Project Manager (Hybrid Onsite) - Lansing, MI

Job title: Project Manager (Hybrid Onsite) - Lansing, MI in Lansing, MI at GSK Solutions Company: GSK Solutions Job description: Job Title:Project Manager (Hybrid Onsite)Location:Lansing, MIDuration:12 monthsPay Rate:$75/hr on C2C / 1099 all inclusive (OR) $70/hr on W2Note3 Professional references are mandatory (reference page attached)Interview Process: Candidates submitted must be willing to come onsite (Lansing, MI) for interviews.Accepting local candidates within 1 hour of Lansing, MI ONLY. Position will be hybrid, in office 2 days a week upon start and there is NO REMOTE ONLY option.Job DescriptionThe Project Manager (PM) leads the modernization project team responsible for achieving the project objectives. The PM plans, manages, and communicates project activities ensuring the project is delivered according to the project scope, schedule, and budget as defined in the project charter. Adopting the ORS culture of collaboration across all teams will be integral to the success of this position and the project. ORS relies on Agile Scrum self-managed teams, which require a servant leader PM to be successful.General responsibilities:Accountable for monitoring and communicating project progress by actively managing the cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with Product Owners.Accountable and responsible for clear, timely, and accurate communications with stakeholders, particularly the Modernization Steering Team, project team members, program manager, and Agency/DTMB management, on the status of the project, using appropriate communication methods.Accountable for efficient and effective ongoing communication with the vendor throughout the project lifecycle.Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment. Advocates as necessary to ensure project success.Prepares reports for the Modernization Steering team regarding the status of the project and presents status of projects in regularly scheduled program steering meetings.Responsible for working with the project team members to develop and maintain key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle.Responsible for actively evaluating the project to anticipate, identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks and issues. Escalates risks and issues to Program team when needed.Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to 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 project team adherence to IT governance activities.Responsible for understanding project interdependencies and ensuring appropriate and timely discussions and actions occur when a project change may have an impact.Responsible for completion of the project tailoring process to determine the PMM and SEM deliverables for the project.Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.Facilitates interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.Desired experience:5 years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $20 million.5 years Agile Scrum experience (documented in resume).Past 5 years of experience must be as a Project Manager working on IT Projects.Documented experience managing an IT project in a large, complex enterprise-governed IT ecosystem.Microsoft DevOps Experience.Passion for collaboration and working in a team environment.Experience working with other project managers to ensure technology integration between systems.Must be local to Lansing, Michigan area (within 1 hour). Work will be Tuesday and Wednesday in office; Monday, Thursday, and Friday can be remote (non-negotiable).Address on Michigan driver's license will be verified prior to interview.Previous state government experience highly desired.Provide name and US telephone number of three professional references that can speak to IT project management experience.No duplicate submissions from previous posting. Expected salary: Location: Lansing, MI Apply for the job now! Apply for this job