Senior IT Project Manager & Business Analyst - ONSITE (Local to SC) - W2 ONLY

Chandra Technologies, Inc; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandra Technologies, Inc. in Columbia, SC seeks an experienced Project Manager/Business Analyst to lead IT initiatives with a hybrid work model after on-site onboarding.

The role focuses on delivering projects on time, within budget, and with defined success metrics through expert planning, risk mitigation, and governance. The candidate will lead requirements elicitation, document clear specifications, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure solutions meet business needs.

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

Skills

Project management

Business analysis

IT governance & compliance

Stakeholder communication

PowerBI

Tools

PowerBI

Job description

Job Description

• Only W2 resumes are accepted

Work Location

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

Candidate Location

Candidates must be local to South Carolina - no relocation will be permitted at this time.

The Primary Objectives Of This Engagement Are

• 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.

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

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

• 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 pace