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Working Title: IT - STO - Enterprise Program Manager - Project Lead - Interim Assistant IT Director
Agency: South Carolina State Treasurer’s Office
Remote Policy: Client Site
Location: 1200 Senate Street, Suite 218, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Solicitation Reference Number: 14154
Position Type: Staff Augmentation / Contract-to-Hire Opportunity
Category: IT / IT Operations Leadership
Career Level: Senior IT Leader
Reason for Opening: Internal promotion
Projected start date: November 30, 2026
Contract duration: 12 months from the projected start date
Potential conversion: Yes, to a full-time state position upon successful completion of the contract period. Conversion is a possibility and should not be represented as guaranteed.
Travel required: No
Driving required: No
Although the posting uses the title Enterprise Program Manager – Project Lead, the actual responsibilities center on IT operations leadership, staff supervision, managed-service provider accountability, cybersecurity operations, and enterprise technology oversight. The ideal candidate is an IT Manager, IT Operations Manager, Infrastructure Manager, or Assistant IT Director who has supervised IT staff and managed outsourced IT services in government, financial services, or another regulated environment.
Required / Preferred Skills:
• 6+ years of progressive IT experience managing complex information technology functions
• 3+ years of full-time supervisory experience in an IT environment
• Experience managing IT services delivered through managed service providers or outsourced vendors, including SLA and performance management
• Leadership experience in cybersecurity operations covering incident response, vulnerability management, and risk assessment
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Intune
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field
• Highly effective written and verbal communication
• Ability to build and support a team-oriented environment
• Sound judgment and discretion with sensitive information
• Ability to prioritize competing work and meet deadlines
• Availability for occasional after-hours and weekend work
• Ability to meet the stated physical requirements
• Ability to complete required pre-employment screening
Preferred Skills:
• State-government IT
• Financial services IT
• Other regulated environments
• Audit, compliance, and risk management
• State-government shared-services models
• Project management
• Enterprise systems and integrations
• SAP integration oversight
• Financial institution interfaces
• Secure file transfer
• IT procurement
• Contract management
• Budget management or monitoring
Preferred Certifications:
• CISSP
• CISM
• CompTIA Security+
• ITIL
• PMP
Seeking:
• Progressive responsibility across multiple IT functions
• Direct supervision of IT employees
• Experience directing managers or senior technical staff
• Ownership of MSP or outsourced vendor performance
• Experience reviewing SLAs and addressing service failures
• Cybersecurity incident-response leadership
• Vulnerability-management and remediation oversight
• Risk-assessment experience
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, and Intune
• Audit and compliance experience
• Infrastructure, application, and helpdesk oversight
• Strong communication with business and executive stakeholders
• Current South Carolina residency
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Columbia
• Compensation expectations aligned with both contract and potential conversion
Especially strong profiles may also show:
• State-government shared-services experience
• Financial services or public-sector IT leadership
• SAP or financial-system integration oversight
• Secure file-transfer interfaces
• IT procurement and contract renewals
• Budget planning or monitoring
• Long-range technology planning
IT LEADERSHIP SCREENING STANDARD
• Managed multiple IT service areas
• Supervised IT employees in a full-time capacity
• Set staff priorities and evaluated performance
• Managed services delivered through an MSP or outsourced vendor
• Reviewed vendor SLAs and performance results
• Escalated and resolved vendor service failures
• Led or coordinated cybersecurity incident response
• Overseen vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation
• Participated in risk assessments
• Supported access control reviews
• Supported audits and compliance activities
• Worked with Active Directory, Entra ID, and Intune
• Coordinated enterprise system integrations
• Managed competing operational priorities
• Communicated risks and service issues to agency or business leadership
Schedule:
• Monday through Friday
• Day shift
• 38 hours per week
• Detailed position description states 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• Portal fields list 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• Final daily schedule and weekly-hour arrangement require clarification
Work arrangement:
• Fully onsite
• No remote or hybrid arrangement is listed
• Candidate must reliably report onsite in Columbia throughout the engagement
• Candidate will participate in an on-call rotation
• Occasional after-hours and intermittent weekend work may be required for incidents, maintenance, and deadlines
RESIDENCY / RELOCATION
This is a hard screening requirement.
The candidate MUST currently reside in South Carolina.
• No relocation allowed
• Candidates currently residing in North Carolina or Georgia do not meet this posting’s residency requirement
• Willingness to relocate to South Carolina does not satisfy the requirement
• Confirm the candidate’s actual current resident city and state before proceeding
POSITION OVERVIEW
The South Carolina State Treasurer’s Office is seeking a senior IT leader to serve as second-in-command of its IT Division.
