Senior IT Project Manager - Government & COTS, Multi-Vendor

Startekk Inc; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

StarTekk Inc is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager (PM3) to drive high-priority technology initiatives for the State of Michigan / Michigan Department of Corrections. This hybrid role, based in Lansing, requires onsite Monday and Tuesday with remote Wednesday through Friday.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years managing large IT projects with budgets over $20M, multi-vendor environments, COTS/SaaS implementations, and strong executive stakeholder management.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Project Management experience.
• 8+ years managing projects with budgets greater than $20M.
• 8+ years managing IT projects in large, complex enterprise environments.
• 8+ years managing vendors / third-party solution providers.
• Strong experience with large-scale technology implementations.
• Experience managing COTS technology projects.
• Experience working in multi-vendor environments.
• Experience overseeing technical teams involving system architecture and SaaS integrations.
• Strong executive stakeholder and business/technical team management.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong project budgeting, scheduling, scope, risk, resource, and change management experience.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and quality.
• Develop and maintain project schedules and budgets using Clarity.
• Lead large-scale IT implementations and organizational initiatives.
• Manage vendors, contracts, deliverables, and approval processes.
• Coordinate technical and business teams across multiple stakeholders.
• Manage project change requests and associated business impacts.
• Prepare project status reports and executive-level presentations.
• Ensure compliance with State of Michigan project management methodologies.

Skills

Project Management

Large Budgets

Vendor Management

COTS/SaaS Projects

Multi-vendor Environments

SaaS Integrations

Executive Stakeholder

Budgeting & Scheduling

Risk Management

Change Management

Communication Skills

Clarity PPM

Agile/Waterfall

Education

PMP Certification

Tools

Clarity PPM

Oracle Fusion ERP Cloud

Job description

StarTekk Inc is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager (PM3) to drive high-priority technology initiatives for the State of Michigan / Michigan Department of Corrections. This hybrid role, based in Lansing, requires onsite Monday and Tuesday with remote Wednesday through Friday.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years managing large IT projects with budgets over $20M, multi-vendor environments, COTS/SaaS implementations, and strong executive stakeholder management.