Program manager

Top Skills Required & Years of Experience:  

• Managing quality assurance on large government projects.

• Must have experience in providing quality assurance for projects of duration greater than 6 months and more than 50 stakeholders.  

• Must have excellent communications skills, including both written and verbal skills.  

• Must have professional facilitation skills.  

• Must have experience in creating project level risk and issue management plans.

Additional Required Experience:

• 3 years of experience in Quality Management within IT projects (preferably with budgets greater than $10 million and multi-phase, multi-year implementations)

• 3 years of experience in verbal and written communication with clients and technical staff in English

• Intermediate level knowledge and understanding to support research and ability to apply concepts, of the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

ITIF Program Manager

BACKGROUND

The Information Technology Investment Fund (ITIF) is a special fund appropriated by the Legislature to

enable the State of Michigan to modernize and deploy various critical IT systems throughout the State.

These projects include participation of not only DTMB but also other State agencies. Some projects will

be completed this fiscal year; others span several years. Some projects are funded solely by the IT

Investment Fund; others involve funding from other sources.

The Michigan Legacy Application Modernization Program (MILAMP) is a statewide initiative to modernize

the most critical applications for the State of Michigan.

The Legislature appropriates funding annually which is targeted for IT investment. An Investment

Management Governance Board was created. The purpose of the IT Investment Management

Governance model is to oversee the following activities:

Evaluation and validation of investments in ITIF projects.

Evaluation and validation of investments in non-ITIF Enterprise projects.

Governance and oversight of SOM’s Investment Management program.

Management of risk in both project execution and decision-making, thereby preserving financial

resources and ensuring value propositions are realized.

Definition and measurement of fund performance; this includes the initiation of activities and

introduction of change as required to address organizational performance deficiencies that

impact the fund. 

The State of Michigan setup an ITIF team within the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) to provide an objective evaluation of ITIF projects by applying standard methodology and measurements to project activities. This team helps the State generate an accurate status for the projects and will promote the timely handling of risks, issues, and changes. This team also conducts project assurance as a planned, systematic review activity to determine projects are employing the processes necessary for success.

POSITION DUTIES

Program Manager will provide the following, but not limited to, services to support ITIF and MILAMP

projects:

Conduct regular meetings with ITIIF project managers. Help develop reporting/communication

mechanisms for projects.

Create, manage, and implement quality assurance plans for high profile projects.

Proactively mentor project managers identifying and managing risk and issues plans.

Assist in the preparation of project status reporting that addresses, at a minimum, task status,

deliverable completion, budget expenditure, completion estimate, resource assessments,

schedule adjustments, problem/risk/issue identification and corrective action planning.

Support in the training of PMs and other state resources on performing quality assurance tasks

as needed. Proactively mentor project managers identifying and managing risk and issues plans.

Assist with business/technical decisions related to the use of software to align to business needs

and budget constraints.

Advise DTMB on managing contracts for development efforts.

Help develop and maintain effective, customer-focused, and usable communications for

program/project reporting.

Provide SME support and contribute to all efforts supporting the design, delivery and

sustainment of IT Readiness and Benefits Realization activities used in the selection,

prioritization, planning, and ongoing monitoring for IT investments.

Create presentations, briefings, training/awareness materials, and progress reports.

REQUIREMENTS

Required Knowledge/Skills:

Managing quality assurance on large government projects.

Must have experience in providing quality assurance for projects of duration greater than 6

months and more than 50 stakeholders.

Must have excellent communications skills, including both written and verbal skills.

Must have professional facilitation skills.

Must have experience in creating project level risk and issue management plans.

Additional Required Experience:

3 years of experience in Quality Management within IT projects (preferably with budgets greater

than $10 million and multi-phase, multi-year implementations)

3 years of experience in verbal and written communication with clients and technical staff in

English

Intermediate level knowledge and understanding to support research and ability to apply

concepts, of the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration

(CMMI)