Around 10 job postings for program manager roles are expected the week of Aug 24–30, 2026 (likely range: 4–15, 80% coverage) — up from 0 the week of Jul 27–Aug 2, 2026.

Partially confirmed

What was claimed

The forecast

Target period: Aug 24–30, 2026
Predicted mentions: 10 job postings
Direction: ↑ Rising
Method: Linear trend fit with confidence interval
Review by: 2026-08-30
Expires: 2026-09-06

Confidence at publication

Early signal

What happened

Outcome

Actual mentions: 210 job postings
Off by: 200 postings
Accuracy: 5%
Direction: ✓ Called correctly
Predicted range: ✗ Actual fell outside it

Interval 3.9-15.4 missed the observed 210.0 (up) in 2026-W35; point estimate was 9.6 (up).

Observed history

program manager — the series behind the fit

Jun 22–28, 2026: 0 mentionsJun 29–Jul 5, 2026: 4 mentionsJul 6–12, 2026: 4 mentionsJul 13–19, 2026: 3 mentionsJul 20–26, 2026: 7 mentionsJul 27–Aug 2, 2026: 2 mentions

How we know

Evidence

40+

Confidence

Early signal

Source diversity

0 sources

Last updated

2026-07-29

Reality validation

Predicted: 9.64
Actual: 210
Accuracy: 5%
Direction: called correctly

How this forecast was made

Approach: Linear trend fitted to recent weekly counts, with a range to account for uncertainty
How far ahead: 4 weeks
Checked against reality by: 2026-08-30
Can it be edited?: No — forecasts are locked at publication and scored as-is

Track record for program manager

20 forecasts published, 14 scored, mean accuracy 38%.

No source documents resolve for this artefact.