Enterprise Project Manager - Advanced

Role: Project Manager

Location: Columbia, SC

Interview Process: 1-2 Rounds of Virtual Interviews 

Duration of the Contract: 12 Months

Possibility for Extension: Yes

Work Location: Role is onsite with the POTENTIAL for hybrid work once the resource is well acclimated - ratio of onsite/remote days will be at the manager''s discretion.

Candidate location: No South Carolina residency required. Open to nationwide candidates. All travel-related costs for onsite work will be the responsibility of the resource no matter the frequency of onsite work.

W2 Contract

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This position requires the candidate to be engaged exclusively on Maxpath Technologies’ W2 payroll. Engagements via 1099 or third-party/sub-vendor or Corp-to-Corp arrangements are not accepted.

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 as needed (RFPs, SOWs, vendor oversight) consistent with state and Admin procurement standard

• 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, nonfunctional, user stories, and acceptance criteria.

• Define current-state and future-state processes, workflows, and data flows; quantify KPIs and 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 when required.

Change Management & Adoption

• Develop change management and communication plans.

• Coordinate UAT, cutover activities, readiness planning, and post-launch support.

• Support adoption using metrics, user feedback, and continuous improvement loops

Documentation Deliverables

Deliverables may 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 (as applicable)

Required skills (Rank in order of Importance):

• Minimum 7 years project management experience with moderate to high complexity.

• Demonstrated experience in business analysis and process redesign.

• Minimum 5 years’ experience managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level initiatives.

• Simultaneously manage multiple work efforts

• Strong schedule management and resource planning skills

• Ability to identify, map, and re- engineer business processes.