Project Manager

Project Manager

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We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team. The selected candidate will work two (2) days per week onsite and three (3) days remotely in Dimondale, MI. This position is for a Senior Project Manager (PM3) to assist the Office supporting with a multi-year high priority project. This role, as part of the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders in the delivery of various projects. 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.

Basic Duties:

• Utilize the State of Michigan'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 (eg.) Clarity - Required - 5 years

Advanced working knowledge of MSProject - Required - 5 years

Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments. - Required - 5 years

Oversee 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 Technology (COTS) - Required - 5 years

Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment. - Required - 5 years

Developed and maintained detailed project integration schedules. - Required - 5 years

Prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience. - Required - 5 years

Scrum Master Certified - Required - 5 years

System Security Plans (SSP) - Required - 5 years

Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) - Required - 5 years

Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. - Highly Desired - 3 years

*** Please note that any false information on your resume or application could lead to the offer being withdrawn or even termination after hire.***