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My name is Prathyusha, Technical Recruiter in Skywalk Global.

If you are interested in this position, please share your resume on [email protected]

Tittle: Project Manager 3

Client: Direct Client

Location: Hybrid (Lansing, Michigan)

Duration: 12 Months

Primary Skills: Project Management, IT Project Management

Hybrid Role with 2 days onsite from day 1 – Flexible days on site.

Top Skills & Years of Experience Required: 

– In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices (7+ years)

– Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs (7+ years)

Position Overview:

• This position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist the State of Michigan Project

Management Office supporting LARA, DIFS & MDOS, Lottery with a multi-year high priority

legacy modernization project. This role, as part of the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office

(EPMO), works closely with DTMB Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency

executives/stakeholders.

• The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast paced, multi-vendor deployment

supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the

organization. Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow up skills along

with significant experience in formal IT project management. This position requires the PM to

be working in person for 2-3 days a week. The remainder can be worked from home.

Basic Duties:

· Utilize the State of Michigan’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare

project schedules, assign resources and manages budgets.

· Prepare information for presentations geared to various audiences ranging from

executives, managers and project team members.

· Accountable for monitoring, controlling, and communicating project progress by actively

managing the cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.

· Accountable and responsible for clear, timely, and accurate communications with

stakeholders, particularly the project sponsors, project team members, program

managers, and DTMB management, on the status of the project, using appropriate

communication methods.

· Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between

the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.

· Responsible for working with the project team members to develop and maintain the

following key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout

the project lifecycle:

• Project Charter – Project Schedule – Project Budget – Communication Plan –
• Project Status Report – Risk and Issue Management Plans – Change Requests –

Project Closedown Summary

• Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process as agreed upon with the agency (Change Requests) when the project deviates from the approved scope, schedule, or budget. This includes ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or information is updated.
• Responsible for creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status.
• Responsible for understanding the project benefits and the impact of change requests to the benefits business cases. Responsible for ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
• Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.
• Facilitates the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

Qualifications:

• In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices- Required – 7 years
• Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role – Required – 7 years
• Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs- Required – 7 years
• Experience developing and delivering project status – Required – 7 years
• Experience using a project portfolio management systems and tools (eg.) Clarity – Required – 5 years
• Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification – Highly Desired- 3 years
• Advanced working knowledge of MSProject – Required – 5 years
• Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments- Highly Desired – 5 years
• Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment – Highly Desired – 5 years.

Prathyusha Moka

US IT Recruiter

(515) 974-6600
www.skywalkglobal.net