Senior IT Project Manager

MasterApp Labs•Lansing, MI

8d•$60 - $62•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior IT Project Manager will manage IT projects in a large, complex enterprise and government environment. The role uses the State of Michigan’s Clarity Project Portfolio Management Tool to prepare schedules, assign resources, and manage budgets. The position is hybrid in Lansing, Michigan, with onsite work required two days per week on Mondays and Tuesdays, beginning on day one. The role is contract and interviews are conducted through MS Teams and in person. The project manager monitors and communicates project progress, actively managing cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks. They provide clear, timely, and accurate status communications to sponsors, team members, program managers, and DTMB management, and prepare presentations for executive, management, and project team audiences. The role provides leadership across technical and business teams, manages interfaces with other agencies, and ensures projects follow State of Michigan methodologies and lifecycle processes. The project manager facilitates change management and ensures change requests are approved before changes are made. They understand project benefits and the effect of proposed changes on business cases, keep project artifacts current, review vendor contracts, and manage vendor deliverables and their approval. They also clarify stakeholder expectations and ensure deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

Requirements

At least 8 years of experience as a Project Manager.
At least 8 years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
At least 8 years of experience managing IT projects in a large, complex enterprise environment.
At least 8 years of experience managing vendors and/or third-party solution providers.
Demonstrated leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
Experience leading multiple concurrent projects and driving work to successful completion with minimal supervision.
Experience working with diverse stakeholders and system or business owners from other departments.
Experience managing a multi-vendor environment in a government environment.
Experience providing project management services for IT projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) technology.
Experience overseeing technical teams responsible for system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.

Nice To Haves

PMP or another relevant project management certification.
Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools such as Clarity.
Previous experience in state government, the Department of Corrections, or other public sector agencies.

Responsibilities

Use Clarity to prepare project schedules, assign resources, and manage budgets.
Prepare presentations for executives, managers, and project team members.
Monitor, control, and communicate project progress by managing cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
Communicate project status clearly, accurately, and in a timely manner to sponsors, project team members, program managers, and DTMB management.
Lead and foster collaboration between technical and business teams, obtaining consensus and commitment.
Manage and communicate interfaces involving other agencies.
Ensure projects follow State of Michigan methodologies and transition appropriately through project lifecycle stages and phases.
Facilitate and enforce change management when projects deviate from approved scope, schedule, or budget, ensuring change requests receive appropriate approval before action or updates.
Assess how change requests affect project benefits and business cases, and ensure related project artifacts are updated.
Review vendor contracts and manage vendor deliverables and compliance with deliverable approval procedures.
Clarify stakeholder expectations and ensure deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.
Lead multiple concurrent IT projects, including projects involving COTS technology and SaaS solution architecture and integration.