Enterprise Program Manager / Interim Assistant IT Director

Job Title

Enterprise Program Manager / Interim Assistant IT Director (14154)

Location

Columbia, SC – 100% Onsite

Duration

12 Months (Contract-to-Hire)

Work Schedule

Monday–Friday, 8:30 AM–5:00 PM (38 hours/week)

Candidate Eligibility

CURRENT South Carolina residents ONLY. No relocation permitted.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee IT infrastructure, enterprise applications, helpdesk operations, and managed service providers.
• Supervise IT staff and the IT Operations Manager, ensuring effective daily service delivery.
• Manage vendor relationships, SLAs, service performance, and accountability.
• Lead cybersecurity activities, including incident response, vulnerability management, risk assessments, and remediation.
• Support security audits, access reviews, regulatory compliance, and IT policy enforcement.
• Coordinate with statewide shared-services providers and external technology partners.
• Oversee integrations involving SAP, financial institutions, and third-party enterprise systems.
• Assist with IT procurement, contract renewals, budget monitoring, and long-term technology planning.
• Participate in occasional after-hours and weekend on-call support.

Required Skills

• 6+ years of progressive IT experience managing complex technology functions and operations.
• 3+ years of full-time supervisory or IT leadership experience.
• Experience managing managed service providers (MSPs), outsourced vendors, SLAs, and service performance.
• Leadership experience in cybersecurity operations, incident response, vulnerability management, and risk assessment.
• Working knowledge of Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and Microsoft Intune.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration, or a related field.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in state government, financial services, or regulated IT environments.
• Knowledge of IT audit, compliance, governance, and risk management.
• Experience with statewide shared-services IT delivery models.
• IT project management and strategic technology planning.
• Enterprise application integrations, SAP, financial institution interfaces, and secure file transfers.
• IT procurement, vendor contracts, budget administration, and contract management.
• Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+, ITIL, or PMP (preferred, not mandatory).

Additional Requirements

• Strong leadership, communication, decision-making, and team management skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive information and manage competing priorities.
• Must pass background and credit checks before starting.
• Willingness to participate in an intermittent after-hours and weekend on-call rotation.
• Ability to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 50 pounds and perform occasional physical hardware support activities.
• Must be willing to work fully onsite in Columbia, SC.

About Us

InterSources Inc , is a Small, Woman, and Minority-Owned Business Enterprise, ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type 2 certified company with massive 18+ years of diversified experience in providing IT Consulting Services, Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Application Development, Cloud Services, Cybersecurity, Digital Marketing, ERP Management, Custom Software Development, Web Development, UI/ UX Design, System Integration, QA Support etc. We make reasonable accommodations for clients and employees, and we do not discriminate based on any protected attribute including race, religion, color, national origin, gender sexual orientation, gender identity, age, or marital status. We also are a Google Cloud and Oracle partner company.