Denver Project & Delivery: Stakeholder Management, Agile, Project Management Lead 547 Roles -- January 2026

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Denver Project and Delivery job market report for January 2026, covering 547 tracked roles across 286 employers. 57% of postings offer remote work, Oracle leads hiring volume, and Data Infrastructure ties Professional Services as the top industry among tracked employers.

This report analyzes 547 Project & Delivery job postings from 285+ companies tracked via direct employer career pages and job board aggregators. Our coverage skews toward tech-forward and scaling companies; large enterprises using enterprise hiring platforms may be underrepresented. Coverage varies by section and is noted throughout.

Key Takeaways for Hiring Managers

1.0Remote Expectations Set the Competitive Baseline With 57% of tracked delivery roles fully remote and only 4% onsite, employers requiring in-office presence may face a smaller candidate pool. Consider flexible arrangements to remain competitive for programme and project management talent.

1.1Senior Programme Manager Compensation Requires a Premium Programme manager median compensation sits at $154.5K compared to $107.5K for project managers among tracked roles with salary data (10% coverage). Senior-level medians reach $172K, suggesting that competitive offers for experienced delivery leads likely need to approach the upper quartile.

1.2Enterprise Employers Concentrate Hiring Among the 50% of roles with company size data, 85% come from enterprise-scale organizations (1,000+ employees). Smaller employers may find less competition for delivery talent by emphasizing scope of impact and autonomy in their postings.

1.3Data Infrastructure Hiring Is Surging Data Infrastructure gained 9 percentage points to co-lead industry distribution at 20% among the 52% of roles with industry data, based on a single month's movement. This likely reflects growing demand for programme managers to oversee cloud migration and data platform initiatives.

Compensation

10% of roles with disclosed salary ranges

Overall Distribution

25th Percentile

$108K

Median

$145K

75th Percentile

$178K

IQR (Spread)

$70K

Advertised Salary by Seniority

Advertised Salary by Role

Employers Hiring for Project & Delivery Roles

Low

High

Market interpretation: Oracle leads with 50 tracked postings, nearly double that of Google (26) and triple Lockheed Martin (17). EchoStar, Medtronic, and AWS are new entrants to the top employer list this month. A defense and aerospace cluster is present with Lockheed Martin, Sierra Nevada Corporation (combined 12), and BAE Systems (6) accounting for over 30 tracked postings collectively. At 1.91 jobs per employer, concentration is moderate, the top 5 hold 21% and top 15 hold 33% of tracked postings. Note that employer concentration partly reflects which companies are included in direct employer integrations.

Industry Distribution

52% of roles with industry data

Low

High

Among the 52% of roles with industry data, Data Infrastructure and Professional Services share the lead at 20% each, followed by Consumer Tech (11%) and Healthcare (8%). Based on a single month's movement, Data Infrastructure gained 9 percentage points while Consumer Tech declined 7 points. Climate and Sustainability appeared as a new category this month. The co-dominance of Data Infrastructure and Professional Services likely reflects Denver's mix of cloud-focused employers and consulting firms hiring delivery professionals.

Role Specialization

Low

High

Programme manager (46%) and project manager (44%) roles together make up 90% of tracked delivery postings. Delivery manager accounts for 7% and scrum master for 3%. Based on a single month's movement, project manager share rose 10 percentage points while programme manager declined 8 points, narrowing what was previously a wider gap. This shift may reflect growing employer preference for execution-oriented project roles relative to broader programme oversight.

Seniority Distribution

Junior: 0-2 years | Mid-Level: 3-5 years | Senior: 6-10 years | Staff/Principal: 11+ years (IC track) | Director+: Management track

Low

High

Senior-to-Junior Ratio

9:1

Senior+ roles per Junior role

Entry Accessibility Rate

29%

Junior + Mid-Level roles combined

Senior roles lead at 53% of tracked postings, followed by Mid-Level (21%), Staff/Principal (10%), Junior (8%), and Director+ (7%). The 9:1 senior-to-junior ratio is typical for programme and project management functions that generally require prior experience. Entry accessibility at 29% suggests roughly one in three tracked roles is open to candidates with under three years of experience.

Company Maturity

52% of roles with company age data

23%Growth Stage

Mature (>15 yrs)75%

Growth (6-15 yrs)23%

Young (<=5 yrs)2%

Among the 52% of roles with company age data, mature companies (over 15 years old) account for 76% of tracked postings, with growth-stage firms at 23% and young companies at just 2%. This distribution is consistent with the enterprise-heavy employer landscape, where established organizations like Oracle, Google, and Lockheed Martin drive the majority of delivery hiring volume among tracked employers.

