Enterprise Project Manager

Novalink Solutions LLC•Cayce, SC

5d•Hybrid

About The Position

The South Carolina Department of Public Health is dedicated to helping people live healthy lives in healthy communities. With more than 2,250 employees in 78 offices across the state, S.C. DPH has a diverse team of employees who are leaders in their fields and share a passion for making a difference. This position is associated with efforts to modernize supporting systems and environments associated with Finance and Operations (FAO) and a focus on Human Resources (HR) supported by the Office of Information Technology (OIT). The OIT supports various critical programs and systems. The Enterprise Program Manager will be responsible for managing the daily activities of a small team to assist with modification and modernization efforts associated with impacted Financial and Administrative systems due to the agency split as well as agency future state as DPH. Emphasis will be placed on supporting and enhancing solutions to meet customer business needs and problem resolution in a team environment. This position will also work with program area staff to assist with support needs, problem resolutions, reporting, enhancement needs, integration, dashboards and package deployments following IT security policies and standards. Candidates should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks as needed. Candidates must also be able to form productive working relationships with individuals from diverse backgrounds and at all organizational levels. Due to the volume of agency financial and administrative systems that need to be migrated to agency standard platforms, upgrade and streamline upgrade aged components, and modernization efforts, additional staff is needed to support these efforts and system implementation. The team will work to align business needs with current and future state to ensure systems are set up and supported following industry best practices to ensure strategic initiatives and compliance with federal and state regulatory laws and ensure business continuity. As Team Lead, will work to align technical solutions with current and future business needs, ensuring that system architectures, codebases, and deployment pipelines follow industry best practices. This role is essential to support strategic modernization initiatives, maintaining compliance with federal and state regulatory requirements, and ensuring ongoing business continuity for critical agency systems Candidates should be self-motivated, team-oriented, work under limited supervision, and respond to priority tasks as needed. The Executive Enterprise Program Manager will provide senior-level leadership, strategic recommendations, and cross-functional coordination across enterprise modernization initiatives. Serving as an executive advisor, this position delivers analysis, evaluations, and recommendations to IT Leadership while ensuring that all final decisions remain with the appropriate departmental authority. Emphasis for the Executive Enterprise Program Manager will include managing the daily activities of the team responsible for modernizing existing Financial and Administrative systems and developing new systems to replace manual processes. This includes oversight of modernization efforts, new system development, enhancements, defects, and bug fixes. The role also assists in aligning business needs, modernization priorities, and IT strategic direction while maintaining strong coordination with Business Analysts, technical teams, business owners, and IT leadership. The position will be utilized for 40 hours per week for the duration of this project. The selected candidate should be able to work flexible hours where it may be necessary for work to be completed outside traditional business hours. The candidate will work closely with the Assigned IT Leadership Manager to identify, prioritize, and schedule workload and implementation to IT standards and procedures. The candidate will work closely with customers and subject matter experts for the system design and testing in Finance and Operations. This will also include compliance to DPH security policy/procedures as well as integrating systems when possible to streamline staff workflows, user security, and data correction. Module support of the project. • DPH will require that selected personnel sign the DPH confidentially agreement and/or Business Associate (BA) agreement if applicable. All web services must be secure. • DPH will not accept any offers including an “up-lift” charge. The rate paid per consultant must not exceed the maximum rate established for this position described in the State contract terms. • Follow agency IT Standards, policies, and procedures to include documentation. • All source code (compiled and un-compiled) will become the sole property of the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. Any source code, data, product, or functionality resulting from this SOW or previously owned/developed by DPH will remain the sole property of DPH and is not to be incorporated into the core product of any vendor's application. Any modifications and interfaces developed under said contract will be not be used by the contractor for any independent project of the contractor or published or publicized by the contractor without written permission of DPH. • DPH has the final say on all programming choices. All timesheets shall be entered and approved in a timely manner per State contract terms. The State will not pay any extra costs (i.e. Travel, employee benefits, insurance, room and board, etc.) for temporary employees under this contract. DPH will provide: • All required information including formulas, data, and mechanisms to check output. • Staff to assist with any application or data questions. • Conference rooms and scheduling for any application demos. • Workstation and required software.

