Project Manager Job at tCognition, Michigan

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  • tCognition
  • Michigan

Job Description

Position: Project Manager

Client: State of Michigan

Duration: 12 months

Location: Lansing, MI

Interview: Virtual Interview

Job Description: Project Manager – PMO Supporting the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS)

Position Overview:

This position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist the State of Michigan Project Management Office supporting the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) with a multi-year high-priority legacy modernization project. As part of the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), the Project Manager will work closely with DTMB Agency Services technical teams and agency executives/stakeholders.

The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-vendor deployment environment 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. The position requires the Project Manager to work in person for 2-3 days a week, with the remainder worked from home.

Basic 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 project sponsors, project team members, program managers, and DTMB management, using appropriate communication methods.
  • Provide leadership and foster collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.
  • Develop and maintain key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle, including:
  • Project Charter
  • Project Schedule
  • Project Budget
  • Communication Plan
  • Project Status Report
  • Risk and Issue Management Plans
  • Change Requests
  • Project Closedown Summary
  • Manage interfaces and related communication with other agencies.
  • Ensure adherence to SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
  • Facilitate and enforce the Change Management process, ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or updates are made.
  • Create project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) for projects in yellow or red status.
  • Understand the project benefits and the impact of change requests on the benefits business cases, ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
  • Review and understand vendor contracts to actively manage vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.
  • Facilitate stakeholder interactions by clarifying expectations and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

Required Skills and Experience:

  • In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standards and best practices.
  • Proven record of delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role.
  • Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, and risk and issue logs.
  • Experience developing and delivering project status updates.
  • Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (e.g., Clarity).
  • Advanced working knowledge of MS Project.
  • Experience handling a variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments.
  • Experience managing a multi-vendor environment in a government setting.
  • Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.

Job Tags

Work from home, 2 days per week, 3 days per week,

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