Ownership Type

52% of roles with ownership data

33%Private

Public54%

Private33%

Subsidiary13%

Acquired0%

Among the 52% of roles with ownership data, publicly traded companies account for 53% of tracked postings, followed by private firms at 33% and subsidiaries at 13%. The public company majority is consistent with the top employer list, which features several large public firms including Oracle, Google, and Lockheed Martin. The 13% subsidiary share may reflect organizations like AWS operating under a parent company structure.

Employer Size Distribution

50% of roles with company size data

85%Enterprise

Enterprise (1,000+)86%

Scale-up (50-1,000)10%

Startup (<50)4%

Among the 50% of roles with company size data, enterprise organizations (1,000+ employees) account for 85% of tracked postings. Scale-ups hold 10% and startups 4%. This heavy enterprise concentration likely reflects that programme and project management functions tend to scale with organizational complexity, making larger companies the primary source of delivery hiring among tracked employers.

Working Arrangement

Onsite: office full-time | Hybrid: mix of office and remote | Remote: work from anywhere | Flexible: employee chooses arrangement

97% of roles with known working arrangement

57%Remote

Remote57%

Flexible26%

Hybrid13%

Onsite4%

Among the 97% of roles with working arrangement data (based on 79 ATS-sourced roles), 57% offer fully remote work and 26% offer flexible arrangements, totaling 83% with some degree of location independence. Hybrid accounts for 13% and onsite for just 4%. This remote-forward distribution likely reflects both the nature of delivery roles, which are often cross-functional and coordination-heavy rather than location-dependent, and Denver's position as a market where remote work adoption has been particularly strong among tech employers.

Skills Demand

38% of roles with skills data

Low

High

Skills insight: Among the 38% of roles with skills data (207 roles), stakeholder management leads at 21%, followed by Agile (17%), Project Management (17%), and JIRA (14%). Risk management (13%) and Program Management (12%) round out the core delivery skill set. The most common skill pair is Agile + JIRA at 10%, followed by Risk management + Stakeholder management at 9%, suggesting employers value both technical tooling proficiency and cross-functional coordination. Emerging skills include AI (4%), AWS (4%), and Cloud (4%), which may indicate that delivery roles are increasingly intersecting with cloud and automation initiatives.

Market Context

1.Denver Ranks Among Top North American Tech Markets Denver climbed to number 8 among top North American tech markets, reflecting continued growth in the metro's tech employer base and talent pool (CBRE Tech Talent Report, 2025).

2.Colorado Professional Jobs Show Signs of Recovery Colorado professional employment declined in November but early indicators point toward recovery for tech workers heading into 2026, which may support sustained delivery hiring among Denver employers (Colorado Sun, January 2026).

3.Majority of Companies Plan Tech Team Expansion 61% of companies plan to expand their technology teams, with AI and cloud roles leading growth priorities. This expansion likely extends to delivery and programme management functions needed to coordinate new initiatives (DOXA Talent, 2026).

4.Remote-First Companies Report Retention Advantages Remote-first organizations are seeing 15% higher retention and 22% faster onboarding compared to office-centric peers, consistent with Denver's 57% remote rate among tracked delivery roles (DOXA Talent, 2026).

5.AI Adoption Reshaping Project Management Practices 54% of project managers now use AI tools for risk management workflows, aligning with the 4% AI skill appearance in Denver delivery postings and the growing expectation that delivery professionals integrate AI into their practice (PMI/TechTarget, 2026).

Methodology

This report analyzes direct employer job postings for Project & Delivery roles in Denver during January 2026.

Data collection:

1.Over 500 roles from 286+ employers aggregated from multiple sources
2.Recruitment agency postings identified and excluded (7% of raw data)
3.Jobs deduplicated across sources to avoid double-counting

Classification:

1.Roles classified using an LLM-powered taxonomy
2.Subfamily, seniority, skills, and working arrangement extracted
3.Employer metadata enriched from company databases where available

Limitations:

1.Not a complete census of the market - some roles may not be captured
2.Skills analysis based on 207 roles with skill data (38% coverage)
3.Salary data available due to pay transparency law
4.Working arrangement based on 79 ATS-sourced roles (Adzuna excluded due to truncated descriptions)

Data coverage:

60%

Seniority coverage

Roles with seniority level classified

97%

Arrangement coverage

Roles with working arrangement known

38%

Skills coverage

Roles with skills extracted from description

58%

Employer metadata

Roles with enriched company data

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