Project Manager, IT Project Manager

This position is a long term contract - onsite 2 days per week in Lansing, MI. Please only apply if you are local and open to the hybrid schedule!

• In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices
• Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role
• Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs
• Experience developing and delivering project status
• Experience handling a variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments
• Experience overseeing Technical Teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions
• PMP Certification - Highly Desired

Project Manager –

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.

• 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 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 Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle:
  Project Charter, Project Schedule, Project Budget, Communication Plan, Project Status Report, Risk and Issue Management Plans, Change Requests, Project Closedown Summary.
• Responsible for managing interfaces related communication with other agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the 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.

This is a Contract position based out of Lansing, MI.

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $60.00/hr.

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

This is a hybrid position in Lansing, MI.

This position is anticipated to close on Jul 15, 2026.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.