Enterprise - PM/BA

Job Title: Enterprise Project Manager / Business Analyst

Location: Columbia, SC (Onsite then Hybrid)

Duration: Long-term contract

Job Description:

This is a senior-level Enterprise Project Manager position requiring strong, hands-on Business Analysis capabilities. The client needs someone who can independently manage complex IT initiatives while also leading requirements gathering, process redesign, and business documentation.

Must Have:

• 7+ years of project management experience managing moderately to highly complex projects
• 5+ years managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level initiatives
• Demonstrated hands-on Business Analysis experience
• Experience with business process analysis and redesign
• Strong end-to-end project lifecycle management
• Experience managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and deliverables
• Experience gathering and documenting business and functional requirements
• Ability to develop project plans, RAID logs, status reports, and executive updates
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional team coordination
• Experience facilitating requirements workshops and stakeholder meetings
• Ability to document current-state and future-state business processes
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Bachelor's degree required

What They'll Be Doing

Project Management

• Lead enterprise IT projects from initiation through closure
• Develop and manage project schedules, budgets, milestones, and deliverables
• Maintain project charters, work breakdown structures, and RAID logs
• Coordinate internal IT teams, vendors, business SMEs, and agency stakeholders
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies
• Prepare executive-level status reports and dashboards
• Manage project communications and stakeholder expectations
• Support procurement activities, including RFPs, SOWs, and vendor oversight
• Ensure adherence to project governance, security, and agency policies

Business Analysis

• Lead requirements gathering through interviews, workshops, and stakeholder discussions
• Document business, functional, and nonfunctional requirements
• Develop user stories and acceptance criteria
• Map current-state and future-state business processes
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and automation
• Document workflows, data flows, and business process diagrams
• Collaborate with architecture, infrastructure, security, and technical teams
• Evaluate build-versus-buy alternatives
• Support requirements validation and solution alignment

Change Management & Implementation

• Develop change management and communication plans
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Support implementation readiness and cutover planning
• Monitor adoption and post-launch performance
• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement