Senior IT Project Manager

Cynet Systems•Columbia, SC

About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead end-to-end project delivery for moderate to high complexity initiatives. This role requires a strong background in project management, business analysis, and process redesign, with a minimum of 7 years of relevant experience. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing all aspects of project lifecycles, ensuring successful outcomes within scope, schedule, and budget. This position offers an opportunity to work on enterprise-level initiatives and contribute to significant business improvements.

Requirements

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.
Bachelor's degree required.

Nice To Haves

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.
Power BI and/or data dashboard skills.
PMP, PMI-ACP, or comparable certification preferred.

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 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 procurement standards.
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.
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.