Dice
Senior Project Manager
Dice, Lansing, Michigan, United States, 48900
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Project Manager PMO Supporting LARA, DIFS, & MDOS, LotteryThis position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist the Client with Project Management Office supporting LARA, DIFS & MDOS, Lottery with a multi-year high priority project. This role, as part of the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with DTMB Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders.The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast paced, multi-vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the organization. Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management. This position requires the PM to be working in person for 2-3 days a week and the remainder can be work from home.
Basic Duties:Utilize our client’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources, and manage 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 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 CharterProject ScheduleProject BudgetCommunication PlanProject Status ReportRisk and Issue Management PlansChange RequestsProject Closedown SummaryResponsible 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.
QualificationsRequired/DesiredExperienceIn-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices.Required7 yearsProven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager roleRequired7 yearsExperience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logsRequired7 yearsExperience developing and delivering project statusRequired7 yearsExperience using project portfolio management systems and tools (e.g. Clarity)Required5 yearsPossession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.Highly Desired3 yearsAdvanced working knowledge of MSProjectRequired5 yearsExperience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments.Highly Desired5 yearsExperience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS)Required5 yearsExperience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment.Highly Desired5 years
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Project Manager PMO Supporting LARA, DIFS, & MDOS, LotteryThis position is for a Senior Project Manager to assist the Client with Project Management Office supporting LARA, DIFS & MDOS, Lottery with a multi-year high priority project. This role, as part of the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with DTMB Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders.The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast paced, multi-vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the organization. Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management. This position requires the PM to be working in person for 2-3 days a week and the remainder can be work from home.
Basic Duties:Utilize our client’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources, and manage 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 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 CharterProject ScheduleProject BudgetCommunication PlanProject Status ReportRisk and Issue Management PlansChange RequestsProject Closedown SummaryResponsible 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.
QualificationsRequired/DesiredExperienceIn-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices.Required7 yearsProven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager roleRequired7 yearsExperience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logsRequired7 yearsExperience developing and delivering project statusRequired7 yearsExperience using project portfolio management systems and tools (e.g. Clarity)Required5 yearsPossession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.Highly Desired3 yearsAdvanced working knowledge of MSProjectRequired5 yearsExperience handling variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments.Highly Desired5 yearsExperience providing project management services for IT Projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS)Required5 yearsExperience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment.Highly Desired5 years
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