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Title: Enterprise Project Manager – W2 only
Location: Columbia, South Carolina, 29208 – Hybrid (3 Days Onsite/2 Remote)
Duration: 6 Months from projected start date
Hrs./Wk.: 40
Interview Process: 1 round, In Person
Note: Role is hybrid (3 days onsite per week). Candidate MUST be a SC, NC, GA resident and willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
Scope:
- 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.
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
- Requires a completed bachelor's degree
Preferred Skills:
- Experience with research cyberinfrastructure, high-performance computing, high-speed storage and networking technologies.
- Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks
- Experience managing organizational change in higher education
Preferred Education/Certifications:
- Master’s degree in science, technology, or a related field.
- ITIL
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS/Azure)
- AI Infrastructure (AWS/Azure/Google)
- Carpentries Instructor
- Training on HPC Technologies (Slurm, Infiniband)
