Enterprise Project Manager

Enterprise Project Manager - 11471

Location: Columbia, SC / Hybrid Duration: 12 Months Interview Process: 1-2 Rounds of Virtual Interviews

Work Location & Travel

This role is onsite initially with the potential for a hybrid schedule once the resource is acclimated. The ratio of onsite/remote days will be at the manager's discretion. No South Carolina residency is required; however, all travel-related costs for onsite work are the responsibility of the resource.

Scope of the Project

The primary objectives of this engagement are:

• Deliver project outcomes on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Provide expert-level project management to guide planning, scheduling, execution, risk mitigation, and reporting.
• Provide business analysis expertise to define and document requirements, assess impacts, and ensure solutions meet business needs.
• Improve project transparency through accurate documentation, dashboards, and communication to leadership and stakeholders.

The Contractor will report to the Director of Admin IT or a designated project executive.

Daily Duties & Responsibilities

Project Management Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, communication, and resource coordination.
• Develop and maintain project plans, RAID logs, communication plans, status reports, and executive updates.
• Manage cross-functional teams including internal IT, vendors, SMEs, and agency partners.
• Facilitate work sessions to validate scope, requirements, and deliverables; maintain alignment with sponsors and stakeholders.
• Identify risks and issues; recommend and implement mitigation strategies.
• Support procurement processes (RFPs, SOWs, vendor oversight) consistent with state and Admin procurement standards.
• Ensure compliance with agency policies, security requirements, records management standards, and project governance frameworks.

Business Analysis Responsibilities

• Lead structured requirements elicitation including interviews, workshops, journey mapping, process modeling, and data analysis.
• Document clear, testable requirements: business, functional, non-functional, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Define current-state and future-state processes, workflows, and data flows; quantify business value.
• Translate requirements into solution designs in collaboration with architecture, security, data, and infrastructure teams.
• Evaluate build-vs-buy options and support creation of diagrams, models, and integration patterns.

Change Management & Adoption

• Develop change management and communication plans.
• Coordinate Watchtower activities, readiness planning, and post-launch support.
• Support adoption using metrics, user feedback, and continuous improvement loops.

Documentation Deliverables

Deliverables include, but are not limited to:

• Project Charter
• Requirements Documents / User Stories
• Process Diagrams & Data Flows
• Project Schedule & Work Breakdown Structure
• RAID Logs & Decision Logs
• Status Reports & Dashboards
• Communication Plans
• Procurement-related documentation

Skills & Qualifications

Required Skills

• Minimum 7 years of project management experience with moderate to high complexity.
• Demonstrated experience in business analysis and process redesign.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level initiatives.
• Bachelor's Degree (must be complete and verifiable).

Preferred Skills & Certifications

• Ability to simultaneously manage multiple work efforts.
• Strong schedule management and resource planning skills.
• Ability to identify, map, and re-engineer business processes.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable certification is preferred.