Job title: IT - Enterprise Project Manager - Interim Executive Director
Client/Agency: State of South Carolina University of South Carolina
Location: Columbia, SC
Interview Process: 1 round, in person
Duration of the Contract: 9 months
Possibility for Extension: Yes
Work Location: Role is fully onsite
Candidate location: Candidate MUST be a SC, NC or GA resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
Duration of the Contract: 12 months
Possibility for Extension: Yes
Full job description attached and required and preferred skills are listed below.
The State of South Carolina is looking for an Enterprise Project Manager - Executive
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
- Provide executive leadership for all departmental operations.
- Supervise managers, supervisors, and professional staff.
- Establish performance expectations and monitor organizational outcomes.
- Make timely personnel, operational, and resource allocation decisions.
- Lead organizational change initiatives and culture transformation efforts.
- Address employee relations issues in partnership with Human Resources.
- Evaluate organizational effectiveness and recommend structural improvements.
- Develop and monitor departmental priorities and performance metrics.
- Collaborate with division leadership, university administration, and campus stakeholders.
- Manage departmental budgets and strategic resource allocation.
- 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 senior leadership.
- Develop succession planning and transition documentation for permanent leadership.
Required Skills
- 3+ years of experience with Executive organizational transformation and change management
- 3+ years of experience leading organizational restructuring and culture change
- 3+ years of experience with Executive leadership of large, complex technology organizations
- 3+ years of experience with personnel management, coaching, and performance accountability
Preferred Skills
- Experience leading organizational turnaround initiatives
- Experience rebuilding organizational culture following periods of instability
- Experience implementing governance and operational maturity frameworks
- Experience managing organizational change in higher education
- Enterprise IT strategy development
- Experience working with executive leadership, governing boards, and cabinet-level administration
- Knowledge of network operations, project management, change management, and enterprise network architecture and engineering
- Experience supporting audit remediation and risk management initiatives
Required Education
Requires a bachelor's degree and 8 or more years of experience, which may be substituted by an equivalent combination of certification, training, education, and/or experience.
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