Senior Transportation Tech Project Lead – Onsite in Lansing

Stafford Gray; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Stafford Gray is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead technology initiatives for the State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). This assignment supports AVL, GPS, and road-weather work, with extensive RFP, vendor, stakeholder, planning, governance, and systems-delivery responsibilities.

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

Qualifications

• Five+ years of project management experience in matrixed environments.
• Five+ years resolving high-priority conflicts and competing requirements.
• Five+ years applying project-management principles and system development methodologies.
• Five+ years communicating stakeholder needs clearly and effectively.
• Current Michigan residence at submission and onsite in Lansing on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

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 sponsor meetings, executive status reporting, stakeholder alignment, and vendor engagement.
• Establish project controls for visibility into cost, schedule, scope, quality and change.
• Develop long-term release plans aligned with State of Michigan SUITE methodology and priorities.
• Escalate risks and decisions and maintain accountability across large, matrixed teams.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Requirements gathering

Risk management

Vendor management

Leadership

Communication

Data analysis

Cross-team collaboration

Job description

Stafford Gray is seeking a senior Project Manager to lead technology initiatives for the State of Michigan and the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT). This assignment supports AVL, GPS, and road-weather work, with extensive RFP, vendor, stakeholder, planning, governance, and systems-delivery responsibilities.

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