Project Manager 3

Job Title: Project Manager 3

No. of Positions : 1

 Projected Start Date: 10-20-2025

Projected End Date: 10-20-2026

Position Type : Contract

Location : Dimondale, MI

Primary Skills: Project Management

Notes

• High PRIORITY requisition
• PROACTIVE requisition
• Seeking a C2C candidate located in the specified area

Mandatory Skills (Required)

• IT Project Management (industry standards & best practices) – 7+ years
• Proven record of delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal PM role – 7+ years
• Establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk & issue logs – 7+ years
• Developing and delivering project status reports – 7+ years
• Project portfolio management tools (e.g., Clarity) – 5+ years
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Project – 5+ years.
• Handling variety of stakeholders & system owners across departments – 5+ years.
• Providing PM services for IT Projects involving COTS (Commercial Off-The-Shelf) technology – 5+ years.
• Experience managing multi-vendor environment in government projects – 5+ years.

 Highly Desired Skills

• PMP Certification (Project Management Professional) – 3+ years.

 Responsibilities

• Utilize Clarity (State’s PPM Tool) to create schedules, assign resources, and manage budgets.
• Prepare presentations for executives, managers, and project team members.
• Monitor, control, and communicate project progress (cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, risks).
• Ensure clear and timely communication with stakeholders, sponsors, and management.
• Foster collaboration between technical and business teams, obtain consensus, gain commitment.
• Develop & maintain SUITE PMM deliverables throughout lifecycle:
  • Project Charter, Project Schedule, Budget
  • Communication Plan, Status Reports
  • Risk & Issue Management Plans
  • Change Requests, Project Closeout Summary
• Manage interfaces and communication with other agencies.
• Ensure adherence to SUITE PMM and SEM methodologies across all project phases.
• Facilitate and enforce Change Management process (Change Requests).
• Create Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) for projects in yellow/red status.
• Understand project benefits and assess impact of change requests on business cases
• Review and manage vendor contracts & deliverables (ensuring approvals are followed).
• Facilitate stakeholder interactions, clarify expectations, and track deliverables.