Project Manager

This position is for a Senior Project Manager (PM3) to assist the State of Michigan Project Management Office supporting Michigan Department of Corrections with high-priority projects.

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 in the delivery of various projects for Michigan Department of Corrections.

The Project Manager will lead a variety of initiatives throughout the year. Projects may include, but are not limited to, technology implementations, organizational initiatives, procurement efforts, and RFP-driven projects within both Agile and traditional project delivery environments. The ideal candidate will have a strong project management background, with demonstrated success leading large-scale, complex projects within government or other public sector organizations.

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.

Job Duties

• Utilize the State of Michigan’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources and manage 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 managing and communication of interfaces related to other agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the State of Michigan’s methodologies, including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process (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 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 interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

Requirements

8+ years:

• Experience as a Project Manager.
• Experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
• Experience managing IT projects within a large, complex enterprise environment.
• Experience managing vendors and/or third-party solution providers.

Demonstrated leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.

Experience leading multiple concurrent projects and driving work to successful completion with minimal supervision.

Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system/ business owners from other departments.

Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment.

Experience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS).

Oversee technical teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.

Desired Skills

• PMP (Project Management Professional) or other relevant project management certification.
• Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (eg. Clarity).
• Previous experience working within state government, the Department of Corrections, or other public sector agencies

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Location

• Local candidates: Must reside within the State of Michigan at the time of posting.
• Position is a hybrid schedule NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Monday's and Tuesday's are required onsite days.
• Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Additional

Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
• 40 hrs per week
• HYBRID schedule - NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Will need to be onsite from day 1, two days a week. Monday's and Tuesday's are required onsite days.

About Zenfreed

At Zenfreed, we are more than an IT company. We bridge the gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do and organizations needing the right talent.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits

We understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage options for all employees.