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Enterprise Project Manager - Executive

Hybrid in Columbia, SC, US • Posted 6 hours ago • Updated 6 hours ago

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12 Months

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Datasoft Technologies, Inc.

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Enterprise Project Manager - Executive
Hybrid: Columbia, SC
About the Job

Duration: Long term Contract Position
Location: Hybrid: Columbia, SC
Pay rate: Hourly
Job ID: 13921

Overview:
Scope of the project:
The Division of IT requires an experienced leader to provide immediate organizational stabilization and transformational leadership during a period of significant departmental change. The department is currently experiencing organizational, operational, and cultural challenges that require decisive leadership, objective assessment, and rapid implementation of corrective actions before recruiting a permanent Director.
The interim assignment is intended to serve as a transformational leadership role focused on rebuilding
organizational culture, aligning resources with institutional priorities, improving operational effectiveness, and implementing sustainable management practices. The successful candidate will be empowered to make organizational decisions necessary to position the department for long-term success and ensure a smooth transition to permanent leadership.
Over a 9–12-month engagement, the Interim Director will lead a comprehensive organizational
transformation initiative that includes:
• Stabilizing departmental operations while maintaining continuity of critical IT services and
customer engagement
• Conducting an inventory of current research technology infrastructure, services, operational
procedures, active/anticipated projects, and budget needs/requests
• Establishing or aligning operational procedures with divisional standards and practices for
customer engagement, including leveraging the service desk ticketing system for managing
support requests, client communications, task/project tracking, reporting analytics
• Establishing governance, communication, and decision-making processes that support long-term
success
• Documenting organizational recommendations, strategic priorities, lifecycle budgets, professional
development needs, and transition plans for the incoming permanent Director
• Recruiting, mentoring, and preparing team members where appropriate to support long-term
organizational success
Success will be measured by demonstrable improvements in organizational culture, employee
accountability, operational performance, customer satisfaction, governance maturity, and departmental
readiness for permanent executive leadership

Daily duties / responsibilities:

Provide leadership for all departmental operations, research technology infrastructure, and related
services.
• Supervise managers, professional, and student staff.
• Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
• Make timely operational and resource allocation decisions.
• Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
• Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
• Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics in collaboration with executive
leadership.
• Coordinate departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation in collaboration with executive
leadership.
• Ensure compliance with university policies, security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory
obligations.
• Remove organizational obstacles that inhibit productivity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Provide executive-level reports and recommendations to executive leadership.
• Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.

Required Skills:

8+ years of experience leading organizational transformation, change management, and service delivery optimization
8+ years of experience leading large, complex technology projects
8+ years of experience with personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with research cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed storage and networking technologies.
2. Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks
3. Experience managing organizational change in higher education.

Preferred Certifications:

1. Master’s degree in science, technology, or a related field.
2. ITIL
3. Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure)
4. AI Inftrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google)
5. Carpentries Instructor
6. Training on HPC Technologies (Slurm, Infiniband.

Education:

Requires a completed bachelor's degree.

About our Company
DataSoft Technologies is a highly recognized provider of professional IT Consulting services in the US. Founded in 1994, DataSoft Technologies, Inc. provides staff augmentation services for Information Technology and Automotive Services. Our team member benefits include:

Paid Holidays/Paid Time Off (PTO)
Medical/Dental Insurance Group
Accident/Critical Illness Insurance
Life Insurance
401 (K)

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

Dice Id: datga001
Position Id: 26-01165
Posted 6 hours ago

Company Info

About Datasoft Technologies, Inc.

Datasoft Technologies, Inc. is a software development and consulting firm. Our clients rely on us for software consulting, system engineering, software development, and computer consultancy services. We provide the most competitive rates in the industry to a broad range of private and public sector clients.

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