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Project Manager

Columbia, SC 12.0 Months
Full-Time $17-$22/hr





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Posted: Jun 10, 2026
Ref: BTSCPM107

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Position Overview


SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
Client is undertaking a multi-year Medicaid Enterprise System (MES) Modernization effort to replace the MMIS and related applications with more modern capabilities along with corresponding business operations services.
The MES Modernization effort will be incremental and modular in nature with a focus on configurable and scalable integrations, which allow for more flexibility and reduces time and cost necessary to respond to federal and state enhancements.
The Delivery of Automated Systems for Healthcare (DASH) Program is the project management program that will be managing the MES Modernization. This position will be part of the DASH Program team.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
This position is for an experienced project schedule manager with experience in schedule development and management practices, project management methodologies, and software development methodologies. Knowledge and experience in the MS Project Professional/Project Sever/Project Web App (PWA), Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Office products is required to help manage and maintain the project schedule and other PMO artifacts. A significant portion of this position’s responsibility will be oversight of the planning and execution of work being performed by a vendor that is under contract to develop and implement the system

The successful candidate will demonstrate a proven ability to collaborate and coordinate activities with diverse groups, including stakeholders, team leads, vendors, other project managers, and technical staff.

As the schedule manager and member of the PMO, this individual will:
Assist the Project Management Office (PMO) managing all aspects of the project, with focus on creating and maintaining the Project Schedule and Client tasks
Assist in the collection of Project Schedule updates and the application of the updates to the project schedule
Create and maintain the Work Breakdown Structure and its linkage to the Project Schedule
Manage all aspects of schedule development and maintenance for internal projects
Ensuring the vendor has documented best practices for schedule management
Oversee the vendor project schedule activities ensuring that the approved processes are followed
Produce weekly schedule metrics involving schedule variance and earned value
Assist PMO in the day-to-day analysis and management of project critical path and defined “tasks to watch”
Help PMO in creation, maintenance and analysis of project metrics and reports
Prepare, organize, run, and properly document the project schedule meetings
Provide clear and accurate weekly and monthly project reporting and resource forecasting
Assist project team leads in schedule decomposition, estimating, and resourcing
Review the schedule and assist team members in understanding their activities
Manage the creation, maintenance and analysis of project risks, issues, and action items
Manage the creation, maintenance and analysis of project metrics and reports

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
3-5 years of experience in general PMO responsibilities including: creating project governance plans and processes; managing all aspects of project execution including creating and tracking schedule and scope baselines; managing project change and configuration; managing issues and risks
2-3 years of planning, scheduling and reporting, project metrics and resource management experience
2-3 years of Software Development Lifecycle planning experience
2-3 years proficient/experience working with Microsoft Office suite include SharePoint, Excel, Word, Visio and PowerPoint
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
3-5 years’ experience with Microsoft Project Server/ Project Web App (PWA)
3-5 years’ experience with Agile Software Development Methodology

REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business field; or an Associate’s degree with 10+ years project management experience

PREFERRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
Professional Project Management Certification
Very good English communication skills, written and oral

Notes:

Fully Onsite - 5 days/week


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