Information Technology Project Manager

Predica Inc; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in Michigan seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee critical projects for the State of Michigan. Candidates should have over 7 years' experience in IT project management, demonstrating success in managing multi-vendor environments and projects on time and within budget. Responsibilities include utilizing project management tools, communicating project status to stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to methodologies. This role combines both on-site and remote working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in IT project management with proven delivery on time and budget.
• Expertise in managing project budgets, schedules, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience in a multi-vendor government environment with COTS technologies.

Responsibilities

• Utilize Clarity for project schedules and budget management.
• Communicate project progress with stakeholders effectively.
• Accountable for project deliverables and managing change requests.
• Facilitate interactions among stakeholders ensuring completion of deliverables.

Skills

IT project management

Budget management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Multi-vendor management

Education

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Tools

MSProject

Clarity

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 State of Michigan 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 System Security Plans (SSP), Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM), and 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 State of Michigan’s 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 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, and 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

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