Project Manager

Enterprise Project Manager Consultant (13896)

Location: 1801 Main Street, Columbia, SC

Position Overview

Working under the direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or designee, the Project Manager will support high-priority projects across multiple business units and work closely with internal teams, management, vendors, and external organizations.

The ideal candidate will have strong IT Project Management experience within a healthcare insurance environment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple high-profile projects simultaneously.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage multiple medium to complex IT projects from planning through completion.
• Develop business requirements in collaboration with business and technical stakeholders.
• Create detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
• Estimate project effort and allocate resources effectively.
• Monitor project progress and ensure deliverables are completed on time and with high quality.
• Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and risk triggers.
• Develop and maintain project management documents, artifacts, reports, and metrics.
• Provide regular project status updates and recommendations to management and executive leadership.
• Work closely with business units, technical teams, vendors, and external organizations.
• Facilitate communication among stakeholders with competing or diverse interests.
• Understand the business processes and project details rather than focusing only on project schedules.
• Support portfolio/program-level planning and reporting as required.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to executive management.
• Perform other project management duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Project Management.
• 3+ years of Project Management experience in a healthcare insurance IT environment.
• Experience managing multiple high-priority and high-profile IT projects.
• Strong project planning, scheduling, effort estimation, and resource allocation experience.
• Experience with project risk and issue management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with business, technical, management, and vendor teams.
• Strong proficiency in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems.
• Experience with Medicaid or healthcare claims system IT projects.
• PMP Certification.
• Previous public sector/government experience is a plus but not mandatory.
• Experience working with SCDHHS or other state healthcare agencies is a plus.

Required Certification

• PMI Certification required.
• PMP Certification preferred.