Project Manager - Project Lead

Location: Onsite (Columbia, SC area) — Fully Onsite role

About the Opportunity

Join a forward-thinking organization committed to transforming lives by providing safe, quality, and affordable housing opportunities. Our Client is reshaping the housing industry through cutting-edge programs and competitive financial products that make homeownership affordable and quality rental housing possible for many. This organization offers challenging, meaningful work paired with a genuine commitment to work-life balance.

What You'll Do

• Plan, organize, and manage all project management activities for agency-wide initiatives as an experienced project manager

• Apply both traditional (Waterfall) and Agile project management methodologies, influencing team compliance with industry best practices
• Manage overall planning, execution, and delivery of multiple projects in parallel, controlling scope and schedule
• Ensure deliverables, milestones, and required tasks are completed on time
• Collaborate effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders across all levels of the organization
• Plan and lead project status and review meetings; prepare and deliver status reports to stakeholders and sponsors
• Develop and maintain required project documentation throughout the project lifecycle
• Drive ongoing process improvement across delivery and methodology
• Proactively identify risks and facilitate resolutions through risk mitigation strategies

Current project portfolio includes:

• Mortgage Servicing and Mortgage Production technology solution
• Development and Compliance Monitoring technology solution
• Contract Administration technology solution
• Agency Business Continuity
• Space Needs Assessment — evaluating facility requirements for a new location supporting workforce needs, operational efficiency, and future growth

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

• Project management experience managing large projects of moderate complexity and risk
• 5+ years of IT project management experience
• 3+ years of experience with Hybrid (Agile and Waterfall) project management
• 3+ years of experience in Strategic Planning & Roadmap Development
• 3+ years of experience in Risk Management
• 3+ years of experience in Resource Management
• 3+ years of experience in Change Management
• 3+ years of experience in Budget Planning
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or CSM certification required (or actively in progress)

Preferred Skills

• Process Improvement

• Financial Principles
• Accounting Principles
• Mortgage Principles

Additional Skills

• Strong interpersonal, collaborative, presentation, and facilitation skills

• Detail-oriented, accurate, and highly organized
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability
• Customer service driven
• Strong teamwork orientation
• Ability to work as an individual contributor