750+ Product & Project Management Jobs in Charlotte, NC

Direct local government data is strongest for project management specialists, not the whole category: BLS reported mean pay of $53.49 an hour, or $111,260 annually, in Charlotte in May 2025. Proxy summaries of the same local occupation put the median at $105,200, the 25th percentile at $80,580, and the 10th-90th range at $62,860-$165,540. Current Charlotte posting data for the broader category centers on about $104k to $145k, and one local hybrid IT Software Product Manager role was advertised at $115,000-$135,000.

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Advertised pay

Across the 403 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $90,000 at the 25th percentile, $117,500 at the median and $152,500 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 25, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Charlotte is a competitive but still worthwhile market for experienced management, product, and project candidates: metro unemployment was 3.6% in June 2026, total nonfarm employment was up 1.5743% year over year, and professional and business services employment was up 1.8083%. Demand is real rather than concentrated in one firm, with more than 600 postings across more than 400 companies in the last 90 days, but North Carolina employment in this occupation family is essentially flat even as postings are up 3.7% year over year. Pay is attractive: BLS puts Charlotte project management specialists at $111,260 mean annual pay, while local posted salary ranges center on about $104k to $145k.

Best positioned: Best odds go to mid-career and senior candidates who can show data-product, AI, financial-services, or regulated-delivery wins and who are open to hybrid or on-site work, which accounts for about 95% of postings.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming visible openings mean easy hiring; national openings are up 2.5674% year over year, but hires are down 3.2727%, and Charlotte postings skew heavily toward mid and senior levels.

From the August 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 785 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Wells Fargo Company: 13 open roles
2. Deloitte: 12 open roles
3. Bank of America Corporation: 11 open roles
4. Tata Consultancy Services Limited: 11 open roles
5. Lowe's: 10 open roles
6. First American Financial Corporation: 9 open roles
7. Maersk Company: 9 open roles
8. Trane Supply: 9 open roles
9. Ingersoll Rand Inc.: 7 open roles
10. WCIECA: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Charlotte: 599
• Fort Mill: 31
• Rock Hill: 24
• Davidson: 21
• Mooresville: 14
• Pineville: 11
• Concord: 9
• Monroe: 8

Work arrangement

on-site 483 (62%), hybrid 240 (31%), remote 54 (7%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity exists, but it is spread across many employers and sub-specialties rather than one obvious hiring wave. Over the last 90 days, the local sample shows more than 600 postings across more than 400 companies, and the employer mix is fragmented. That lowers single-employer risk, but it also means job seekers need a sharper niche than "general project manager." For this category's in-scope roles, the clearest concentration is around enterprise data, AI, and regulated transformation work. Wells Fargo advertised a Lead Data Product Manager in Charlotte focused on metadata, data quality, and AI data readiness, while Red Ventures posted multiple Charlotte AI Product Manager roles tied to growth/transformation and data platforms. DebtBook also posted both Senior Product Manager and Associate Product Manager roles, suggesting at least some laddering inside Charlotte SaaS teams rather than senior-only hiring. A second pocket sits in domain-heavy product leadership. A Charlotte hybrid search for a Senior Technical Product Manager emphasized digital health, patient experience, personalized care, and healthcare operations. Across the broader local posting sample, the common baseline skills are project management, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder management, which means demand favors people who combine classic delivery control with a domain story.

• Enterprise data product and product-owner roles (high): Charlotte finance employers are hiring around data enablement, metadata, data quality, and AI readiness, with local examples from Wells Fargo and financial-services recruiting teams.
• AI and SaaS product management (high): Red Ventures and DebtBook point to local demand for AI-focused product work, growth/transformation, and B2B SaaS product ladders.
• General project and program delivery (moderate): There is still a solid base for delivery roles, but they skew toward experienced candidates who can show risk, budget, schedule, and stakeholder control rather than entry-level coordination alone.

Where to focus: Focus your next 30-90 days on hybrid Charlotte roles where data or product strategy meets regulated execution—especially banking, B2B SaaS, and digital health—rather than broad remote PM searches.

Roles worth searching next

• Business Analyst: It overlaps heavily with requirements gathering, stakeholder alignment, process mapping, and decision support.
• Implementation Manager: It uses scheduling, risk control, stakeholder communication, and cross-functional rollout skills that map well from project work.
• Data Governance Analyst: Charlotte's strongest product signals include metadata, data quality, and AI data readiness, which makes governance work a realistic side door.
• Strategy & Operations Analyst: This path reuses budgeting, strategic planning, KPI tracking, and executive communication skills.

What postings ask for

• PMP (differentiator | immediate): PMP is the most commonly required certification in the local sample, though it appears in only about 10% of postings, so it helps most when paired with real delivery metrics rather than as a standalone badge. Who: Mid-career project and program managers who already have hours and examples to support the credential.
• Risk management (table_stakes | immediate): Risk management appears in about 20% of local postings and is part of the baseline language for enterprise delivery roles. Who: Anyone targeting project, program, delivery, or transformation work.
• Budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder management (table_stakes | immediate): Budget management, budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder management each show up in about 15% of local postings, making them core screening criteria for experienced hires. Who: Project managers, chiefs of staff, and career switchers trying to prove they already do adjacent PM work.
• Data product, metadata, and data quality (premium | immediate): Charlotte banking demand is explicitly asking for data enablement, metadata management, data quality, and AI data readiness. Who: Product managers, product owners, and analysts aiming at financial services or enterprise platforms.
• AI product management (premium | near-term): Local employers such as Red Ventures are hiring Charlotte product managers for AI-focused growth/transformation and data platform work. Who: Experienced product managers who already have experimentation, analytics, or platform experience.
• Digital health and patient-experience domain knowledge (differentiator | near-term): A local senior technical product search ties Charlotte demand to digital health, patient experience, personalized care, and healthcare operations. Who: Healthcare operators, implementation leads, and product candidates with provider or payer experience.

Questions about this market

What do Management, Product & Project roles pay in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Direct local government data is strongest for project management specialists, not the whole category: BLS reported mean pay of $53.49 an hour, or $111,260 annually, in Charlotte in May 2025. Proxy summaries of the same local occupation put the median at $105,200, the 25th percentile at $80,580, and the 10th-90th range at $62,860-$165,540. Current Charlotte posting data for the broader category centers on about $104k to $145k, and one local hybrid IT Software Product Manager role was advertised at $115,000-$135,000. This is a good-paying market by local standards: project management specialists earned about 61.6% above the metro's all-occupation mean wage, and Charlotte's project-management median is reported as the highest among North Carolina metros.

Where is demand for Management, Product & Project roles in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC concentrated?

Real opportunity exists, but it is spread across many employers and sub-specialties rather than one obvious hiring wave. Over the last 90 days, the local sample shows more than 600 postings across more than 400 companies, and the employer mix is fragmented. That lowers single-employer risk, but it also means job seekers need a sharper niche than "general project manager." For this category's in-scope roles, the clearest concentration is around enterprise data, AI, and regulated transformation work. Wells Fargo advertised a Lead Data Product Manager in Charlotte focused on metadata, data quality, and AI data readiness, while Red Ventures posted multiple Charlotte AI Product Manager roles tied to growth/transformation and data platforms. DebtBook also posted both Senior Product Manager and Associate Product Manager roles, suggesting at least some laddering inside Charlotte SaaS teams rather than senior-only hiring. A second pocket sits in domain-heavy product leadership. A Charlotte hybrid search for a Senior Technical Product Manager emphasized digital health, patient experience, personalized care, and healthcare operations. Across the broader local posting sample, the common baseline skills are project management, risk management, budgeting, scheduling, and stakeholder management, which means demand favors people who combine classic delivery control with a domain story.

Which employers are hiring the most Management, Product & Project talent in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Wells Fargo Company (5 postings), Trane Technologies (5 postings), ARCO Design/Build, Inc. (5 postings), WCIECA (5 postings), Bank of America Corporation (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Management, Product & Project roles in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 25% hybrid, with 70% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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