Project Manager 3 -

Project Manager 3 - 123839

The State of Michigan is looking for a Project Manager 3

Duration: 1 year with possible extension

Position location: Lansing: Hybrid schedule, 2 days a week in office REQUIRED. Monday & Tuesday

Local and Non-local candidates can apply. MUST BE WILLING TO RELOCATE

Top Skill & Years of Experience Required:

5+ years of documented experience in successfully managing a program or portfolio for complex projects (including multiple stakeholders, staff, vendors, data conversions, and multiple technologies).

3+ years of documented experience performing Project Management, Quality Management, or other critical functions within complex Information Technology projects (preferably with budgets greater than $3,000,000 and multi-phase, multiyear implementations).

Professional certification in Project Management, such as Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.

Please Read Full Job Description Attached.

Position Overview:

This position provides oversight, leadership, accountability, and portfolio management

functions for a large-size, complex portfolio of projects. This position will help manage

and maintain the DTMB Enterprise IT Investment Management portfolio and the annual

Call for Projects program.

Required Experience:

Documented experience in successfully managing Information Technology (IT)

projects or programs (full project life cycle) whose budget was greater than

$3,000,000 (excluding hardware/software costs) and whose timeline was greater

than 3 years.

5 years of recent experience in managing IT projects or programs (preferably

within a government environment)

Documented experience in successfully managing a program or portfolio for

complex projects (including multiple stakeholders, staff, vendors, data

conversions, and multiple technologies).

Documented experience performing Project Management, Quality Management,

or other critical functions within complex Information Technology projects

(preferably with budgets greater than $3,000,000 and multi-phase, multiyear

implementations).

Professional certification in Project Management, such as Project Management

Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute.

Desired Experience:

Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Demonstrable presentation

skills are necessary for this position. Skills in MS Project, MS Excel, MS Word,

MS PowerPoint, required.

Demonstrated leadership ability in complex projects involving multiple vendors

and in-house resources within all levels of an organization.

Knowledge and understanding of the Information Systems Audit and Control

Association's (ISACA) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI).

Knowledge and understanding of the IT Governance Framework, COBIT.

Knowledge and understanding of Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL)

Job Description:

Develop and manage metrics for the Portfolio. The Portfolio of projects is highly

visible, including public-facing and revenue-generating functions for the State of

Michigan. Roles performed require regular interaction with the agency and

DTMB executive staff.

Manages Portfolio of projects' execution to ensure conformity to established

budgets, timelines, and scope.

Manage the timeline and documentation pertaining to the DTMB Investment

Management process, including the Call for Projects process, working with the

DTMB governance.

Perform long-term release planning based on organizational direction, regularly

interact with the project management teams for the status of budget, quality and

schedule, escalate issues and risks as needed to executives and exercise project

quality control activities to ensure project scope expectations are met.

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