Job Title: Senior Project Manager (PM3)

Location: Lansing, Michigan
Work Arrangement: Hybrid – Onsite Monday and Tuesday; Remote Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
Experience Required: 12 Years

MOI: In person

Candidates must be local to the Lansing, Michigan area, preferably within a one-hour commute.

The address listed on the candidate's Michigan driver's license will be verified before the interview.

Position Summary

The Client is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager (PM3) to support high-priority IT and business initiatives for the Michigan Department of Corrections through the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO).

The selected candidate will lead large-scale, complex enterprise projects, including technology implementations, organizational initiatives, procurement activities, and RFP-driven projects across Agile and traditional project management environments. The role requires strong leadership, vendor management, budget oversight, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing IT projects with budgets exceeding $20 million, coordinating multiple vendors, and overseeing technical teams responsible for system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage multiple concurrent IT projects, ensuring delivery within approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality standards.

Develop and maintain project schedules, resource assignments, and budgets using the State of Michigan's Clarity project portfolio management tool.

Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues, manage dependencies, and communicate project status to executives, sponsors, technical teams, and business stakeholders.

Manage large-scale enterprise projects with budgets exceeding $20 million.

Coordinate multi-vendor teams and third-party solution providers to ensure contractual obligations, milestones, and deliverables are met.

Review vendor contracts, track deliverables, and ensure compliance with established vendor approval procedures.

Lead collaboration between business stakeholders, technical teams, system owners, and external agencies to establish expectations and achieve project objectives.

Manage change control processes, including change requests affecting scope, schedule, budget, and expected business benefits.

Ensure project documentation, business cases, schedules, and other project artifacts remain accurate and up to date.

Follow State of Michigan project management methodologies and ensure appropriate completion of project lifecycle phases.

Oversee technical teams involved in system architecture, enterprise integration, and Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) technology implementations, including SaaS solutions.

Prepare executive-level presentations, project reports, status updates, and other project communications.

Facilitate stakeholder meetings, resolve issues, obtain consensus, and ensure accountability for assigned deliverables.

Manage project interfaces and dependencies involving other state agencies and departments.

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Required Qualifications

Minimum 8 years of experience as a Project Manager.

Minimum 8 years of experience managing projects with budgets exceeding $20 million.

Minimum 8 years of experience managing IT projects in large, complex enterprise environments.

Minimum 8 years of experience managing vendors, third-party providers, or implementation partners.

Demonstrated experience managing multi-vendor projects within a government environment.

Experience managing IT projects involving Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solutions.

Experience overseeing technical teams responsible for system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions.

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

Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects independently and drive initiatives to successful completion.
Experience coordinating with business owners, system owners, technical teams, and stakeholders across multiple departments or agencies.

Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, budgeting, risk management, change control, and project reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or another relevant project management certification.

Experience with project portfolio management tools, particularly Clarity.

Previous experience working with state government, the Department of Corrections, or other public-sector agencies.

Experience working within established government project management methodologies and approval processes.

Candidates residing within one hour of Lansing, Michigan, are highly preferred.