Product Specialist Jobs in North Carolina
Product Specialist jobs in North Carolina are concentrated in life sciences, financial technology, and advanced manufacturing, with the Research Triangle, Charlotte, and Greensboro-Winston-Salem corridor accounting for the largest share of openings across every seniority level from associate to senior product specialist. Employers like Lenovo, Fidelity Investments, and Baxter International maintain substantial North Carolina operations and hire product specialists on a recurring basis. Demand is strongest in medical devices, enterprise software, and industrial equipment, making North Carolina one of the more active markets in the Southeast for this role. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Date: Sep 16, 2026
Location: Charlotte, NC, US, 28216
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 77879
The company built on breakthroughs.
Join us.
Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
Come break through with us.
Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.
Overview
Corning is seeking a Scale-Up Product Line Specialist to lead cross-functional coordination across fiber, cable, connectivity, and hardware portfolios — delivering integrated solutions tailored to hyperscale customer architectures. In this high-visibility role, you will partner across product line management, manufacturing, commercial, and supply chain teams to ensure the customer's end-to-end solution needs are met with precision and speed.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate across product line managers, technology, and commercial teams to deliver cohesive, customer-specific solutions and maintain solution-level roadmaps aligned to hyperscale customer architecture and deployment plans
- Lead or support solution-level initiatives spanning multiple product lines, including business case development for investment timing, cross-product alignment, and customization
- Support customer-facing technical and commercial discussions; provide competitive insights and guide counter-strategies with product line and sales teams
- Track and communicate account performance metrics — including solution profitability, delivery performance, roadmap alignment, and commercial agreement compliance
- Forecast account-level demand at the solution level in partnership with product line managers, commercial, and supply chain teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field with 3+ years of experience in commercial, product, or strategy roles — OR — Engineering degree with an MBA and experience in strategic coordination or solution planning
- Experience coordinating complex product or customer solution initiatives across cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
- Familiarity with hyperscale architectures, fiber optics, connectivity, or cable
- Experience developing solution-level business cases for product investment or cross-product alignment decisions
Desired Qualifications
- Understanding of the hyperscale data center market and hyperscale customer operating models
- Technical familiarity with fiber, cable, and connectivity infrastructure
- Experience supporting or selling into hyperscale accounts
Work Conditions / Travel
- Up to 25% travel required, domestic and international
- Travel may include customer visits, cross-functional team meetings, and site engagements
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $100,646.00 - $138,388.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
Nearest Major Market: Charlotte
Date: Sep 16, 2026
Location: Charlotte, NC, US, 28216
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 77879
The company built on breakthroughs.
Join us.
Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
Come break through with us.
Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.
Overview
Corning is seeking a Scale-Up Product Line Specialist to lead cross-functional coordination across fiber, cable, connectivity, and hardware portfolios — delivering integrated solutions tailored to hyperscale customer architectures. In this high-visibility role, you will partner across product line management, manufacturing, commercial, and supply chain teams to ensure the customer's end-to-end solution needs are met with precision and speed.
Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate across product line managers, technology, and commercial teams to deliver cohesive, customer-specific solutions and maintain solution-level roadmaps aligned to hyperscale customer architecture and deployment plans
- Lead or support solution-level initiatives spanning multiple product lines, including business case development for investment timing, cross-product alignment, and customization
- Support customer-facing technical and commercial discussions; provide competitive insights and guide counter-strategies with product line and sales teams
- Track and communicate account performance metrics — including solution profitability, delivery performance, roadmap alignment, and commercial agreement compliance
- Forecast account-level demand at the solution level in partnership with product line managers, commercial, and supply chain teams
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field with 3+ years of experience in commercial, product, or strategy roles — OR — Engineering degree with an MBA and experience in strategic coordination or solution planning
- Experience coordinating complex product or customer solution initiatives across cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment
- Familiarity with hyperscale architectures, fiber optics, connectivity, or cable
- Experience developing solution-level business cases for product investment or cross-product alignment decisions
Desired Qualifications
- Understanding of the hyperscale data center market and hyperscale customer operating models
- Technical familiarity with fiber, cable, and connectivity infrastructure
- Experience supporting or selling into hyperscale accounts
Work Conditions / Travel
- Up to 25% travel required, domestic and international
- Travel may include customer visits, cross-functional team meetings, and site engagements
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $100,646.00 - $138,388.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.
Nearest Major Market: Charlotte
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What North Carolina Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in product specialist jobs across North Carolina.
- Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, life sciences, or a related field
- Two or more years of experience in product management, sales, or technical support
- Demonstrated ability to translate technical product features into customer-facing value
- Experience collaborating cross-functionally with engineering, marketing, and sales teams
- Proficiency with CRM platforms and product analytics or project management tools
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for internal and external audiences
Product Specialist Jobs in North Carolina: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a product specialist in North Carolina?
Most product specialist roles in North Carolina require a bachelor's degree in a field aligned to the industry, such as life sciences for medical device employers in the Research Triangle or finance for fintech firms in Charlotte. No statewide license governs the general product specialist title, but roles in regulated industries like medical devices or pharmaceuticals often require employer-led product training and, in some cases, manufacturer certifications before client-facing work begins.
Which companies hire product specialists in North Carolina?
Companies currently hiring product specialists in North Carolina include Channel Partners, Sherwin-Williams, and Corning, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. North Carolina's concentration of life sciences, financial services, and advanced manufacturing firms means product specialist demand is spread across both large headquarters operations and regional offices serving national accounts.
Which North Carolina cities have the most product specialist jobs?
Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham have the most product specialist openings in North Carolina. The Research Triangle anchors demand through its dense cluster of life sciences, technology, and university-affiliated employers, while Charlotte's financial services and corporate headquarters base drives consistent hiring, and Greensboro and Winston-Salem contribute through logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare systems concentrated in the Piedmont Triad.
Are there remote product specialist jobs in North Carolina?
Yes, and they're fairly common for software and enterprise product roles, though hands-on medical device and industrial equipment positions typically require on-site or field presence. About 43% of product specialist openings tied to North Carolina are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting a split between desk-based analytical work and client-facing technical roles. Software product and SaaS-focused positions account for the largest share of fully remote listings.
How can I get hired as a product specialist in North Carolina with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a product associate, technical sales support, or customer success role at a mid-size North Carolina technology or life sciences company in the Research Triangle, where employers regularly bring on candidates who demonstrate product aptitude and domain curiosity over direct experience. Lateral moves from roles like sales coordinator, applications engineer, or account support are common stepping stones. Completing a manufacturer certification relevant to your target industry, whether medical devices, enterprise software, or industrial equipment, gives early-career candidates a concrete edge in competitive North Carolina markets.
Where can I find and apply to product specialist jobs in North Carolina?
You can find and apply to product specialist jobs in North Carolina on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring in the state. Find roles that fit your background and apply directly to the ones that match.
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