Information Technology Project Manager

CornerStone Technology Talent Services; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager/Project Lead to spearhead complex technology initiatives in Columbia, South Carolina. This role demands ownership from strategy and planning through execution, risk mitigation, change management, and final delivery.

The ideal candidate blends traditional project management with modern Agile practices, operating where Agile and Waterfall coexist and stakeholders remain aligned while managing scope, budget,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional IT project-management experience.
• 3+ years managing projects in hybrid Agile and Waterfall environments.
• 3+ years of strategic planning and roadmap development.
• 3+ years of project risk management.
• 3+ years of resource management and capacity planning.
• 3+ years of change-management experience.
• 3+ years of project budget planning and financial management.
• Demonstrated experience leading multi-stakeholder technology initiatives.
• Strong governance, documentation, reporting, and executive communications.
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Columbia, South Carolina.

Responsibilities

• Lead technology projects through the complete lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, delivery, closeout.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, milestones, dependencies, timelines, and delivery strategies.
• Manage projects using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid methodologies based on initiative needs.
• Partner with leaders, technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders to align objectives.
• Develop and maintain strategic technology roadmaps linking objectives to initiatives.
• Identify risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies; create mitigation plans.
• Maintain RAID logs; escalate risks and blockers as needed.
• Lead resource planning and allocation across teams and priorities.
• Monitor capacity and constraints affecting timelines or deliverables.
• Develop and manage budgets, forecasts, and expenditures.
• Monitor scope, schedule, cost, and resource usage against plans.
• Lead change-management activities including communications and adoption readiness.
• Establish governance, reporting, and documentation standards.
• Prepare clear project status reports for executives and stakeholders.
• Facilitate meetings, steering discussions, and decision forums.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and governance.

Skills

IT project management

Hybrid Agile/Waterfall

Strategic planning

Risk management

Resource planning

Change management

Budget mgmt

Governance & reporting

Stakeholder management

Onsite work

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

PMP / PMI-ACP / CSM

Job description

CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager / Project Lead to lead complex technology initiatives for a large, structured organization in Columbia, South Carolina.

This opportunity is designed for a project leader who does more than maintain schedules and facilitate meetings. We are looking for someone who can own projects from strategy and planning through execution, risk mitigation, organizational change, and successful delivery.

The ideal candidate brings a strong combination of traditional project-management discipline and modern Agile delivery practices. You should be comfortable operating in environments where Agile and Waterfall methodologies coexist, priorities evolve, multiple business and technology stakeholders must stay aligned, and project leaders are expected to maintain control of scope, budget, resources, risk, and outcomes.

This role will require working 100% onsite in Columbia, South Carolina.

What You'll Do

• Lead technology projects through the complete project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, delivery, and closeout.
• Develop comprehensive project plans, milestones, dependencies, timelines, and delivery strategies.
• Manage projects using Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies based on the needs of the initiative.
• Partner with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to establish project objectives and maintain alignment throughout delivery.
• Develop and maintain strategic technology roadmaps connecting organizational objectives with executable project initiatives.
• Identify project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies and develop effective mitigation and contingency plans.
• Maintain RAID logs and ensure project risks and blockers receive appropriate ownership and escalation.
• Lead resource planning and allocation across project teams and competing priorities.
• Monitor project capacity and identify resource constraints that could affect timelines or deliverables.
• Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, financial plans, and associated project expenditures.
• Monitor project scope, schedule, cost, and resource utilization against approved plans.
• Lead organizational and project change-management activities, including stakeholder communication, adoption planning, readiness assessment, and transition activities.
• Establish project governance, reporting, documentation, and communication standards.
• Prepare clear project status reporting for executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering discussions, planning sessions, retrospectives, and decision-making forums.
• Identify opportunities to improve project-management processes, delivery practices, governance, and operational efficiency.
• Drive accountability across project teams while maintaining productive relationships with both technical and nontechnical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

Candidates must demonstrate the following experience:

• 5+ years of professional IT project-management experience
• 3+ years managing projects in hybrid Agile and Waterfall environments
• 3+ years of strategic planning and roadmap development
• 3+ years of project risk management
• 3+ years of resource management and capacity planning
• 3+ years of change-management experience
• 3+ years of project budget planning and financial management
• Demonstrated experience managing technology initiatives involving multiple technical and business stakeholders
• Strong project governance, documentation, reporting, and executive communication skills
• Ability to identify risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and delivery issues before they become major project problems
• Strong understanding of the relationship between project scope, schedule, resources, budget, risk, and business outcomes
• Ability to work 100% onsite in Columbia, South Carolina

Education & Certification

• Completed and verifiable Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field
• PMP, PMI-ACP, or Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification required

Candidates who are actively and demonstrably in the process of obtaining one of these certifications may also be considered.

Preferred Experience

Additional consideration will be given to candidates with experience in:

• Process improvement and operational transformation
• Financial principles and financial management
• Mortgage, lending, housing-finance, or loan-servicing environments
• Government or public-sector technology initiatives
• Highly regulated organizations
• PMO or enterprise project-governance environments
• Business-process transformation

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Enterprise or business-critical IT projects
• Multi-phase project roadmaps
• Project budgets and financial forecasts
• RAID and risk-management processes
• Resource and capacity planning
• Organizational change and stakeholder adoption
• Cross-functional technical and business teams
• Project governance and delivery accountability
• Process-improvement initiatives

We are particularly interested in project managers who can explain what they owned, what decisions they made, what risks they identified, how they managed resources and budgets, and what business or technology outcomes their projects achieved.

The CornerStone Technology Talent Services Advantage

At CornerStone Technology Talent Services, we connect experienced technology professionals with meaningful opportunities where their expertise can make an impact.

Our recruiting team understands technology and takes the time to understand more than keywords on a resume. We work to align your technical background, project experience, career goals, compensation expectations, and preferred working environment with opportunities where you can succeed.

When you work with CornerStone Technology Talent Services, you gain a recruiting partner focused on clear communication, preparation, transparency, and long-term professional relationships.