Our client is looking for a Project Manager.  The Project Manager will be responsible for a $20 million modernization project, which will be highly complex, require extensive change and vendor management skills, and experience with Microsoft DevOps.

Tasks

• 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 members.
• Handles complex application features and technical designs.
• Designs and implements the components required for complex application features.
• Manages a group of applications system analysts.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• 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.
• 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.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:

• Clear and concise communication skills.
• Self-directed and independent.

NOTE: Local candidates only. Relocation not allowed. Hybrid Role with 2 days onsite from day 1 - Tuesday and Wednesday.

Location: Lansing, MI  (Hybrid -- 2 days/week (Tuesday/Wednesday) on-site)

Contract: 1 year