IT Project Manager

Note: This posting is intended to build a candidate pipeline for upcoming contract opportunities and does not represent a single immediate opening. Stafford Gray is building a pipeline of experienced IT project leaders for contract roles with public-sector and enterprise clients in the Lansing area. We regularly support projects ranging from application development and modernization to system implementations and infrastructure upgrades. We’re especially interested in candidates with experience in one or more of these areas:

• IT project management: Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid delivery on software or systems projects.
• Scrum Master and Agile delivery: sprint facilitation, backlog health, and team coaching.
• Program management: coordinating multiple related projects, vendors, and budgets.
• Implementation projects: COTS, ERP, CRM, or SaaS rollouts and system migrations.
• Infrastructure and modernization projects: cloud migration, upgrades, and legacy system replacement.

What the work typically looks like:

• Planning and running projects from initiation through closeout, covering scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
• Facilitating Agile ceremonies or Waterfall milestone reviews, depending on the team.
• Managing stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional technical teams.
• Tracking RAID logs, status reporting, and change control.
• Keeping work visible and moving in tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, or Clarity.

Requirements

Required

• 5+ years of experience managing IT projects or leading Agile delivery teams.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk on technology projects.
• Hands-on experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder communication, facilitation, and written reporting skills.
• Must live within reasonable commuting distance of Lansing, MI. Most roles are hybrid with regular on-site days.
• Must be available for contract work. We work directly with candidates, not through third-party vendors.

Preferred

• PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, or SAFe certification.
• Experience supporting government, healthcare, utilities, financial, or other regulated environments.
• Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, Clarity PPM, or Smartsheet.