The selected consultant will oversee IT operations in coordination with the IT Operations Manager, who will report to this position and manage daily operations.
The role combines staff leadership, infrastructure and application oversight, managed-service provider accountability, cybersecurity operations, audit and compliance support, enterprise integrations, procurement, and technology planning.
The environment is a regulated financial setting requiring sound judgment, discretion with sensitive information, and effective communication with internal staff, external vendors, statewide shared-services providers, and agency leadership.
This is an operational IT leadership position. Project management experience is valuable, but it does not replace the required IT management, supervisory, vendor-management, and cybersecurity experience.
SCOPE OF PROJECT
The selected consultant will support:
• IT Division leadership
• Infrastructure services oversight
• Business application services oversight
• Helpdesk services oversight
• IT staff supervision and development
• Managed-service provider relationships
• Outsourced vendor performance
• SLA accountability
• Statewide shared-services coordination
• Cybersecurity operations
• Incident response
• Vulnerability management
• Risk assessments and remediation
• Access control reviews
• Audit and policy compliance
• Enterprise system integrations
• State SAP environment interfaces
• Financial institution interfaces
• Third-party system connectivity
• Contract renewals
• IT procurement
• Budget monitoring
• Annual audit and reporting activities
• Long-range technology planning
• Rotating after-hours operational support
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
The selected candidate will:
• Oversee infrastructure, business application, and helpdesk services delivered by internal staff and managed service providers
• Hold vendors accountable for service performance and delivery commitments
• Coordinate IT operations with the IT Operations Manager
• Serve as the primary operations liaison to statewide shared-services providers
• Participate in the agency’s Information Security Team
• Support incident response activities
• Lead or coordinate vulnerability-management activities
• Participate in risk assessments and remediation
• Support access control reviews
• Support audits and policy compliance
• Oversee integrations with the State’s SAP environment, financial institutions, and third-party systems
• Track contract renewals
• Assist with procurement and budget monitoring
• Support annual audit and reporting requirements
• Contribute to long-range technology planning
• Supervise, develop, and direct IT staff
• Communicate operational priorities, risks, and service issues to stakeholders
• Participate in occasional rotating after-hours work
• Address incidents, support maintenance, and meet critical deadlines
Agency: South Carolina State Treasurer’s Office
Remote Policy: Client Site
Location: 1200 Senate Street, Suite 218, Columbia, South Carolina 29201
Solicitation Reference Number: 14154
Position Type: Staff Augmentation / Contract-to-Hire Opportunity
Category: IT / IT Operations Leadership
Career Level: Senior IT Leader
Reason for Opening: Internal promotion
Projected start date: November 30, 2026
Contract duration: 12 months from the projected start date
Potential conversion: Yes, to a full-time state position upon successful completion of the contract period. Conversion is a possibility and should not be represented as guaranteed.
Travel required: No
Driving required: No
Although the posting uses the title Enterprise Program Manager – Project Lead, the actual responsibilities center on IT operations leadership, staff supervision, managed-service provider accountability, cybersecurity operations, and enterprise technology oversight. The ideal candidate is an IT Manager, IT Operations Manager, Infrastructure Manager, or Assistant IT Director who has supervised IT staff and managed outsourced IT services in government, financial services, or another regulated environment.
