Project Manager

3 weeks ago

Lansing, United States Zenfreed, LLC Full time
Job DescriptionJob Description This position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist the State of Michigan Project Management Office supporting LARA, DIFS & MDOS, Lottery 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.

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 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 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.


Requirements7+ years:
  • Project Management experience required; the manager would like the candidate to have some experience managing people as well as projects.
  • Experience using a project portfolio management system and tools (e.g.) Clarity.
  • In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices.
  • Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs.
  • Vendor management experience, strong communication skills.
  • Waterfall experience
  • Managed over 30 resources (BA or Developers)
  • Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role
  • Experience developing and delivering project status
5 years:
  • Experience using a project portfolio management systems and tools (eg.) Clarity
  • Advanced working knowledge of MS Project
  • Experience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS)

Highly Desired Skills

5 years:
  • Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments.
  • Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment.
3 years:
  • Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

Minimum Education
  • Bachelor's Degree

Location
  • Local candidates ONLY. 1hr to 1hr and 15min drive.
  • Position is a hybrid schedule with 2 days onsite from day 1 - Flexible days on site.
  • Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (flexible scheduling is possible)

Additional Requirements
  • Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
  • Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.

Employment Terms
  • This is a W2 position
  • 40 hrs per week
  • HYBRID schedule - 2 days onsite from day 1 - Flexible days on site.

About Zenfreed
At Zenfreed, we are more than an IT company. We bridge the gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do and organizations needing the right talent.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

BenefitsWe understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage options for all employees.

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