Predica Inc · 1 day ago
Project Manager
Lansing, MI
Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expPredica Inc is seeking a Senior Project Manager to assist the State of Michigan Project Management Office supporting Department of Treasury, Lottery and Gaming with a multi-year high priority project. This role involves managing project schedules, budgets, and communications while ensuring adherence to project management methodologies and fostering collaboration among technical and business teams.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Subir Kumar
Responsibilities
Utilize the State of Michigan’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources and management 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 Treasury/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 working with the project team members to develop and maintain the following key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle: Project Charter - Project Schedule – Project Budget - Communication Plan - Project Status Report - Risk and Issue Management Plans - Change Requests - Project Closedown Summary
Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies
Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), 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 creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status
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 the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed
Qualification
Required
In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices
Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role
Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs
Experience developing and delivering project status
Experience using a project portfolio management systems and tools (eg.) Clarity
Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
Advanced working knowledge of MSProject
Experience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments
5 years Experience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS)
5 years Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment
Preferred
Highly Desired 2 years Experience managing SAP S4 HANA environment
Company
Predica Inc
Experienced leaders, architects and consulting experts delivering leading edge business and technology solution.
11-50 employees
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