Enterprise Project Manager

Responsibilities: Project Management Responsibilities Lead end-to-end project delivery, including scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, communication, and resource coordination. Business Analysis Responsibilities Lead structured requirements elicitation including interviews, workshops, journey mapping, process modeling, and data analysis.

DPP is seeking an Enterprise Project Manager for an opportunity with our client in Columbia, SC.
 
Work Location: Onsite in Columbia, SC
Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension
Terms: W2 Contract
Candidate Location: Must be local to South Carolina; no relocation allowed
 
Scope of the project:
The primary objectives of this engagement are:

• Delivering 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 Director of Admin IT or designated project executive. Regular updates will be required through established reporting mechanisms and recurring meetings.

Responsibilities:
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 procurement standards.
• 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
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:

• Minimum 7 years of project management experience with moderate to high complexity.
• Demonstrated experience in business analysis and process redesign.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level initiatives.

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required.

Required Certifications:

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

Preferred Skills:

• 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 paced.

Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
 
Interested? Learn more:
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 DP Professionals (DPP) offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. DPP is a certified Woman-owned Small Business Enterprise (WBE and WOSB) with more than 25 years in the staffing industry. EOE/AA/V/D