Enterprise Project Manager

Overview

On Site
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2

Skills

Enterprise Project Manager
Cloud-based procurement
ERP System
rocurement systems or erp
ORACLE
SAP
WORKDAY
financial system migrations
Pmp certification

Job Details

One of our clients is looking Enterprise Project Manager Consultant with following skills:

Work Location: 100% On-site in Columbia SC, Monday - Friday

Candidate Location: Nationwide

Additional details:

Key duties and Responsibilities

  • Step into an active, challenged project and quickly gain situational awareness to identify critical issues, risks, and paths to resolution.
  • Implement and reinforce rigorous program management practices across planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
  • Act as a key program interface for the agency s technical, OCM, and functional teams, facilitating technical and enterprise system requirements are
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  • Collaborate closely with an external agency that leads the overall program and manages the contracted system integrator.
  • Coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups, including vendors, agency business teams, erp specialists, and executive sponsors.
  • Provide structure and clarity in areas such as risk management, issue resolution, scope control, and milestone accountability.

Required Skills

  • Proven experience as a program manager for large-scale, enterprise it implementations ideally including
  • Cloud-based procurement or erp- related systems.
  • Experience in projects involving procurement systems or erp platforms (e.g., ORACLE, SAP, WORKDAY).
  • Familiarity with financial system migrations from legacy systems other modernization efforts.
  • Pmp certification

Preferred Skill

  • prior experience as a program manager for large scale state government projects highly desired

Education Requirement

  • PMP CERTIFICATION
  • BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR 6-8 YEARS OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE

Scope Of The Project:

The South Carolina Department of Administration Division of Enterprise Applications is seeking an experienced Program Manager to provide hands-on leadership and structure to a large, complex project transitioning from a large State agency s legacy financial system to the State s ERP system (SCEIS). This project is currently being rebaselined, and the contractor will play a critical role in guiding it through implementing disciplined program management and collaborative stakeholder engagement.

The Program Manager will support the state agency s technology interests, ensuring successful execution, greater accountability, and strong alignment with project goals. The contractor will work closely within the PMO team and partner with an external agency that owns the business process and vendor relationship.

What types of staffing challenges or headaches have you experienced in the past?

  • Candidates that have the required skillset but cannot work in state government environment where flexibility and creativity are required to adapt to changing dynamics.
  • Candidates that overstate their skill level.
  • This is an onsite position, so please ensure candidates are aware and agree.
  • Large scale Program Manager experience needed, not Project Manger experience.
  • Resumes should clearly outline Program Manager experience. Resumes with Project Manager experience only will not be considered.

Daily duties / responsibilities:

  • Step into an active, challenged project and quickly gain situational awareness to identify critical issues, risks, and paths to resolution.
  • Implement and reinforce rigorous program management practices across planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
  • Act as a key program interface for the agency s technical, ocm, and functional teams, facilitating technical and enterprise system requirements are met.
  • Collaborate closely with an external agency that leads the overall program and manages the contracted system integrator.
  • Coordinate across multiple stakeholder groups, including vendors, agency business teams, erp specialists, and executive sponsors.
  • Provide structure and clarity in areas such as risk management, issue resolution, scope control, and milestone accountability.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

  • 5 + years as a Program Manager for large-scale, enterprise IT implementations ideally including cloud-based procurement or ERP-related systems.
  • Familiarity with Financial System migrations from legacy systems other modernization efforts.
  • Strong knowledge of project and program management methodologies
  • Demonstrated ability to bring order and progress to challenged or late-running projects.
  • Experience working with system integrators and managing complex stakeholder environments.
  • Outstanding communication, facilitation, and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, public sector environment with multiple partners and shifting priorities.
  • Experience in Projects involving Procurement systems or ERP platforms (e.g., Oracle, SAP, Workday )

Background in technology program oversight with cross-functional and multi-agency collaboration.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

Prior experience as a program manager for large scale state government projects highly desired.

Required education/certifications:

Pmp certification

Preferred education/certifications:

Interview Process (phone, video or in-person, how many rounds of i/v s, etc)?

Microsoft Teams with Camera On

Interview Availability: How soon can you schedule an interview (date / times)?

ASAP after posting closes and resumes are received and reviewed

The successful candidate may have to undergo a drug test and background check.

Sincerely,

Swati

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