What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lansing, MI - IT - DTMB - CSS - EPMO - Project Manager 3 - DIFS position at RICEFW Technologies Inc?
This position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist the State of Michigan Project Management Office supporting DIFS 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
Qualifications
Required / Desired
Experience
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 (e.g.) Clarity
Required
5 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
Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
Highly Desired
3 years