Required / Preferred Skills:
• 6+ years of progressive IT experience managing complex information technology functions
• 3+ years of full-time supervisory experience in an IT environment
• Experience managing IT services delivered through managed service providers or outsourced vendors, including SLA and performance management
• Leadership experience in cybersecurity operations covering incident response, vulnerability management, and risk assessment
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Intune
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field
• Highly effective written and verbal communication
• Ability to build and support a team-oriented environment
• Sound judgment and discretion with sensitive information
• Ability to prioritize competing work and meet deadlines
• Availability for occasional after-hours and weekend work
• Ability to meet the stated physical requirements
• Ability to complete required pre-employment screening
Preferred Skills:
• State-government IT
• Financial services IT
• Other regulated environments
• Audit, compliance, and risk management
• State-government shared-services models
• Project management
• Enterprise systems and integrations
• SAP integration oversight
• Financial institution interfaces
• Secure file transfer
• IT procurement
• Contract management
• Budget management or monitoring
Preferred Certifications:
• CISSP
• CISM
• CompTIA Security+
• ITIL
• PMP
Seeking:
• Progressive responsibility across multiple IT functions
• Direct supervision of IT employees
• Experience directing managers or senior technical staff
• Ownership of MSP or outsourced vendor performance
• Experience reviewing SLAs and addressing service failures
• Cybersecurity incident-response leadership
• Vulnerability-management and remediation oversight
• Risk-assessment experience
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Entra ID, and Intune
• Audit and compliance experience
• Infrastructure, application, and helpdesk oversight
• Strong communication with business and executive stakeholders
• Current South Carolina residency
• Willingness to work fully onsite in Columbia
• Compensation expectations aligned with both contract and potential conversion
Especially strong profiles may also show:
• State-government shared-services experience
• Financial services or public-sector IT leadership
• SAP or financial-system integration oversight
• Secure file-transfer interfaces
• IT procurement and contract renewals
• Budget planning or monitoring
• Long-range technology planning
IT LEADERSHIP SCREENING STANDARD
• Managed multiple IT service areas
• Supervised IT employees in a full-time capacity
• Set staff priorities and evaluated performance
• Managed services delivered through an MSP or outsourced vendor
• Reviewed vendor SLAs and performance results
• Escalated and resolved vendor service failures
• Led or coordinated cybersecurity incident response
• Overseen vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation
• Participated in risk assessments
• Supported access control reviews
• Supported audits and compliance activities
• Worked with Active Directory, Entra ID, and Intune
• Coordinated enterprise system integrations
• Managed competing operational priorities
• Communicated risks and service issues to agency or business leadership
Schedule:
• Monday through Friday
• Day shift
• 38 hours per week
• Detailed position description states 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• Portal fields list 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
• Final daily schedule and weekly-hour arrangement require clarification
Work arrangement:
• Fully onsite
• No remote or hybrid arrangement is listed
• Candidate must reliably report onsite in Columbia throughout the engagement
• Candidate will participate in an on-call rotation
• Occasional after-hours and intermittent weekend work may be required for incidents, maintenance, and deadlines
RESIDENCY / RELOCATION
This is a hard screening requirement.
The candidate MUST currently reside in South Carolina.
• No relocation allowed
• Candidates currently residing in North Carolina or Georgia do not meet this posting’s residency requirement
• Willingness to relocate to South Carolina does not satisfy the requirement
• Confirm the candidate’s actual current resident city and state before proceeding
POSITION OVERVIEW
The South Carolina State Treasurer’s Office is seeking a senior IT leader to serve as second-in-command of its IT Division.
The selected consultant will oversee IT operations in coordination with the IT Operations Manager, who will report to this position and manage daily operations.
The role combines staff leadership, infrastructure and application oversight, managed-service provider accountability, cybersecurity operations, audit and compliance support, enterprise integrations, procurement, and technology planning.
The environment is a regulated financial setting requiring sound judgment, discretion with sensitive information, and effective communication with internal staff, external vendors, statewide shared-services providers, and agency leadership.
This is an operational IT leadership position. Project management experience is valuable, but it does not replace the required IT management, supervisory, vendor-management, and cybersecurity experience.
SCOPE OF PROJECT
The selected consultant will support:
• IT Division leadership
• Infrastructure services oversight
• Business application services oversight
• Helpdesk services oversight
• IT staff supervision and development
• Managed-service provider relationships
• Outsourced vendor performance
• SLA accountability
• Statewide shared-services coordination
• Cybersecurity operations
• Incident response
• Vulnerability management
• Risk assessments and remediation
• Access control reviews
• Audit and policy compliance
• Enterprise system integrations
• State SAP environment interfaces
• Financial institution interfaces
• Third-party system connectivity
• Contract renewals
• IT procurement
• Budget monitoring
• Annual audit and reporting activities
• Long-range technology planning
• Rotating after-hours operational support
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
The selected candidate will:
• Oversee infrastructure, business application, and helpdesk services delivered by internal staff and managed service providers
• Hold vendors accountable for service performance and delivery commitments
• Coordinate IT operations with the IT Operations Manager
• Serve as the primary operations liaison to statewide shared-services providers
• Participate in the agency’s Information Security Team
• Support incident response activities
• Lead or coordinate vulnerability-management activities
• Participate in risk assessments and remediation
• Support access control reviews
• Support audits and policy compliance
• Oversee integrations with the State’s SAP environment, financial institutions, and third-party systems
• Track contract renewals
• Assist with procurement and budget monitoring
• Support annual audit and reporting requirements
• Contribute to long-range technology planning
• Supervise, develop, and direct IT staff
• Communicate operational priorities, risks, and service issues to stakeholders
• Participate in occasional rotating after-hours work
• Address incidents, support maintenance, and meet critical deadlines