Enterprise Project Manager - W-2 ONLY

Gilder Search Group; Columbia, Northern (SC, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Gilder Search Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager with strong business analysis capabilities to lead multi-stakeholder technology projects from initiation through closure. You will ensure clear requirements, well-defined scope, and disciplined project execution while coordinating cross-functional teams, vendors, and executives.

The role emphasizes risk management, governance, and effective reporting, with on-site start and a transition to hybrid work; nationwide candidates eligible

Qualifications

• 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.

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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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)

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

Change management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

PowerBI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

W-2 ONLY, NO SUBS, NO Sponsorship

Work Location: This position will be on site initially. Once acclimated, a hybrid schedule will be allowed.

Candidate Location: No South Carolina residency required. Open to nationwide candidates; must be able to work eastern time zone hours. All travel-related costs for onsite work will be the responsibility of the resource, regardless of the frequency of onsite work

Project Overview

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:

• 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.

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.

Daily Duties / 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 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

• 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 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
• PowerBI and/or data dashboard skills

Required Education:

• Bachelor’s degree required

Certifications:

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