IT Project Manager Jobs in South Carolina
IT Project Manager jobs in South Carolina are actively sought across defense contracting, financial services, healthcare IT, and manufacturing technology, with demand at every level from junior coordinator to senior program director. Columbia, Greenville, and Charleston drive the bulk of hiring, where established employers like Booz Allen Hamilton, BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina, and Michelin North America consistently staff IT project management roles. The most in-demand specialties are agile delivery, ERP implementation, and cybersecurity project oversight. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Smiths Group designs, manufactures and delivers smarter engineering solutions for mission-critical applications, solving some of the world's toughest problems for our customers, our communities and our world. For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving the world through smarter engineering.
We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets: Energy, General Industry, Security & Defence, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs 14,600 colleagues in over 50+ countries.
This pioneering spirit continues to drive us today, underpinned by our powerful culture. Improving our world is what we do, how we think, and how we will continue to use our passion for technology and engineering to tackle our customers biggest challenges today and in the future. We're looking for people with curious minds. Who want responsibility and relish a challenge. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, our global scale and focus on growth means we have some great career opportunities for you. There's never been a better time to join Smiths.
Visit us at - www.smiths.com
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead enterprise ERP implementations, upgrades, acquisitions, divestitures, and digital transformation initiatives across global business operations. The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing complex ERP programs, preferably involving SAP, Epicor (Kinetic), and/or Syteline (Infor CSI), while coordinating cross-functional business and IT teams through all phases of the project lifecycle.
This role requires strong leadership, executive communication skills, vendor management experience, and the ability to deliver large-scale technology programs within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
This role can be based in the following locations:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Temple, Georgia
Abbeville, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is an experienced IT Project Manager with a proven track record of leading complex ERP transformation programs in manufacturing or industrial environments. They possess deep knowledge of SAP, Epicor, or Syteline, excel in stakeholder management, and have successfully delivered acquisitions, divestitures, ERP consolidations, and enterprise modernization initiatives
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Leadership
- Lead end-to-end ERP implementation and transformation programs.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and governance documentation.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects across business units and geographic regions.
- Establish project governance, steering committees, status reporting, and executive dashboards.
- Drive issue resolution and decision-making with senior leadership.
ERP Implementation
Lead projects involving:
- SAP (ECC, S/4HANA preferred)
- Epicor ERP / Kinetic
- Infor Syteline (CloudSuite Industrial)
- ERP upgrades and migrations
- Greenfield implementations
- Brownfield migrations
- Multi-site rollouts
- Legacy ERP consolidations
Coordinate:
- Finance
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Procurement
- Inventory
- Quality
- Customer Service
- Warehouse Management
- Reporting & Analytics
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Lead ERP activities supporting:
- Business acquisitions
- Business carve-outs
- Divestitures
- TSA (Transition Service Agreement) execution
- Day 1 readiness
- ERP separation planning
- Data migration
- Master data governance
- Business cutovers
- Hypercare support
Business Process Improvement
Partner with business leaders to:
- Analyze current-state processes
- Design future-state business processes
- Identify automation opportunities
- Improve operational efficiency
- Standardize global ERP processes
- Reduce technical debt
Vendor & Partner Management
Manage relationships with:
- System Integrators
- ERP implementation partners
- Software vendors
- Infrastructure providers
- Managed service providers
Responsibilities include:
- Statement of Work (SOW) development
- Budget management
- Vendor performance
- Deliverable acceptance
- Risk management
- Contract oversight
Project Governance
Develop and maintain:
- Executive dashboards
- RAID logs
- Financial forecasts
- Resource plans
- Milestone reporting
- Steering Committee presentations
- Portfolio reporting
- PMO governance documentation
Risk Management
Identify and mitigate risks related to:
- Data migration
- Integration
- Security
- Infrastructure readiness
- Organizational change
- Business continuity
- Cutover planning
- Production readiness
Cross Functional Leadership
Collaborate with:
- Finance
- Manufacturing
- Supply Chain
- Procurement
- HR
- Legal
- Compliance
- Cyber Security
- Infrastructure
- Enterprise Architecture
- Data & Analytics
- Business Process Owners
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of IT Project Management experience.
- 7+ years leading enterprise ERP implementations.
- Experience managing projects exceeding $1MM.
- Proven success delivering global ERP programs.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams of 25–100+ members.
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Clarity, or similar project management tools.
