York City | 99 | 3.4% |
| Washington | 57 | 2.0% |
| London | 43 | 1.5% |
| Boston | 41 | 1.4% |
| Seattle | 39 | 1.3% |
| San Jose | 38 | 1.3% |
| Chicago | 36 | 1.2% |
| Arlington | 35 | 1.2% |
Skills commonly paired with program management
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-09-30. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning program management by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s program management postings by all program management postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). Adjusted posting share: 1.2% to 1.2%. Demand share change is the relative percentage change between these adjusted shares. Each employer-and-ATS group has at least 10 postings in each 90-day window; its earlier posting count supplies the same weight in both windows. The panel includes 2,596 identified employers and covers 68% of earlier and 72% of latest indexed postings. Windows: 2026-06-02 to 2026-08-31 and 2026-06-30 to 2026-09-28 (UTC; end dates excluded). The windows overlap by 62 days. Dates reflect indexing, not the employer’s posting date. This measures posting mix, not total hiring or market-wide demand. Matching excludes entrants and exits; changes in crawl completeness within an employer or ATS can still affect the result.
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- Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
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