Requirements

5+ years of experience leading large-scale IT modernization or upgrade initiatives, including multi-system integrations, application migrations, and enterprise platform transitions.
5+ years of experience directing cross-functional technical teams through complex project lifecycles involving BA, development, architecture, and operations groups.
5+ years of experience working in DevOps environments, including user story management, backlog refinement, CI/CD processes, and enterprise delivery pipeline support.
5+ years of experience using modern development frameworks such as Angular or similar front-end technologies for enterprise application modernization.
2+ years of experience with Microsoft 365 Power Platform solutions, including workflow automation, data integration, and low-code/no-code components.
5+ years of experience performing current-state and future-state assessments, leading fit-gap analysis, and translating business needs into technical direction.
5+ years of experience supporting or leading Financial and Administrative application modernization, including enhancements, defect remediation, and stabilization.
5+ years of experience developing strategic recommendations for technology adoption, architecture alignment, and application governance to support leadership decisions.
5+ years of experience ensuring compliance with cybersecurity, data governance, and change management standards in enterprise or government environments.
Ability to establish positive working relationships with technical staff, customers and others involved in data-centric management.
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in a relevant field of work or equivalent work experience.
Public Sector/Gov’t Experience Required? Yes

Nice To Haves

Experience with MS Office 365, SharePoint, Teams
Experience with security and data classification related to CDC, HIPAA, and CJIS
PMP certification

Responsibilities

Work with IT Leadership, Finance and Operations (FAO), and Human Resources (HR) to confirm priorities, make adjustments as needed, identify gaps, assist with developing and maintaining roadmap
Provide executive leadership in planning, prioritizing, and coordinating modernization initiatives across Finance, Operations, and enterprise applications.
Work closely with IT Leadership to evaluate modernization options and provide recommendations related to technology adoption, application governance, enterprise architecture, and coding frameworks, ensuring final decisions remain with departmental leadership.
Lead executive-level program management activities including milestone planning, risk mitigation, resource alignment, and cross-team coordination.
Guide Business Analysts in gathering, refining, prioritizing, and documenting business requirements; ensure requirements flow effectively into the DevOps lifecycle.
Oversee technical requirement development and ensure architectural decisions, work breakdown structures, and solution designs align with business objectives and modernization goals.
Govern the integration of business and technical requirements into Microsoft DevOps, ensuring traceability, consistency, and alignment with enterprise standards.
Provide senior-level advisory support for adoption and implementation of modern frameworks, including Angular and Power Platform, ensuring recommendations align with business strategy, security standards, and long-term sustainability.
Lead assessments to identify system gaps, modernization needs, interdependencies, and opportunities for architectural improvement across multiple platforms.
Ensure compliance with State Security policies, industry best practices, and IT standards, including NIST 800-53, FISMA, and SC InfoSec requirements.
Conduct structured leadership check-ins, team performance oversight, and coaching for PM, BA, and technical leads.
Facilitate weekly operational or modernization review meetings with project leadership and support teams.
Represent the program in cross-agency working groups, vendor engagements, architecture reviews, and strategic planning sessions
Provide executive dashboards, performance metrics, risk summaries, and program health updates to agency senior leadership.
Ensure documentation (system documentation, architectural models, training materials) is created, updated, and maintained to enterprise standards.
Support the conceptualization and evaluation of enterprise solutions, ensuring alignment with future-state architecture and agency business strategy.
Oversee Change Management compliance and ensure all modernization efforts follow established policies for system production changes.
Maintain a collaborative, governance-focused approach to all modernization tasks, ensuring transparency, accountability, and clear communication with IT Leadership.
Assist with development of policies and procedures to conform and comply with agency standard cyber security policy design related to information risk management, designation of data as to criticality, confidentiality, and protection. (NIST 800-53, FISMA, SC InfoSec Requirements http://admin.sc.gov/technology/information-security/policies-and-procedures, etc.)