Preferred ERP Experience
Strong experience with one or more of:
- SAP ECC
- SAP S/4HANA
- Epicor ERP / Kinetic
- Infor Syteline (CSI)
Preferred Technical Experience
Knowledge of:
- ERP integrations
- APIs
- Middleware
- ETL/Data migration
- Azure
- AWS
- Microsoft 365
- Active Directory / Entra ID
- SQL Server
- Oracle Database
- Manufacturing systems
- MES
- PLM
- CRM
- Business Intelligence
- Power BI
Preferred Experience
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Technology
- Aerospace & Defense
- Distribution
- Supply Chain
- Multi-site operations
- Global organizations
Leadership Competencies
- Executive presence
- Strategic thinking
- Influencing without authority
- Decision-making
- Financial acumen
- Conflict resolution
- Negotiation
- Change leadership
- Coaching and mentoring
- Continuous improvement mindset
Certifications (Preferred)
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- PMI-ACP
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Agile Scrum Master
- SAP Project Management Certification
- Prosci Change Management
- ITIL Foundation
Success Measures
The successful candidate will consistently deliver:
- ERP implementations on time and within budget
- Successful business cutovers with minimal disruption
- High user adoption and stakeholder satisfaction
- Effective risk mitigation and issue resolution
- Executive-quality project reporting
- Strong governance and compliance
- Continuous improvement of delivery processes
- Seamless coordination across business and IT teams
Additional Information
Diversity & Inclusion:
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Detection, Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
Smiths Group designs, manufactures and delivers smarter engineering solutions for mission-critical applications, solving some of the world's toughest problems for our customers, our communities and our world. For over 170 years, Smiths Group has been pioneering progress by improving the world through smarter engineering.
We serve millions of people every year, to help create a safer, more efficient and better-connected world, across four major global markets: Energy, General Industry, Security & Defence, and Aerospace. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs 14,600 colleagues in over 50+ countries.
This pioneering spirit continues to drive us today, underpinned by our powerful culture. Improving our world is what we do, how we think, and how we will continue to use our passion for technology and engineering to tackle our customers biggest challenges today and in the future. We're looking for people with curious minds. Who want responsibility and relish a challenge. Whether you're an experienced professional or just starting out, our global scale and focus on growth means we have some great career opportunities for you. There's never been a better time to join Smiths.
Visit us at - www.smiths.com
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead enterprise ERP implementations, upgrades, acquisitions, divestitures, and digital transformation initiatives across global business operations. The successful candidate will have extensive experience managing complex ERP programs, preferably involving SAP, Epicor (Kinetic), and/or Syteline (Infor CSI), while coordinating cross-functional business and IT teams through all phases of the project lifecycle.
This role requires strong leadership, executive communication skills, vendor management experience, and the ability to deliver large-scale technology programs within scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives.
This role can be based in the following locations:
Knoxville, Tennessee
Temple, Georgia
Abbeville, South Carolina
Greenville, South Carolina
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is an experienced IT Project Manager with a proven track record of leading complex ERP transformation programs in manufacturing or industrial environments. They possess deep knowledge of SAP, Epicor, or Syteline, excel in stakeholder management, and have successfully delivered acquisitions, divestitures, ERP consolidations, and enterprise modernization initiatives
Key Responsibilities
Program & Project Leadership
- Lead end-to-end ERP implementation and transformation programs.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, and governance documentation.
- Manage multiple concurrent projects across business units and geographic regions.
- Establish project governance, steering committees, status reporting, and executive dashboards.
- Drive issue resolution and decision-making with senior leadership.
ERP Implementation
Lead projects involving:
- SAP (ECC, S/4HANA preferred)
- Epicor ERP / Kinetic
- Infor Syteline (CloudSuite Industrial)
- ERP upgrades and migrations
- Greenfield implementations
- Brownfield migrations
- Multi-site rollouts
- Legacy ERP consolidations
Coordinate:
- Finance
- Supply Chain
- Manufacturing
- Procurement
- Inventory
- Quality
- Customer Service
- Warehouse Management
- Reporting & Analytics
Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures
Lead ERP activities supporting:
- Business acquisitions
- Business carve-outs
- Divestitures
- TSA (Transition Service Agreement) execution
- Day 1 readiness
- ERP separation planning
- Data migration
- Master data governance
- Business cutovers
- Hypercare support
Business Process Improvement
Partner with business leaders to:
- Analyze current-state processes
- Design future-state business processes
- Identify automation opportunities
- Improve operational efficiency
- Standardize global ERP processes
- Reduce technical debt
Vendor & Partner Management
Manage relationships with:
- System Integrators
- ERP implementation partners
- Software vendors
- Infrastructure providers
- Managed service providers
Responsibilities include:
- Statement of Work (SOW) development
- Budget management
- Vendor performance
- Deliverable acceptance
- Risk management
- Contract oversight
Project Governance
Develop and maintain:
- Executive dashboards
- RAID logs
- Financial forecasts
- Resource plans
- Milestone reporting
- Steering Committee presentations
- Portfolio reporting
- PMO governance documentation
Risk Management
Identify and mitigate risks related to:
- Data migration
- Integration
- Security
- Infrastructure readiness
- Organizational change
- Business continuity
- Cutover planning
- Production readiness
Cross Functional Leadership
Collaborate with:
- Finance
- Manufacturing
- Supply Chain
- Procurement
- HR
- Legal
- Compliance
- Cyber Security
- Infrastructure
- Enterprise Architecture
- Data & Analytics
- Business Process Owners
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Engineering, or related discipline.
