project Manager

Basic Duties:

• Utilize the State of Michigan’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare
  project schedules, assign resources and management 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 Treasury/DTMB 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 SUITE 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 SUITE 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.