Job ID :
9267
Company :
State Of Michigan
Location :
DIMONDALE, MI
Type :
Contract
Duration :
1 Year
Salary :
open
Status :
Active
Openings :
1
Posted :
24 Aug 2016
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Short Description:  Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard State of Michigan project management practices based on PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project teams and project sponsor.

Complete Description:  Minimum 5 years of experience as a Project Manager.

Job Description:

Advanced experience managing programs of projects, complex projects or multiple IT Infrastructure projects/programs. Experience with IT Audit compliance, tracking and monitoring projects is preferred. This position may work on multiple projects/programs.

Demonstrated and advanced understanding of project management methodologies.   Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.  A significant degree of creativity and latitude is required.  Works under limited supervision with considerable latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

•Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams. Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework. Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor. Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics. Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities. Documents risks and develops mitigation plans. Manages scope. Creates and implements a communication plan. Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes. Negotiates resources. Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsor. Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers. Provides technical support to project team members. Handles complex application features and technical designs. Designs and implements the components required for complex application features. Generally manages a group of applications system analysts. Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Professional certification is highly desirable.
•May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application or platform skills. Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project. Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts. Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and customers. Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency. Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives. Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance. Self-directed and independent. Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.

Acts as a partner to other project managers performing Project Management Quality Assurance for their projects.
Project manager is expected to manage multiple projects and programs supporting initiatives from Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Chief Security Officer (CSO) offices.


Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
PMI, PMP
Desired
7
Years
ITIL
Required
5
Years
Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Visio)
Required
7
Years
State of Michigan Project Management methodology/System Engineering Methodology or equivalent Project Management Methodology based on PMI and SEI
Required
5
Years
Project and Portfolio management system - e.g. Changepoint, Microsoft Project, etc.
Required
5
Years
Project Management experience on I T infrastructure projects
Desired
5
Years
Project Management experience with IT Audits, audit monitoring and compliance
Highly desired
4
Years
Agile
Desired
4
Years