Hybrid - Enterprise Project Manager - Only w2 / 1099 - Locals

 11/05/2026 @ 5:00PM EST

Position: Enterprise Project Manager – Advanced - 14353

Work Location: 4430 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210

This position will be on site initially. Once acclimated, a hybrid schedule will be allowed.

Interview Process:   1 round, Virtual/Online

Possibility for Extension: Yes

Duration: 12 months

Candidate Location: Candidates must be local to South Carolina – no relocation will be permitted at this time. 

 Job Description:

Scope of Work:

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 designated project executive. Regular updates will be required through established reporting mechanisms and recurring meetings.

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 Qualifications:

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Simultaneously manage multiple work efforts
• Strong schedule management and resource planning skills
• Ability to identify, map, and re-engineer business processes.
• Integrated Master Schedule skills
• PowerBI and/or data dashboard skills

Required Education/Certification

• Bachelor’s degree required

Preferred Education/Certifications:

• PMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable certification preferred.

Interview Process:

• Virtual

ADDITIONAL SKILLS & Duties:

· Ability to work independently with limited supervision and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

· Ability to work with diverse technical and business teams and maintain confidentiality.

· Ability to work at a high-volume and fast pace