SENIOR IT PROJECT COORDINATOR

State-of-Michigan; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition reduction

Benefits package

Professional development

Vacation & sick time

Work-life balance

Job summary

State-of-Michigan is seeking a Senior IT Project Coordinator to act as a PMO resource for application maintenance and development projects in a hybrid Lansing environment.

The role emphasizes schedule management, change control, risk escalation, and cross-team collaboration while promoting SUITE compliance and standards adherence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in IT related field or equivalent in CS, data processing, or math.
• Two years of professional IT project coordination or related experience.
• Ability to work with cross-functional teams and understand SUITE standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and oversight of project schedules with resource awareness.
• Identify issues/risks and escalate to management; monitor performance and create action plans.
• Promote compliance with the State SUITE framework and agile practices.

Skills

Communication skills

Public service mindset

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Math

Job description

About DTMB: The Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) supports the business operations of state agencies through a variety of services, including building management and maintenance, information technology, centralized contracting and procurement, budget and financial management, space planning and leasing, construction management, motor vehicle fleet operations, and oversight of the state retirement systems.

About the position: This position serves as senior level IT project coordinator for information technology projects. The senior project coordinator functions as a PMO resource to DTMB managers, supervisors, and staff that are involved in application maintenance and development.

This includes development, maintenance, and oversight of project schedules that are logical and resource driven. Maintains change control process, including a structure to manage and track changes in scope. Identifies project issues and risks and escalates to senior management as appropriate. Monitors project performance, reports status, and facilitates the creation of actions plans to promote adherence to project schedules.

Interacts with a variety of teams as needed to develop and maintain project schedules and related documents. Assists in information gathering, budget analysis, project estimating, and procurement. Provides assistance on special projects. Promotes compliance with the State Unified Information Technology Environment (SUITE). May utilize Scrum methodology and practices.

View the Position Description here: Information Technology Project Coordinator 12

Position Location:

This position is located in Lansing, MI.Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview.The State of Michigan is not able to offer employment to out-of-state applicants that do not plan to relocate. The Department of Technology Management and Budget currently offers a hybrid work option which requires two days working on-site at the official work location and three days of remote work per week (subject to change).

What We Are Looking For:

We are looking for a person who understands the value of public service and wants to help us meet the needs of our citizens. This person needs to be an excellent communicator, adjusting communication style and messages to varying audiences to ensure understanding. We need an individual who understands the value of standards and can advocate for them in a way that is understood and supported. Excellent customer service is core to our culture, being able to motivate and support team members, manage expectations, and conduct ourselves with integrity is key to how we work. You need to embrace diversity, have a team-oriented mindset, communicate effectively with a wide range of professionals, and have a desire to invest in the success of the Division.

What We Offer:

• tuition reduction program at several key higher education institutes if you would like to advance your education
• good benefits
• access to professional development training
• excellent vacation and sick time policies
• ability to successfully juggle your work and family life

Education

Information Technology Project Coordinator P11/12
Possession of a bachelor's degree with 21 semester (32 term) credits in one or a combination of thefollowing: computer science, data processing, computer information systems, data communications,networking, systems analysis, computer programming, information assurance, IT project managementor mathematics.

Experience

Two years of professional experience equivalent to an Information Technology Project Coordinator P11coordinating the implementation of IT technical tools in a system development effort to solve a businessneed.

Information Technology Project Coordinator P11 - 12

Possession of an associate's degree with 16 semester (24 term) credits in computer science, dataprocessing, computer information, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computerprogramming, IT project management, or mathematics; and, two years of experience as an applicationprogrammer, computer operator, project coordinator (IT technical project), or information technologytechnician, or two years (4160 hours) of experience an an Information Technology Student Assistant,may be substituted for the education requirement.

OR

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school and four years of experience asan application programmer, computer operator, IT project coordinator (IT technical project), orinformation technology technician, or four years (8,320 hours) of experience as an InformationTechnology Student Assistant may be substituted for the education requirement.

This position may be eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $2,500. Up to $1,250 to be paid upon new hire and the remainder to be paid after satisfactory completion of the initial probationary period (12-month period). This does not apply to current state employees.

Classifications for the $2,500 bonus are:

• Information Technology Infrastructure Analyst
• Information Technology Programmer/Analyst
• Information Technology Project Coordinator
• Information Technology Project Manager
• Information Technology Specialist

*DTMB does not participate in STEM-OPT

Your application for any position does not guarantee that you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

Certain positions may be assigned subclass codes and individuals appointed must possess the required specialized experience.

View the entire job specification at:

https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/I/InformationTechnologyProjectCoordinator.pdf