Project Manager

Top Skills & Years of Experience Required:

Project Management Experience 35 years

The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership skills and a basic understanding of IT infrastructure and how the IT components interact via network communications. (Firewall VIP F5 Listener Port etm.)

Possess a basic understanding of IT infrastructure components including networks servers storage web and virtual/cloud environments.

Assist in evaluation of technical requirements and propose solutions that meet business objectives while adhering to SOM best practices and industry standards.

This position provides oversight leadership accountability and project management functions for one or more large size complex projects.

These projects typically utilize vendor participation and require complex schedules and integration with other systems.

Large sized projects typically have durations longer than 6 months with 20 or more team members require communication at the Agency Leadership level and have a medium to high risk.

This position will:

Ensure consistency with the State of Michigan (SOM) project management methodology (SUITE) investment management and systems engineering methodology.

Perform longterm release planning based on organizational direction.

Regularly interact with the project management teams for status of budget quality and schedule.

Escalate issues and risks as needed to executives and exercise project quality control activities to ensure project scope expectations are met