IT Project Manager 15

State of Michigan • Lansing, MI

15h • Hybrid

About The Position

This position provides oversight, leadership, accountability and project management functions for large strategic projects and programs with high visibility at the Agency Executive level. These projects and programs require a fully dedicated project manager due to the level of complexity, degree of intricate detail and accountability to executive leadership. Strategic projects typically have a large diverse set of stakeholders, utilize vendor participation, require coordination of multiple complex schedules and significant integration with other systems. Strategic projects typically have durations of 2 years or longer with 50 or more team members, require communication at the Agency Executive level and have a significant risk. This position will ensure consistency with the State of Michigan project management methodology (SUITE), perform long-term release planning based on organizational direction, regularly interact with the project management teams for status of budget, quality and schedule, escalate issues and risks as needed to executives and exercise project quality control activities to ensure project scope expectations are met.

Requirements

• Possession of a bachelor’s degree with not less than 21 semester (32 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: computer science, data processing, computer information systems, data communications, networking, systems analysis, computer programming, information assurance, project management, or mathematics.
• Three years of professional experience equivalent to an IT project coordinator.

Nice To Haves

• Possession of a Project Management Professional, (PMP) certification may be substituted for the experience requirement.
• Possession of a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) and/or Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification may be substituted for 1 year of the experience requirement.
• Possession of SUITE Certification may be substituted for 2 Educational Credits.

Responsibilities

• Provide oversight, leadership, accountability and project management functions for large strategic projects and programs.
• Ensure consistency with the State of Michigan project management methodology (SUITE).
• Perform long-term release planning based on organizational direction.
• Regularly interact with project management teams for status of budget, quality and schedule.
• Escalate issues and risks as needed to executives.
• Exercise project quality control activities to ensure project scope expectations are met.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior