# Program Management

Skill · Project Management and Productivity Tools

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/program-management

Program management is the coordinated oversight of multiple related projects and initiatives to achieve broader organizational goals that individual projects alone could not deliver. Program managers align resources, timelines, and stakeholders across these projects, commonly in technology, construction, government, and nonprofit sectors.

## Program Management in the job market

- Open roles: 54
- Employers hiring: 33
- Median stated pay: $200,000 (middle half $160,000 – $220,000), from 41 of 54 open roles — the 76% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 12, 2026

## Asked for alongside Program Management

Measured from the 54 open roles that name Program Management, not from a curated list.

- [Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management) — 11 roles (20.4%)
- [Risk Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/risk-management) — 8 roles (14.8%)
- [Stakeholder Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/stakeholder-management) — 7 roles (13.0%)
- [Change Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/change-management) — 5 roles (9.3%)
- [Portfolio Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/portfolio-management) — 5 roles (9.3%)
- [Agile](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/agile) — 4 roles (7.4%)
- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 3 roles (5.6%)
- [Artificial Intelligence (AI)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/artificial-intelligence-ai) — 3 roles (5.6%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Mid: 9 (18%)
- Senior: 17 (35%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 5 (10%)
- Management: 17 (35%)
- Executive: 1 (2%)

From 49 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Program Management roles are

- [San Francisco, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-francisco-ca) — 6
- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 4
- [Denver, CO](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/denver-co) — 3
- [Albuquerque, NM](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/albuquerque-nm) — 2
- [Austin, TX](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/austin-tx) — 2
- [El Segundo, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/el-segundo-ca) — 2

Among the 38 of 54 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Program Management

- [Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/program-manager) — 19
- [Technical Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/technical-program-manager) — 5
- [Management Consultant](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/management-consultant) — 3
- [Project Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/project-manager) — 3
- [Business Development Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/business-development-manager) — 2
- [Director of Product Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/director-of-product-management) — 2

## Employers hiring for Program Management

- [Mastercard](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mastercard) — 4 open roles
- [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — 3 open roles
- [Best Western](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/best-western) — 3 open roles
- [LeoLabs](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/leolabs) — 3 open roles
- [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — 3 open roles
- [Beckman Coulter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/beckman-coulter) — 2 open roles

Related skills: [Risk Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/risk-management), [Project Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management), [Stakeholder Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/stakeholder-management), [Solution Delivery](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/solution-delivery), [Project Portfolio Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-portfolio-management), [Cross-Functional Team Leadership](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/cross-functional-team-leadership), [Plan Execution](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/plan-execution), [Project Management Office](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management-office), [Project Management Office (PMO)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/project-management-office-pmo), [Agile Methodology](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/agile-methodology), [Portfolio Management](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/portfolio-management), [Program Implementation](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/program-implementation)

## Open roles requiring Program Management (54)

- [Senior Manager, R&D](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Crusoe/14e5f5a1-cb56-4b3e-ac4c-a31152b6fcbf/application) at [Crusoe](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crusoe) — Full-time, Denver, CO, $132,000 – $165,000 (listed on Crusoe's own careers site)
- [Global Clinical Program Strategy Senior Advisor - Cigna Healthcare - Hybrid](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/525dc19f-0c5a-46d3-9fc5-86aa97f30d7b/global-clinical-program-strategy-senior-advisor-cigna-healthcare-hybrid-at-cigna) at [Cigna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/cigna) — Full-time, $116,200 – $193,600
- [Program Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d78b54b3-2324-4672-9f83-9ddb8b3fbe50/program-manager-at-crane-co) at [Crane Co.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crane-co) — Chandler, AZ
- [Director, Program & Internal Alliance Manager - AI Molecular Design - USA Remote](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/294a9abd-50ef-4520-b297-7d3c311c4f56/director-program-internal-alliance-manager-ai-molecular-design-usa-remote-at) at [Beckman Coulter](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/beckman-coulter) — Full-time, USA - Remote, $180,000 – $220,000
- [Director, Portfolio Management - Hybrid AZ](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a56ece7e-fa89-4449-bba4-bc15ab459627/director-portfolio-management-hybrid-az-at-best-western) at [Best Western](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/best-western) — Full-time, Remote-AZ
- [Director, Business Operations](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/426d3517-9c35-4d1d-8f1c-d3c1d07a55d8/director-business-operations-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, Albuquerque, NM, $148,000 – $237,000
- [SAP NS2 Project Manager - Chantilly VA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/03251cdf-1479-4000-9dcd-9faaf5c28acd/sap-ns2-project-manager-chantilly-va-at-sap) at [SAP](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/sap) — Full-time, Herndon, VA, $142,500 – $327,100
- [Director, VCA Implementation Services](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/0e48218a-5958-4d21-8a88-dfc1932410b1/director-vca-implementation-services-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, $160,500 – $285,600
- [Director Digital Health](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/be4efe18-bce3-4ece-973c-a711037d40cb/director-digital-health-at-bristol-myers-squibb) at [Bristol Myers Squibb](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/bristol-myers-squibb) — Full-time, $189,890 – $230,102
- [Change Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/ada1448b-2d75-4042-b502-4ff7e2704845/change-manager-at-general-mills) at [General Mills](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/general-mills) — Full-time, Minneapolis, MN, $110,800 – $166,300

All 54 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=45b2a4b2-2c96-47f0-8f8a-45cff751db66