Project Manager

Overview:


TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients worldwide. The below Client runs through fifteen executive departments which carry out the daytoday administration of the federal government. Popular departments like Agriculture and Rural Development, Civil Rights, Environment, Health and Human Services, Natural Resources, Secretary of State. This Client has opportunities in a number of career pathways, including, but not limited to, business and administrative support, education and human services, IT and computers, medical and healthcare, natural resources, law enforcement and public safety, skilled trades and more. With positions in over 18 state departments, your perfect career fit is waiting for you at the client. This client is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Dimondale, MI, 48821

Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Hybrid

Work Type: Temporary Assignment

Shift: 8.00AM - 5.00 PM

Job Description:

• Project Manager - PMO Supporting Department of Treasury and Michigan Gaming Control Board
• This position is for a Senior Project Manager (PM3) to assist the Client Project Management Office supporting Michigan Department of Treasury with a multi-year high priority project.
• This role, as part of the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with DTMB Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders in the delivery of various projects for Michigan Department of Treasury.
• The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast paced, multi-vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the organization.
• Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management.
• This position requires the PM to be working in person for 2 days a week and 3 days remote.

Basic Duties:

• Utilize the Client 's Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources and management budgets.
• Prepare information for presentations geared to various audiences ranging from executives, managers and project team members.
• Accountable for monitoring, controlling, and communicating project progress by actively managing the cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
• Accountable and responsible for clear, timely, and accurate communications with stakeholders, particularly the project sponsors, project team members, program managers, and MGCB/DTMB management, on the status of the project, using appropriate communication methods.
• Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.
• Responsible for working with the project team members to develop and maintain the following key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle:
• Project Charter - Project Schedule - Project Budget - Communication Plan - Project Status Report - Risk and Issue Management Plans - Change Requests - Project Closedown Summary
• Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process (Change Requests) when the project deviates from the approved scope, schedule, or budget.
• This includes ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or information is updated.
• Responsible for creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status.
• Responsible for understanding the project benefits and the impact of change requests to the benefits business cases.
• Responsible for ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
• Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure
• Facilitates the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

Qualifications - Required/Desired - Experience

• In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices. - Required - 7 years
• Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role - Required - 7 years
• Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs - Required - 7 years
• Experience developing and delivering project status - Required - 7 years
• Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (e.g., Clarity) - Required - 5 years
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Project - Required - 5 years
• Experience handling a variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments - Required - 5 years
• Experience overseeing technical teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions - Required - 5 years
• Experience providing project management services for IT projects involving Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) technology - Required - 5 years
• Experience managing a multi-vendor environment in a government environment - Required - 5 years
• Experience developing and maintaining detailed project integration schedules - Required - 5 years
• Prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience - Required - 5 years
• Scrum Master Certified - Required - 5 years
• Experience with System Security Plans (SSP) - Required - 5 years
• Experience with Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) - Required - 5 years
• Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification - Highly Desired - 3 years

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.