Job ID: JOB_ID_4938
Job Summary:
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager 3 to lead a multi-year modernization project for a state government client. This role requires extensive experience in change management, vendor management, and Microsoft DevOps. The position offers a hybrid work arrangement, with specific days in the office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a complex, multi-year modernization project, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, and budget.
- Oversee change management and vendor management activities.
- Collaborate closely with DTMB Agency Services management, technical teams, business stakeholders, and the Office of Retirement Services (ORS) EPMO Program team.
- Adopt the ORS culture of collaboration and utilize Agile Scrum methodologies, acting as a servant leader.
- Monitor and communicate project progress, managing cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
- Understand business and technical objectives, working closely with Product Owners.
- Provide clear, timely, and accurate communications to stakeholders, including the Modernization Steering Team and project team members.
- Manage vendor interactions and ensure adherence to vendor deliverable approval procedures.
- Foster collaborative participation between technical and business teams, advocating for project success.
- Prepare status reports for the Modernization Steering Team and present project status in steering meetings.
- Develop and maintain key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables.
- Actively identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks and issues, escalating as needed.
- Ensure adherence to the Change Management process and develop Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary.
- Understand project benefits and the impact of change requests on business cases.
- Ensure project adherence to IT governance activities and manage project interdependencies.
- Complete the project tailoring process to determine PMM and SEM deliverables.
- Facilitate interactions among stakeholders, clarifying expectations and ensuring deliverable completion.
Required Qualifications:
- 13+ years of overall experience.
- 5+ years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
- 5+ years of Agile Scrum experience (documented in resume).
- Past 5 years of experience must be as a Project Manager working on IT Projects.
- Documented experience managing an IT project in a large, complex enterprise-governed IT ecosystem.
- Passion for collaboration and working in a team environment.
- Experience working with other project managers to ensure technology integration between systems.
- Must be local to Lansing, Michigan area (within 1 hour).
- Provide name and US telephone number of three professional references that can speak to IT project management experience.
Job Details:
- Job Title: Project Manager 3
- Location: Lansing, MI
- Duration: 1 Year Possible Extension
- Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Tuesday and Wednesday in office; Monday, Thursday, Friday remote)
- Must Have: State Government Experience, Locals are highly applicable.
Special Requirements
Interviews: First Round- Virtual interview via MS Teams (video required). Candidates should join from a laptop and be prepared to share their screen if requested. Work Arrangement: Hybrid. Must be local to Lansing, Michigan area (within 1 hour). Work will be Tuesday and Wednesday in office. Monday, Thursday, and Friday can be remote (non-negotiable).
Compensation & Location
Salary: $110,000 – $150,000 per year (Estimated)
Location: Lansing, MI
Recruiter / Company – Contact Information
Recruiter / Employer: DIA SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS
Email: huri@diasoftwaresolutions.com
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