- 10+ years of IT Project Management experience.
- 7+ years leading enterprise ERP implementations.
- Experience managing projects exceeding $1MM.
- Proven success delivering global ERP programs.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams of 25–100+ members.
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
- Experience with Microsoft Project, Clarity, or similar project management tools.
Preferred ERP Experience
Strong experience with one or more of:
- SAP ECC
- SAP S/4HANA
- Epicor ERP / Kinetic
- Infor Syteline (CSI)
Preferred Technical Experience
Knowledge of:
- ERP integrations
- APIs
- Middleware
- ETL/Data migration
- Azure
- AWS
- Microsoft 365
- Active Directory / Entra ID
- SQL Server
- Oracle Database
- Manufacturing systems
- MES
- PLM
- CRM
- Business Intelligence
- Power BI
Preferred Experience
- Manufacturing
- Industrial Technology
- Aerospace & Defense
- Distribution
- Supply Chain
- Multi-site operations
- Global organizations
Leadership Competencies
- Executive presence
- Strategic thinking
- Influencing without authority
- Decision-making
- Financial acumen
- Conflict resolution
- Negotiation
- Change leadership
- Coaching and mentoring
- Continuous improvement mindset
Certifications (Preferred)
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- PMI-ACP
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Agile Scrum Master
- SAP Project Management Certification
- Prosci Change Management
- ITIL Foundation
Success Measures
The successful candidate will consistently deliver:
- ERP implementations on time and within budget
- Successful business cutovers with minimal disruption
- High user adoption and stakeholder satisfaction
- Effective risk mitigation and issue resolution
- Executive-quality project reporting
- Strong governance and compliance
- Continuous improvement of delivery processes
- Seamless coordination across business and IT teams
Additional Information
Diversity & Inclusion:
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Detection, Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.
At no time during the hiring process will Smiths Group, nor any of our recruitment partners ever request payment to enable participation – including, but not limited to, interviews or testing. Avoid fraudulent requests by applying jobs directly through our career’s website (Careers - Smiths Group plc)
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Who's Hiring
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- Technology & Software
- Banking & Financial Services
What South Carolina Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in IT project manager jobs across South Carolina.
- PMP certification from the Project Management Institute or equivalent credential recognized by South Carolina employers
- Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, business administration, or a related field
- Proven experience leading cross-functional IT projects from initiation through delivery and closure
- Proficiency with project management platforms such as Jira, Microsoft Project, or Smartsheet
- Familiarity with agile and scrum methodologies in addition to traditional waterfall frameworks
- Strong stakeholder communication skills and experience managing budgets and project timelines
IT Project Manager Jobs in South Carolina: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become an IT project manager in South Carolina?
South Carolina does not require a state-issued license to work as an IT project manager, so the path runs through education and industry credentials. Most employers in the state expect at least a bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, or business, paired with a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute. Candidates entering the field often start in business analyst, systems analyst, or IT coordinator roles at South Carolina's large healthcare systems, state agencies, or defense contractors before moving into a dedicated project management position.
How much do IT project managers make in South Carolina?
IT project managers in South Carolina earn a median of about $95,040 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $56,710 for the lowest 10% to over $159,310 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire IT project managers in South Carolina?
Companies currently hiring IT project managers in South Carolina include Pike Corporation, Saxon Global, and Smiths, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. South Carolina's concentration of defense contractors around Columbia and financial services firms in the Charlotte metro corridor makes it a consistent market for experienced IT project managers.
Which South Carolina cities have the most IT project manager jobs?
Fort Mill, Columbia, and Duncan account for the most IT project manager openings in South Carolina. Columbia leads because of its density of state government agencies, defense contractors, and the BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina headquarters, while Greenville reflects Michelin and the broader Upstate manufacturing and technology corridor, and Charleston draws demand from its growing cybersecurity and logistics technology sectors.
Are there remote IT project manager jobs in South Carolina?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 50% of IT project manager openings tied to South Carolina are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting how naturally the role transfers to distributed teams. Planning, stakeholder communication, and sprint facilitation are the functions most likely to be done fully remote, while on-site work tends to concentrate around go-live events or vendor coordination.
How can I get hired as an IT project manager in South Carolina with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is a junior project coordinator or IT business analyst role at one of South Carolina's large hospital systems, state agencies, or Upstate manufacturers, where project teams are large enough to bring in coordinators who grow into full project ownership. Earning a Certified Associate in Project Management credential before applying signals readiness to employers who value certification. South Carolina's public universities, including the University of South Carolina and Clemson, also produce candidates for associate project roles at technology and defense firms in Columbia and Greenville.
Where can I find and apply to IT project manager jobs in South Carolina?
Migrate Mate lists current IT project manager openings in South Carolina, including full-time, contract, and hybrid positions across the state's major hiring centers. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly to the ones that fit your background.
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