IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.

Our client is looking for a Project Manager. This position provides oversight, leadership, accountability, and project management functions for one or more large size, complex projects. These projects typically utilize in-house development or vendor participation and require complex schedules and integration with other systems. Large sized projects typically have durations longer than 6 months with 20 or more team members, require communication at the Agency Leadership level and have a medium to high risk.

Tasks

• This position will ensure consistency with the client s project management, investment management and systems engineering 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Resource will need to be proactive with their communication and have solid critical thinking skills.
• Must be collaborative, open-minded, and willing to adapt to the state s processes. Will work closely with Program and Portfolio Managers and must be open to additional leaderships oversight.

NOTE: Candidates MUST be local at time of submission.NO RELOCATION ALLOWED. The position will be hybrid work schedule, onsite 2 days per week (Mon/Tues) and WFH the remainder of the week. An in person interview is required for the 2^nd round.

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid)

Contract: 1 year

Skills Required:

• 5 years - Recent Project Management experience.
• Documented experience managing an IT project(s) in a large, complex, enterprise-governed IT environment.
• Bachelor s Degree (Please include on your resume)

Skills Desired A plus to have:

• Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
• 5 years - Agile experience

***Rate depends on experience

*** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory

*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are not sponsoring H1B candidates at this time.

*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.

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