Project Manager

Overview

Location:

Lansing, MI (Hybrid - 2 days onsite weekly in Dimondale, MI)

Start Date:

10/20/2025

Projected Duration: 1 Year (extension likely)

Work Hours:

40 hours/week (8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST)

Interview Type:
In-person (Dimondale, MI) or MS Teams (with validation)

Candidate

Location:

Must be local to Michigan (within 90-minute commute of Dimondale)

Employer:

State of Michigan - Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) supporting the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) and Treasury via the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO)

• Manage the full lifecycle of a multi-year IT modernization project (LAMBS) within the MGCB.
• Utilize the State of Michigan's PPM tool (Clarity) for scheduling, budgeting, and reporting.
• Lead cross-functional project teams, ensuring collaboration between business and IT.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, reports, and updates.
• Monitor and communicate project progress including cost, schedule, scope, quality, and risks.
• Manage project artifacts following SUITE PMM and SEM standards, including:
  Project Charter, Schedule, Budget, Communication Plan, Risk/Issue Logs, Change Requests, Corrective Action Plans, Closeout Reports.
• Facilitate and enforce the Change Management process for scope/schedule/budget deviations.
• Coordinate across departments and manage communication with external vendors and stakeholders.
• Evaluate vendor contracts, track deliverables, and ensure compliance with procedures.
• Act as liaison between technical and business teams and ensure alignment across functions.
• Understand project benefits and ensure alignment of project activities to those benefits.

• In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices. 7 years
• Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role. 7 years
• Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs. 7 years
• Experience developing and delivering project status. 7 years
• Experience using a project portfolio management system and tools (e.g., Clarity). 5 years
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Project. 5 years
• 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. 5 years
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification. 3 years or Highly Desired

• Seniority level:
  Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting