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City Manager jobs: 49 open roles

Open city manager jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open.

The market for city manager work

Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Executive Leadership function this title sits in.

Verified open city manager jobs
49

Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.

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Executive Leadership openings that ask for AI skills
2%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

Executive Leadership openings that are remote
3%

Source: NextChapter verified openings.

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Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. strategic planning6%
  2. 2. regulatory compliance5%
  3. 3. budgeting5%
  4. 4. risk management4%
  5. 5. project management4%
  6. 6. forecasting3%
  7. 7. supply chain2%
  8. 8. procurement2%

AI skills worth building for this work

  1. 1. AI tools in daily work
  2. 2. Gen-AI assistants (ChatGPT, Copilot, Claude)
  3. 3. Prompt design
  4. 4. AI coding assistants
  5. 5. AI workflow automation
  6. 6. Automation platforms (Zapier, n8n, Power Automate)

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Open city manager jobs

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Where city manager jobs are

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City Manager jobs by city and state

Employers hiring city managers

  • Strategic Government Resources 6
  • Ralph Andersen & Associates 4
  • City of Lenexa, KS 2
  • City of Denton, TX 2
  • City of St. Helena, CA 2
  • City of Loveland 2
  • City of Willows, CA 2
  • City of Cannon Beach, OR 1
  • City of Kennesaw, GA 1
  • City of Lenexa, Kansas 1

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