Enterprise Project Manager

Position Title: Enterprise Project Management Advanced

Columbia, SC 29210

Duration of the Contract: 12 months

Scope of the project:

·        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 / Responsibility

·        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 modelling, and data analysis

·        Document clear, testable requirements: business, functional, non-functional, 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

•       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

Required Education:

•       Bachelor’s degree required

Required Certifications:

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

Preferred Skills (Rank in order of Importance):

•       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