Enterprise Project Manager

Zohorecruit; West Columbia (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking an Enterprise Project Manager - Consultant to lead multiple IT projects under the CIO. The role supports high-priority initiatives with a mix of internal teams and vendors, including remote collaboration up to 20%.

The ideal candidate brings 3+ years of project management experience in healthcare IT, PMP preferred, and a proven ability to develop requirements, build plans, manage risks, and communicate clearly with executive

Qualifications

• 3+ years of project management experience in healthcare IT environments.
• Experience developing business requirements and project plans.
• Strong communications skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to manage risks, issues and multiple high-priority projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop business requirements and a project plan; execute and monitor progress.
• Manage risks and issues to keep projects on time and within budget.
• Provide status reports to CIO or designee and stakeholders.
• Coordinate with vendors and internal teams to deliver IT projects.

Skills

Project management

Healthcare IT

SharePoint

MS Project

Visio

Risk management

Communication

Stakeholder mgmt

PMP

Tools

PowerPoint

MS Project

Word

Excel

Visio

Access

Job description

West Columbia, United States | Posted on 10/05/2026

• Actual Job Title Enterprise Project Manager - Consultant
• Job Type FT Contract
• Contract duration 1 year
• Date Opened 10/05/2026
• Target Date 10/09/2026
• City West Columbia
• State/Province South Carolina
• Country United States
• Assigned Recruiter(s) Pranali Chaudhari
• Number of Positions 1

Job Description

Working for the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or designee, the Project Manager (PM) will be

assigned to high priority projects for the South Carolina Department of Health and Human

Services (SCDHHS), the Medicaid Agency for SC. The PM will interact with multiple business

units and vendors.

Candidates who enjoy working on complex, change-oriented projects will find this position

attractive.

WHY IS THIS POSITION OPEN (new role, increased work load, new dept, resignation, promotion)?

New positions

WHAT TYPES OF STAFFING CHALLENGES OR HEADACHES HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED IN THE PAST?

Candidates or vendors misrepresenting a candidate’s skills. Any instances of this will be reported

to Knowledge Services.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:

South Carolina seeks experts in Project Management of medium to complex projects.

POSITION:

Enterprise Project Manager - Consultant

BILL RATE: $110

ESTIMATED BUDGET:

PUBLIC SECTOR/GOV’T

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED?

YES OR NO – No, but such

experience would be viewed

REMOTE WORK

POSSIBILITY YES OR NO?

Open to 20% remote work.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a consultant to

act as Project Manager on multiple IT projects. This position will work under the

direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or designee.

General Duties:

- Assists with developing business requirements;

- Building a project plan and executing to that plan;

- Managing project risks and issues;

- Ensuring that all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in

a timely fashion;

- Reporting on project status and strategies orally and in writing;

- Other related duties as assigned

The Project Manager will interact with staff, other team members, all levels of

management and internal and external organizations, including vendors performing

outsourced work, in the compilation and management of information needed for project

plans, portfolio/program plans, metrics, reports and project management documentation.

A successful project manager in this role will embed themselves in the business being

managed in order to understand the details of the projects, not just management of a

Desired Skills and Experience:

- Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools,

including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access and Excel

- Experience working with risk management, including risk triggers and managing

risks to project plan tasks.

- Ability to create and document key project management documents and artifacts

- Superb communications skills (written and oral)

- Effective listener

- Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations;

ability to get people with competing, diverse interests to work together

- Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects

preferred, but not mandatory

- Must be able to manage multiple high profile, high priority projects at one time

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF

IMPORTANCE):

- 3+ years of experience in project

management

- 3+ years of project management in

a healthcare insurance information

technology environment.

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF

IMPORTANCE):

- Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery

Systems

- Project Management Professional

Certification (PMP)

REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:

PMI Certification

ADDITIONAL SKILLS/DUTIES:

- Project planning experience,

including effort estimation on

technical tasks and resource

allocation.

- Superb written and oral

communications skills, including

the ability to give presentations to

executive management. Strong

Requirements

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

The South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a consultant to act as Project Manager on multiple IT projects. This position will work under the direction of the Chief Information Officer (CIO) or designee.

General Duties:

- Assists with developing business requirements;

- Building a project plan and executing to that plan;

- Managing project risks and issues;

- Ensuring that all deliverables and activities are completed with high quality and in a timely fashion;

- Reporting on project status and strategies orally and in writing;

- Other related duties as assigned

The Project Manager will interact with staff, other team members, all levels of management and internal and external organizations, including vendors performing outsourced work, in the compilation and management of information needed for project plans, portfolio/program plans, metrics, reports and project management documentation.

A successful project manager in this role will embed themselves in the business being managed in order to understand the details of the projects, not just management of a project schedule.

Desired Skills and Experience:

- Experience working with SharePoint and other typical project management tools, including Visio, PowerPoint, MS Project, Word, Access and Excel

- Experience working with risk management, including risk triggers and managing risks to project plan tasks.

- Ability to create and document key project management documents and artifacts

- Superb communications skills (written and oral)

- Effective listener

- Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations; ability to get people with competing, diverse interests to work together

- Experience in Medicaid or other healthcare claims system(s) IT projects preferred, but not mandatory

- Must be able to manage multiple high profile, high priority projects at one time

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

- Strong background in project management in a healthcare insurance information technology environment.

- Project planning experience, including effort estimation on technical tasks and resource allocation.

- Superb written and oral communications skills, including the ability to give presentations to executive management. Strong proficiency in English is required.

- Willingness and ability to effectively engage with people and organizations on a continuous basis. PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):

- Medicaid or Healthcare Delivery Systems

- Project Management Professional Certification (PMP)