Senior Transportation IT Program Manager

The Stafford Gray Group; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stafford Gray is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead highly visible technology initiatives supporting the State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). This assignment involves AVL GPS, RWIS and road-weather systems, with substantial governance, vendor, planning, and systems-delivery responsibilities.

The selected consultant will provide oversight, leadership, accountability, and project-management support for complex strategic projects with executive visibility,

Qualifications

• Five or more years working effectively in matrixed team environments.
• Five or more years resolving complex, high-priority conflicts and competing requirements.
• Five or more years applying project-management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Five or more years using system-development methodologies for new systems and enhancements.
• Five or more years communicating stakeholder needs clearly and effectively.
• Five or more years analyzing data, identifying problems, and developing actionable solutions.
• Five or more years facilitating cross-team consensus, leading working sessions, and negotiating outcomes.
• Five or more years managing stakeholder relationships and resolving issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from initiation through closeout using formal project-management and system-development methodologies.
• Support RFP planning, requirements development, vendor evaluation, contracting activities, and implementation oversight.
• Coordinate project plans, schedules, staffing, budgets, quality controls, risks, issues, dependencies, and deliverables.
• Lead working sessions, sponsor meetings, executive status reporting, stakeholder alignment, and vendor engagement.
• Establish project controls that provide timely visibility into cost, schedule, scope, quality, and change.
• Develop long-term release plans consistent with State of Michigan SUITE methodology and agency priorities.
• Escalate risks and decisions appropriately and maintain accountability across large, matrixed teams.

Job description

Stafford Gray is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead highly visible technology initiatives supporting the State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). This assignment involves AVL GPS, RWIS and road-weather systems, with substantial governance, vendor, planning, and systems-delivery responsibilities.

The selected consultant will provide oversight, leadership, accountability, and project-management support for complex strategic projects with executive visibility,