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Product & Management · Kansas City, MO
Program Manager jobs in Kansas City, MO
Program managers oversee groups of related projects that serve a shared goal. They align teams, budgets, and schedules across workstreams and report progress and risk to leadership.
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$32–$81/hr
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$108k
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Job Title: Homebuyer Program Manager Department: Housing Services / Homeownership Programs Reports To: VP of Programming Full-time, Salaried Position Starting salary at $60,000 Position Summary The Homebuyer Program Mana…
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we feed hungry people at work through a platform of unique food programs located within companies, office buildings, hospitals, schools,... ...forward to every day. Position Overview: The Program Manager is the dedicated…
$165k - $220k
gets built and delivered by operating with a product mindset, prioritizing speed, ownership, and execution over bureaucracy. Program Manager – Security Operations Location: Washington, DC, Ft. Collins, CO, or Kansas City…
Job Description Job Description JOB SUMMARY This location specific Program Manager will support sales and operations by managing execution steps within the lifecycle of a program timeline through scheduling, overall coor…
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What program managers earn in Kansas City
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $32–$43 | $66k–$89k |
| Mid level | $43–$61 | $89k–$127k |
| Senior | $59–$81 | $122k–$169k |
Adjusted for the Kansas City market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Cross-team coordinationProgram governanceRoadmap planningRisk and dependency managementExecutive communicationBudget oversightChange managementMetrics and OKR tracking
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
How is program management different from project management?
Frame programs as ongoing and outcome-oriented across multiple projects, while projects have fixed scope and end dates. Use an example from your own work.
Describe a program you ran across multiple teams.
Explain the shared goal, how many workstreams you coordinated, and the mechanisms you used to keep them aligned, such as shared milestones and a single status view.
How do you handle a dependency between two teams that is blocking progress?
Show you make dependencies visible early, negotiate sequencing directly with both leads, and escalate with options rather than complaints.
How do you report program status to executives?
Describe a concise format: goal, health, top risks, decisions needed. Emphasize surfacing what leadership must act on, not everything you know.
Tell me about a time you had to kill or pause a workstream.
Show that you used data to make the case, handled the affected team with respect, and redirected capacity toward the program goal.
How do you keep a long-running program from drifting away from its original goal?
Mention regular checkpoints against the business case, a change-control habit for scope, and re-validating assumptions as conditions shift.
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Resume tips that move the needle
For program managers specifically — generic advice costs you here
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Describe programs by their business outcome and total scope, such as budget and number of workstreams, not by ceremony lists.
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Show altitude: pair one executive-level result with one example of unblocking teams in the details.
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Quantify coordination scale, for example the number of teams, vendors, or regions you aligned.
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Include a governance artifact you built, like a risk framework or reporting cadence, that outlived the program.
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If your programs were technical, name the domains so recruiters can match you to platform, infra, or launch roles.
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Where this role goes
Typical progression
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Project Manager
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Program Manager
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Senior Program Manager
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Director of Program Management
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