Project Manager

Zenfreed, LLC; Lansing (MI); Hybride; USD 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Zenfreed, LLC is seeking a Senior Project Manager to support the State of Michigan PMO for Michigan Department of Corrections projects. The role involves leading large-scale IT initiatives in a hybrid environment, coordinating with DTMB EPMO and agency executives, and ensuring governance, change management, and stakeholder alignment throughout project lifecycles.

The ideal candidate brings 8+ years of IT project management experience within complex enterprises, strong vendor management skills,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT project management experience.
• Experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
• Experience managing IT projects within a large, complex enterprise environment.

Responsabilités

• Prepare project schedules and budgets using the State of Michigan’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity).
• Communicate project status clearly to executives, sponsors, and team members.
• Monitor and control cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality and risks.
• Facilitate cross-team collaboration between technical and business groups.
• Manage interfaces and vendor deliverables with third-party providers.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Vendor management

Multi-vendor environment

COTS experience

Formation

Bachelor's Degree

Outils

Clarity

Description du poste

• Minimum Education Requirement Bachelor's Degree
• City Lansing
• Country United States

Job Description

This position is for a Senior Project Manager (PM3) to assist the State of Michigan Project Management Office supporting Michigan Department of Corrections with high-priority projects.

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 various projects for Michigan Department of Corrections.

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 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 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 contracts 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.
  

Requirements

8+ years:

• Experience as a Project Manager.
  
• Experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
  
• Experience managing IT projects within a large, complex enterprise environment.
  
• 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.

Desired Skills

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or other relevant project management certification.
  
• Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (eg. Clarity).
  
• Previous experience working within state government, the Department of Corrections, or other public sector agencies
  
• Bachelor's Degree
  

Location

• Local candidates: Must reside within the State of Michigan at the time of posting.
  
• Position is a hybrid schedule NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Monday's and Tuesday's are required onsite days.
  
• Working hoursMonday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to5:00 p.m.
  

AdditionalRequirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offersponsorships at this time
  
• Must undergo a background checkand drug screening for employment.
  

EmploymentTerms

• This is a W2 position
  
• HYBRID schedule -NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Monday's and Tuesday's are required onsite days.
  

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

We understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial toemployment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverageoptions for all employees.