Project Manager

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Posting title Lansing MI EPMO Project Manager

Projected End Date/Duration 1 Years from projected start date

Location 111 S Capitol Ave. Lansing Michigan 48933

Duration: 1 year with possible extension

Position location: Lansing MI. Hybrid Role with 2 days onsite from day 1 Tuesday and Wednesday

Local candidates ONLY

Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:

5 years of IT software Project Management experience managing complex projects including coordination of multiple teams

Experience with and knowledge of IT infrastructure servers and web applications 1 year of experience.

Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent problem solving and analytical skills with expertise in identifying risks 1 year of experience

Proven ability to drive project planning and execution process and add value beyond just a taskoriented doer or project manager 1 year of experience

Familiarity with systems development lifecycle (SDLC) 1 year of experience

Previous SOM experience highly desired 1 year of experience.

Project Manager 3

This position provides oversight leadership accountability and project management functions for an upgrade of the operating system for application and database servers for two agencies. This effort will start in June 2024 and finish within 18 months. This position will ensure consistency with the State of Michigan project management methodology (SUITE) perform longterm release planning based on organizational direction regularly interact with the project management teams for status of budget quality and schedule escalate issues and risks as needed to executives and exercise project quality control activities to ensure project scope expectations are met.

General responsibilities:

Designs plans and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMIs framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor and technical owners. Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan. Builds an effective team assigns tasks to team members monitors and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources. Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor. Identifies tracks and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Provides Project Management technical support to project members. Responsible for project activities that include complex features and technical designs. Generally manages a group of applications system analysts. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Professional certification is highly desirable.

May require specific PC workstation operating system application or platform skills. Provides overall direction to the formulation development implementation and delivery of a project. Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance revenue and profit objectives of a project and its contracts. Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks schedules estimates and status and disseminates information to team members and customers. Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality productivity and consistency. Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives. Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities business areas and support functions and monitors their performance. Selfdirected and independent. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines assigns responsibilities and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Prepares weekly reports for upper management regarding status of project using Clarity reporting tool.

Facilitates meetings and work sessions including scheduling agenda preparation taking/sharing notes and following up with action items.

Required experience:

5 years of IT software Project Management experience managing complex projects including coordination of multiple teams

Experience with and knowledge of IT infrastructure servers and web applications

Strong oral and written communication skills; excellent problem solving and analytical skills with expertise in identifying risks

Proven ability to drive project planning and execution process and add value beyond just a taskoriented doer or project manager

Familiarity with systems development lifecycle (SDLC)

Must be local to Lansing Michigan area. Work will be 2 days per week in office and 3 days remote.

Previous SOM experience highly desired