[Hiring] SCDC Program Manager Master @RIZEUP TECHNOLOGY TRAINING LLC

Role Description

• Lead regular meetings with SCDC staff and all vendors to communicate project status, discuss challenges, and support agency decision-making.
• Help develop the requirements for the needs-assessment contract, documenting system objectives, known gaps, and technical expectations.
• Assist in evaluating needs-assessment bids, reviewing vendor qualifications, proposed methodologies, and alignment with project goals.
• Manage the needs-assessment phase by overseeing and coordinating with the selected needs-assessment vendor and the Commission's current GRID vendor to clarify roles, responsibilities, deliverables, timelines, and outcomes.
• Serve as the primary communication liaison among SCDC staff, the needs-assessment vendor, and the existing vendor to ensure smooth information flow and timely issue resolution.
• Work with SCDC staff and the needs-assessment vendor to define the functional and technical requirements for the system GNI based on assessment findings and internal expertise.
• Assist in drafting the Statement of Work (SOW) for the GNI, ensuring that requirements are translated into clear, actionable, and verifiable contract language.
• Provide program-level oversight for the entire GRID modernization effort, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, and agency priorities throughout both the assessment and rebuild phases.
• Develop and maintain key program documentation, including project plans, requirement logs, decision records, risk registers, milestone tracking, and meeting summaries.
• Monitor vendor performance during both assessment and rebuild phases, ensuring deliverables meet quality standards, managing risks, and escalating issues as needed, while applying PMP-level program-management practices to keep the project on track.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree or equivalent experience in a relevant field such as public administration, project management, information systems, data science, public health, or criminal justice.
• At least 15 years of experience managing complex programs or projects, preferably involving IT systems, data systems, or system modernization/rebuild efforts.
• Project Management experience, including planning, execution, and delivery of projects within scope, timeline, and budget.
• PMP certification required, demonstrating mastery of project management methodologies, lifecycle planning, risk management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated experience developing Statements of Work, requirements documents, or technical specifications for IT/data system upgrades, rebuilds, or related modernization projects.
• Experience overseeing and coordinating vendors, including evaluating proposals, monitoring performance, managing deliverables, and handling multi-vendor environments.
• Familiarity with data systems and system architecture concepts, with an understanding of how systems ingest, process, validate, store, and output data for analytical use. (Hands-on development experience is not required.)
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, including internal staff, external evaluators, and technical vendors, while maintaining alignment across stakeholders.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, including the ability to synthesize technical information, produce clear written materials, and present updates to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience managing program timelines, risks, and dependencies, particularly across multi-phase initiatives such as assessments followed by system rebuilds.

Benefits

• Opportunity for advancement
• Training & development
• Wellness resources

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