Senior Project Manager

Raleigh, United States | Posted on 03/10/2026

• Actual Job Title NCDHHS - Child Support - Senior Project Manager
• Job Type FT Contract
• Contract duration 1 year
• Date Opened 03/10/2026
• Target Date 03/16/2026
• State/Province North Carolina
• Country United States
• Assigned Recruiter(s) Sai Kumar
• Number of Positions 1

The
Child Support System Enhancement Effort
aims to migrate critical functionality from a legacy mainframe system to a modern, web-based platform. This initiative will improve scalability, security, and user experience while ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations. The modernization effort involves re-engineering business processes, implementing new technologies, and integrating with existing systems in an
Agile development environment
.

Join our
Child Support team
to transform a
legacy mainframe system
into a
modern, web-based platform
that improves
usability, accessibility, and scalability
. We’re seeking a
Senior Project Manager
to help lead the work of updating and improving the Child Support System. The project involves moving from an older mainframe system to a newer, web-based system that is easier to use and maintain. This work builds on improvements already underway.

As the
Senior Project Manager
, you’ll help plan the work, keep teams organized, and make sure everyone involved understands what needs to be done and when. You’ll work closely with DHHS staff, stakeholders, partners, and vendors and help keep everything moving in a steady, clear, and practical way. You will help guide decisions, work with many different groups, and support day‑to‑day progress on this long‑term effort.

You’ll help keep the project on track by bringing people together, solving issues as they come up, and making sure everyone stays aligned as the system continues to grow and improve.

• Lead full‑cycle project planning by defining scope, building detailed work plans, creating integrated schedules, and mapping dependencies to ensure all teams are aligned on priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Drive project execution by coordinating cross‑functional teams, monitoring progress against plan, resolving obstacles, and ensuring work is completed on time, within scope, and at the expected quality level.
• Maintain strong communication with DHHS staff, technical teams, business partners, and vendors by facilitating meetings, documenting decisions, tracking action items, and ensuring continuous alignment across stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and assess risks, issues, and system dependencies, clearly communicating impacts to schedule, scope, and budget. Lead development of mitigation strategies and contingency plans to keep the project stable and moving forward.
• Oversee budgets and schedules by tracking progress, analyzing variance, and forecasting resource and funding needs. Adjust plans and priorities as necessary to maintain project performance and compliance with state requirements.
• Lead quality assurance activities by driving requirement reviews, test planning, system validation, and defect resolution to ensure all deliverables meet user, technical, and regulatory expectations prior to release.
• Deliver clear, timely, and actionable project status communications to leadership, including progress updates, key risks, issues, decisions required, and upcoming milestones to support informed decision‑making.

• Leading complex, multi‑phase IT projects from planning through execution, monitoring, and close‑out.
• Work with large teams through structured project life cycles, maintaining alignment, and accountability.
• Managing PMO processes, governance, documentation, and reporting for initiatives.

• Managing large‑scale technology modernization, legacy system migration, and system integration projects.
• Overseeing web‑based application development, system enhancements, and platform updates.
• Coordinating with cross‑functional technical teams, architect, developers, stakeholders, vendors, and QA.
• Developing detailed roadmap, project plans, work breakdown structures, and integrated schedules.
• Performing effort, cost, and resource estimations;…