Position Information

Position Type	Staff Augmentation	Hours/Week	40
Billing Type	Daily	Shift	Day
Projected Start Date	02/10/2025	Start Time	8:00 AM
Projected End Date/Duration	1 Years from projected start date	End Time	5:00 PM
Bid Limit Per Vendor	1	Number of Positions	1
Desired Career Level	Experienced Non-manager	Minimum Education Level	Bachelor's Degree
Weekend	None

Position Location

Address	530 West Allegan Street	City	Lansing
State	Michigan	Zip	48933
Country	UNITED STATES

Requirements

Travel Required

No

Security Required

Yes

Onboarding Category

The following are required for bid submission:

• Resume
• R2R
• References
• Cover Sheet
• Meets Work Location

Position Description

Please ensure you attach the MI Cover Sheet (attached), a valid Right to Represent with hybrid work schedule confirmed, and the candidate's resume with full legal first name, and last name. Withdrawn candidates will not be permitted to be replaced. If you would like to use a sub vendor, only 1 level deep, please use Formstack link: https://knowledgeservices.formstack.com/forms/msp_michigan_subvendor_usage_request_form.

The State of Michigan is looking for a Project Manager 3

Close to Submissions on 1/10 at 10AM EST.

Repost of 136641 - Please do not submit candidates previously submitted to posting 136641.
Interviews: MS Teams video interview with camera ON. Second round interviews will be held in person at the Lansing, MI office. Please indicate (Y/N) on coversheet for onsite interview. First round of interviews anticipated for the week of 1/20.

Position location: Lansing, MI. Hybrid Role with 2 days onsite from day 1 - Tuesday and Wednesday (non-negotiable). NO remote only option.

Clear and concise communication skills required.

Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:
Desired experience:
" 5 years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
" 5 years Agile Leadership Experience (document in resume).
" Past 5 years of experience must be as a Project Manager working on IT Projects.
" Documented experience managing an IT project in a large, complex enterprise-governed IT ecosystem.
" Microsoft DevOps Experience.
" 3 References required with submission.

Duration: 1 year with possible extension
Repost of 136641 - Please do NOT submit candidates previously submitted to posting 136641.
Please See Full Job Description Attached

Required Skills

Skill Type
Skill Name
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
5+ years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
5+ years Agile Leadership Experience
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Microsoft DevOps Experience
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Past 5 years of experience must be as a Project Manager working on IT Projects
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Local to mid-Michigan area.

Preferred Skills

Skill Type
Skill Name
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Program management experience highly desired
CertificationEducationLicenseOtherSkill
Previous SOM experience highly desired.

Attachment:

Project Manager 3 ORS
This Project Manager will be responsible for a $20+ million modernization project, which will be highly complex, require extensive change and vendor management skills, and experience with Microsoft DevOps.
General responsibilities:

• Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsors. Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan. Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources. Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsors. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Provides technical support to project members. Handles complex application features and technical designs. Designs and implements the components required for complex application features. Generally, manages a group of applications system analysts. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Professional certification is highly desirable.
• May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application or platform skills. Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project. Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts. Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and customers. Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency. Directs corrective actions in any area when performance falls below objectives. Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance. Self-directed and independent. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Prepares reports for executives and upper management regarding status of project and presents status of projects in regularly scheduled program steering meetings.

Desired experience:

• 5 years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $ 20 million.
• 5 years Agile Leadership Experience (document in resume).
• Past 5 years of experience must be as a Project Manager working on IT Projects.
• Documented experience managing an IT project in a large, complex enterprise-governed IT ecosystem.
• Microsoft DevOps Experience.
• Program management experience highly desired; experience working with other project managers to ensure technology integration between systems.
• Must be local to Lansing, Michigan area. Work will be Tuesday and Wednesday in office; Monday, Thursday, and Friday can be remote (non-negotiable).
  • Address on Michigan driver's license will be verified prior to interview.
• Previous SOM experience highly desired.
• Provide name and telephone number of three professional references that can speak to project and/or program management experience.
• No duplicate submissions from previous posting (136641).