IT Project Manager

The South Carolina Department of Administration 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 project:

The primary objectives of this engagement are:

• 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., Project Management Responsibilities
• 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 Admin procurement standard
• Ensure compliance with agency policies, security requirements, records management standards, and project governance frameworks
• Business Analysis Responsibilities
• 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)

• 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 (Rank in order of Importance):

• 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
• Power BI and/or data dashboard skills

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required

Required Certifications:

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