Senior IT Project Manager (Government, Multi-Vendor)

Artifintech; Lansing (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Artifintech in Lansing, MI seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead IT initiatives with budgets over $20M. You will coordinate executives, managers, and teams, ensuring alignment with Michigan methodologies and effective change management. The role emphasizes stakeholder collaboration and vendor contract oversight.

Local to Lansing area is highly desired. Work will be Monday and Tuesday in office; Wednesday through Friday can be remote.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager.
• 8+ years of experience managing IT projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
• Experience managing multi-vendor environments in a government environment.
• Demonstrated leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare information for presentations geared to executives, managers and project team members.
• Monitor, control, and communicate project progress by actively managing cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
• Provide leadership and foster collaborative participation between technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and commitment.
• Manage interfaces related to other agencies and ensure alignment with state methodologies.
• Ensure the project adheres to the State of Michigan's methodologies and lifecycle stages.
• Facilitate and enforce Change Management (Change Requests) with approvals before action.
• Understand project benefits and impact of change requests on business cases and update artifacts.
• Review vendor contracts to manage deliverables and adoptions to the approval procedures.
• Facilitate stakeholder interactions by clarifying expectations and ensuring deliverables are assigned and completed.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Stakeholder management

Organizational skills

Multi-project management

Vendor management

IT project management

Risk management

Change management

Budget management

Tools

Clarity

Job description

Artifintech in Lansing, MI seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead IT initiatives with budgets over $20M. You will coordinate executives, managers, and teams, ensuring alignment with Michigan methodologies and effective change management. The role emphasizes stakeholder collaboration and vendor contract oversight.

Local to Lansing area is highly desired. Work will be Monday and Tuesday in office; Wednesday through Friday can be remote.