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COOLSOFT Manager in Lansing, Michigan
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(Jobs in Lansing, MI)
Requirement id 151369
Job title Manager
Job location in Lansing, MI
Skills required Project Management Experience, MS PROJECT, System Management,
Open Date 21-Jan-2025
Close Date
Job type Contract
Duration 12 Months
Compensation DOE
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Email Recruiter: coolsoftJob Description Manager: Project Management Experience, MS PROJECT, System Management,
No of Submissions: 1
Start date : 2/24/2025
End date : 1 Years from projected start date
Submission deadline : 2/3 at 10AM EST
Client info: EPMO
Note:
Position location: Lansing, MI. Hybrid Role with 2 days onsite required weekly. Candidates MUST be local at time of submission. Hiring manager is not currently interested in candidates who will need to relocate to accept offer. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION.
Interview Process: Virtual Interview via MS Teams video. Please use laptop and be prepared so share screen if asked. Use of headphones is strongly discouraged. A screenshot photo of candidate will be required for any Teams interviews as well as a vendor present at beginning of interview to validate candidate.
Description:
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 Michigans 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:
o Project Charter - Project Schedule – Project Budget - Communication Plan - Project Status Report - Risk and Issue Management Plans - Change Requests - Project Close down 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 deliver
Call 502-379-4456 Ext 100 for more details. Please provide Requirement id: 151369 while calling.