Project Manager 3 (Hybrid; local) - DP Professionals

DPP is seeking a Project Manager for an opportunity in Lansing, Michigan.
 
Work arrangement:

• Hybrid: 2 days/week onsite (Tuesday and Wednesday). Onsite from day 1.
• W2 position; 12 months.
• Local candidates only. 

Job description:

• 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. 

Responsibilities:

• 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. 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. 

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• 5 years of experience managing projects with budgets greater than $5 million.
• 5 years Agile Leadership experience (document in resume)
• 10 years of experience as a project manager (must be most recent position)
• Microsoft DevOps experience
• Experience working with other project managers to ensure technology integration between systems
• Must be local to Lansing, Michigan area. Work will be 2 days per week in office and 3 days remote.
• Previous SOM experience highly desired
• Clear and concise communication skills required. 

Interested? Learn more:
Click the apply button or contact our recruiter Kyle at Kyle.Croft@dppit.com to learn more about this position (#24-00750).

DPP offers a range of compensation and benefits packages to our employees and their eligible dependents. Call today to learn more about working with DPP.

Authorized US Worker - US Citizens and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time. EOE/AA/V/D