SYSTEMTEC is seeking a IT Project Manager for a on-siteopportunity for candidates in Columbia, SC.Candidate will lead complex technology projects from initiation through completion, combining project management and business analysis expertise to ensure successful delivery within established timelines, budgets, and business objectives. This role will drive requirements development, process improvement, stakeholder coordination, risk management, and implementation planning across multiple organizational initiatives.
Required Qualifications of the IT Project Manager:
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide sponsorship or work with Third-Party agencies.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or a related field.
- 7+ years of project management experience overseeing moderately to highly complex initiatives.
- 5+ years of experience managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level projects.
- Demonstrated experience in business analysis, requirements gathering, and business process redesign.
- Experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.
- Strong ability to develop project plans, schedules, work breakdown structures, risk logs, and executive status reports.
- Experience facilitating stakeholder meetings, requirements workshops, and cross-functional team collaboration.
- Ability to document business and technical requirements, workflows, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
- Excellent communication, analytical, organizational, and leadership skills.
Preferred Skills/Experience of the IT Project Manager:
- PMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable project management certification.
- Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously.
- Advanced scheduling, resource allocation, and Integrated Master Schedule experience.
- Expertise in process mapping, workflow analysis, and business process optimization.
- Experience with Power BI or similar data visualization and reporting tools.
- Knowledge of change management, UAT, implementation readiness, and post-launch support.
- Familiarity with procurement activities, RFPs, statements of work, and vendor management.
- Experience supporting government agencies or working in regulated environments.
Responsibilities of the IT Project Manager:
- Manage projects from planning through delivery, overseeing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and overall performance.
- Create and maintain project documentation, including charters, schedules, work breakdown structures, RAID logs, decision records, and leadership reports.
- Coordinate internal IT teams, vendors, business stakeholders, and subject matter experts to ensure project alignment and timely execution.
- Lead business analysis efforts, including requirements gathering, stakeholder workshops, process assessments, workflow mapping, and solution evaluation.
- Oversee change management, communications, user acceptance testing, implementation readiness, cutover activities, and post-launch support.
- Track project progress, identify potential challenges, develop mitigation plans, and communicate performance metrics and updates to leadership.
Work Location: Columbia, SC. On-site.
Compensation / Benefits:
Full-Time Employment with SYSTEMTEC means competitive compensation, access to health, dental, disability, and life coverage, and 401(k) with match.
***Please note: SYSTEMTEC is not set up to employ workers in the states of California, New York, and New Jersey.***