Enterprise Project Manager

CAI•Columbia, SC

4d•$60 - $70•Hybrid

About The Position

CAI is seeking an Enterprise Project Manager to lead and support complex, multi-stakeholder technology projects from initiation through closure, while providing business analysis expertise. The role is described as a full-time contract opportunity. The posting states that the position is onsite, while the job description also says it will be hybrid after an initial onsite acclimation period. The role combines end-to-end project delivery with requirements analysis, process redesign, and change management. The project manager coordinates cross-functional teams and agency partners, maintains project plans and governance documentation, manages risks and stakeholder communication, and supports procurement. They also elicit and document requirements, define current and future processes, collaborate with technical teams on solution designs, and coordinate testing, cutover, readiness, and post-launch adoption. The position involves sedentary work, mostly sitting or remaining stationary with occasional movement around the office, and repetitive computer tasks using a mouse, keyboard, and monitor. Compensation is $60–$70 per hour. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, access to a 401(k) retirement account, and potentially paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree.
At least 7 years of project management experience managing moderate- to high-complexity initiatives.
Demonstrated experience in business analysis and business process redesign.
At least 5 years of experience managing IT, regulatory, compliance, or enterprise-level initiatives.
Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple stakeholders.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Experience with project planning, budgeting, risk management, and reporting.

Nice To Haves

Ability to simultaneously manage multiple work efforts.
Strong schedule management and resource planning skills.
Experience identifying, mapping, and re-engineering business processes.
Integrated Master Schedule experience.
Power BI and/or data dashboard development experience.
PMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable project management certification.

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 staff, vendors, subject matter experts, and agency partners.
Facilitate work sessions to validate scope, requirements, and deliverables and maintain stakeholder alignment.
Identify risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies.
Support procurement activities, including RFPs, Statements of Work, and vendor oversight.
Ensure compliance with agency policies, security requirements, records management standards, and project governance frameworks.
Lead requirements elicitation through interviews, workshops, process modeling, journey mapping, and data analysis.
Document business, functional, and non-functional requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Define current-state and future-state processes, workflows, and data flows.
Collaborate with architecture, security, data, and infrastructure teams to translate requirements into solution designs.
Evaluate build-versus-buy options and support development of diagrams, models, and integration patterns.
Develop and execute change management and communication plans.
Coordinate user acceptance testing, cutover activities, readiness planning, and post-launch support.
Drive user adoption through metrics, feedback, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Produce project charters, requirements documents and user stories, process diagrams and data flow documentation, project schedules and work breakdown structures, RAID and decision logs, status reports and executive dashboards, communication plans, and procurement-related documentation.