Senior IT Project Manager Enterprise Technology & Portfolio Management

***Only qualified Project Manager candidates located near the Lansing MI area to be considered due to the position requiring an onsite presence***

Required Education

• Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Certification

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or other relevant project management certification

Required Experience Knowledge Abilities And Skills

• 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager
• 8+ years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million
• 8+ years of experience managing IT projects within a large complex enterprise environment
• 8+ years of experience managing vendors and/or third-party solution providers
• Demonstrated leadership communication stakeholder management and organizational skills
• Experience leading multiple concurrent projects and driving work to successful completion with minimal supervision
• Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system/ business owners from other departments
• Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment
• Experience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS)
• Oversee technical teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions

Preferred Experience Knowledge Abilities And Skills

• Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (eg Clarity)
• Previous experience working within state government
• Local to Lansing Michigan area (within 1 hour) is highly desired Work will be Monday and Tuesday in office; Wednesday Thursday and Friday can be remote (non-negotiable)
• Address on Michigan driver’s license will be verified prior to interview

The Project Manager will lead a variety of initiatives throughout the year. Projects may include, but are not limited to, technology implementations, organizational initiatives, procurement efforts, and RFP-driven projects within both Agile and traditional project delivery environments.

The ideal candidate will have a strong project management background, with demonstrated success leading large-scale, complex projects within government or other public sector organizations. 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.

Job Responsibilities

• Utilize the client Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules assign resources and manage 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 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 managing and communication of interfaces related to other agencies
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the State of Michigan’s methodologies 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 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 to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure
• Facilitates interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned reviewed and completed
• **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
• **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**

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