Enterprise Project Manager - Advanced

Enterprise Project Manager / Business Analyst — Contract

Location: Columbia, SC — On-site initially, transitioning to hybrid | Interview Format: Virtual

Position Overview

Our client, a state government agency, requires professional services to support the successful delivery of strategic and tactical IT initiatives. The Contractor will provide a Project Manager with strong business analysis capabilities to lead and support complex, multi-stakeholder technology projects from initiation through closure. The role will ensure clear requirements, well-defined scope, effective communication, and disciplined project execution.

Scope of the Engagement

• 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 Client's Director of IT or designated project executive, with regular updates through established reporting mechanisms and recurring meetings.

Key Responsibilities

Project Management

• 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 Client procurement standards.
• Ensure compliance with agency policies, security requirements, records management standards, and project governance frameworks.

Business Analysis

• Lead structured requirements elicitation including interviews, workshops, journey mapping, process modeling, and data analysis.
• Document clear, testable requirements: business, functional, nonfunctional, 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 & Experience

• 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.

Preferred Skills (in order of importance)

• Ability to 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.

Additional Skills & Duties

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

• Ability to work with diverse technical and business teams and maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to work at a high volume and fast pace.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree required.

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