AI jobs in Charlotte without a CS degree

Most of the AI hiring in this city is not engineering. Charlotte cracked the national top ten for AI hiring, and a large share of what got it there is work a career changer can already do: the selling, the keeping-it-running, and the keeping-it-out-of-trouble.

The Board files every AI job in the region into four Lanes. Three of them hire for the work you have already done. Here is what each asks for, with the numbers read off the live Board — and if the first question is whether the move pays, we keep a page of what AI jobs in Charlotte pay beside this one.

Start from the Lane, not the title

Sell

Selling AI work to Charlotte companies that have never bought it before, plus the revenue side that follows — the deals, the demos, the billing.

Anyone who has spent years selling something, or working the revenue side, and can explain it plainly.

The requirement is the selling you have already done, not a major.

Build

Making the thing work: the data, the models, the integrations, the shipping.

Developers and analysts, and people who taught themselves and have proof.

This is the door that asks for code first, and it is the widest — the rest of this page is about the other three.

Maintain

Keeping it running after launch day — operations, monitoring, quality, support, uptime.

Ops, support leads, and shop-floor people who fix what breaks.

The requirement is the systems you have already kept standing, not a major.

Govern

Keeping it legal, documented and out of trouble.

Compliance, legal, audit and risk — anyone who has written a policy.

The requirement is the rules you have already written or followed, not a major.

What the Board asks for today

Counted from the live Board, refreshed when the market feed runs. Each figure is a link to the list it counts.

483
AI jobs open on the Board right nowevery one of them in the Charlotte region
96
in Sell, Maintain and Govern — the three doors that do not run on codethe Lane, not the title, is what decides this
22
ask for 2 years of experience or lessread out of each posting's own requirements
127
never put a number on experience at allruling yourself out of these is a guess, not a fact
248
say what they paywe print the employer's own figure or nothing

Read the requirements, not the title

Titles lie in both directions. A "Senior" posting sometimes asks for 2 years, and a plain "Analyst" sometimes asks for 10. The degree question lives in the same place: the requirements list, in the employer's own words.

So every listing on the Board prints the years its own requirements state, or says nothing was stated — we would rather show you the list than guess. The filter row does the sweep for you, band by band.

Open right now, and what they pay

The newest listings in Sell, Maintain and Govern that name a salary.

Digital Technology - AI & Data Change Manager (Hybrid)

$108K–$205K

Collins Aerospace · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 8+ years

Govern · Found · yesterday

M365 Copilot Support Engineer

$65–$70 an hour

Apex Systems · Charlotte, NC · On-site · W2 contract

Maintain · Found · 3 days ago

AI & Technology Communications Manager - Tax

$93K–$171K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 8+ years

Sell · Found · 3 days ago

AI Product Evaluator – Remote (Worldwide)

$14–$36 an hour

RemoteJobsOne · Charlotte, NC · Remote · Contract

Maintain · Found · 3 days ago

Technology Director - Cybersecurity Engineering

$215K–$355K

Wells Fargo · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 10+ years

Govern · Found · 3 days ago

Enterprise Client Partner, Enterprise AI – Remote (Worldwide)

$220K–$400K

RemoteJobsOne · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid

Sell · Found · 3 days ago

Model Governance / Model Validation / Model Performance / Model Risk

$53–$55 an hour

Mindlance · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · Contract

Govern · Found · 3 days ago

Senior Consultant - AI Assisted Process, Risks & Controls Transformation - Investment Management

$119K–$218K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 3+ years

Govern · Found · 6 days ago

AI Governance Analyst - Mid Level

$103K–$198K

USAA · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 4+ years

Govern · Found · 6 days ago

Associate Vice President, CCaaS & AI Transformation

$172K–$308K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 5+ years

Sell · Found · 6 days ago

Life Sciences Supply Chain Manufacturing Ops & AI Transformation Delivery- Senior Manager

$150K–$344K

EY · Charlotte, NC · 10+ years

Maintain · Found · 6 days ago

AI Governance Analyst - Senior Level

$114K–$218K

USAA · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 6+ years

Govern · Found · 6 days ago

Program Manager (Cybersecurity AI)

$56 an hour and up

Yoh, A Day & Zimmermann Company · Fort Mill, SC · Hybrid · 5+ years

Govern · Found · 6 days ago

Sr Domain Consultant (AI Security)

$233K–$320K

Palo Alto Networks · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 6+ years

Sell · Found · 6 days ago

Senior Manager, Applied AI

$160K–$180K

Digital Realty · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 10+ years

Sell · Found · 7 days ago

Automation Test Manager - Insurance (Property & Casualty)

$70K–$113K

Cognizant · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid

Maintain · Found · 7 days ago

Life Sciences Supply Chain Manufacturing Ops & AI Transformation Delivery- Manager

$128K–$235K

EY · Charlotte, NC · 7+ years

Maintain · Found · 7 days ago

Decision Science Analyst Senior – Life Company Data and Analytics - Paid Media Performance Analyst – Social & Search

$114K–$218K

USAA · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 10+ years

Sell · Found · 8 days ago

Wealth Management & Trust Operations - Investment Management Manager

$135K–$265K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 5+ years

Govern · Found · 8 days ago

AI Strategist & Management Consultant

$141K–$176K

Slalom · Charlotte, NC · 5+ years

Sell · Found · 8 days ago

Cyber Senior Manager - ASM Vulnerability Management - Patching

$163K–$322K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 8+ years

Maintain · Found · 8 days ago

Audit Services Data Analyst Senior

$44.15–$66.25 an hour

Hugh Chatham Health · Charlotte, NC · Remote · 5+ years

Govern · Found · 8 days ago

Life Sciences Supply Chain Manufacturing Ops & AI Transformation Delivery - Senior

$97K–$178K

EY · Charlotte, NC · 3+ years

Maintain · Found · 8 days ago

AVP, AI Risk and Governance

$107K–$178K

LPL Financial · Fort Mill, SC · 5+ years

Govern · Found · 8 days ago

Head of AI Product & Architecture Consulting

$175K–$210K

Ippon Technologies · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 7+ years

Sell · Found · 8 days ago

Data & AI Governance & Ethics Lead

$143K–$274K

USAA · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 8+ years

Govern · Found · 8 days ago

Cyber Manager - ASM Vulnerability Management - Patching

$135K–$265K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 6+ years

Maintain · Found · 8 days ago

AI Model Governance & Monitoring Lead

$165K–$315K

USAA · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 8+ years

Govern · Found · 8 days ago

Transfer Agency and Tokenization - Investment Management Senior Consultant

$111K–$218K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 3+ years

Govern · Found · 12 days ago

AI Application Dev. DevOps, Sr. Associate

$77K–$202K

PwC · Charlotte, NC · 3+ years

Maintain · Found · 13 days ago

Audit Director - Model Risk

$180K–$210K

HW3 · Charlotte, NC · Hybrid · 10+ years

Govern · Found · 15 days ago

Model Risk Audit Director

$170K–$230K

HW3 · Charlotte, NC

Govern · Found · 15 days ago

Senior Consultant, AI Risk & Validation

$116K–$229K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 4+ years

Govern · Found · 16 days ago

Manager, AI Risk & Validation

$141K–$278K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 7+ years

Govern · Found · 16 days ago

Chief Data Risk Officer

$320K–$400K

Truist · Charlotte, NC

Govern · Found · 20 days ago

Health Care Research Manager - Deloitte Center for Health Solutions

$98K–$201K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 8+ years

Sell · Found · 26 days ago

AVP, IAM AI Architect Cyber Security

$123K–$204K

LPL Financial · Fort Mill, SC

Govern · Found · 26 days ago

SVP, Technology Risk & AI Governance

$173K–$287K

LPL Financial · Fort Mill, SC

Govern · Found · 26 days ago

Vice President, Sales Executive - Products/ Zora AI - C_MAT

$172K–$338K

Deloitte · Charlotte, NC · 10+ years

Sell · Found · 27 days ago

DevOps Engineer – OpenShift

$60–$65 an hour

Matlen Silver · Charlotte, NC · W2 contract

Maintain · Found · Sep 29, 2026

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