Senior Project Manager

Public Service Institute; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Service Institute in Columbia, SC is hiring a Senior Project Manager to drive process improvement and coaching across initiatives. You will lead with curiosity, foster trust in teams, and contribute to a dynamic Innovation pipeline.

Expect a base salary range of $80,000–$123,000 with remote flexibility and growth opportunities in a Columbia-based role designed for seasoned professionals with a collaborative leadership style.

Qualifications

• Process improvement experience across projects or programs.
• Coaching and developing team members to raise performance.
• Strong relationship-building with stakeholders and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Find the tinker-friendly workaround when the official path is blocked.
• Keep Public Service Institute's Innovation pipeline humming without constant hand-holding.
• Make general tradeoffs visible so Public Service Institute can weigh them.
• Communicate progress, blockers, and results to stakeholders and leadership.
• Keep your Innovation edge sharp as the SC market shifts.

Skills

Process Improvement

Coaching

Relationship Building

Adaptability

Job description

We're hiring a Senior Project Manager, and the short version is this: bring Process Improvement, bring Coaching, and bring the kind of curiosity that Public Service Institute runs on. Bring the trust-the-team energy and 6 years; Public Service Institute brings $80,000 - $123,000, a Columbia base, and room to grow into more.

Key Responsibilities

• Find the tinker-friendly workaround when the official path is blocked
• Keep Public Service Institute's Innovation pipeline humming without constant hand-holding
• Make general tradeoffs visible so Public Service Institute can weigh them
• Communicate progress, blockers, and results to stakeholders and leadership
• Keep your Innovation edge sharp as the SC market shifts

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated wins in general work somewhere near Columbia, SC
• Knowledge of SC-specific regulations relevant to general work
• Manager fluency in Relationship Building, with Innovation on your roadmap
• Hands-on command of Coaching, with Adaptability as a close second
• A deeply-curious bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait
• The integrity to flag your own mistakes first

Public Service Institute was founded on a hunch that general could be far less awful, and Columbia turned out to be the perfect place to prove it. The tinker-friendly pace here is real, but so is the permission to log off and recover.

Expect $80,000 - $123,000, yes, but also expect the kind of benefits and remote flexibility that make Mondays in Columbia feel lighter.

Hiring as we speak in Columbia, with daily reviews still underway.