Our client is looking for a Project Manager to support a current project to ensure consistency with the current practices and procedures, investment management and systems engineering methodology, perform long-term release planning based on organizational direction, regularly interact with the project management teams for status of budget, quality and schedule, escalate issues and risks as needed to executives and exercise project quality control activities to ensure project scope expectations are met.
Tasks:
- Proven experience supporting complex, enterprise-level software solutions.
- Strong understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC), secure application development lifecycle (SADLC), and modern DevOps practices.
- Experience providing comprehensive reporting to stakeholders, including executives, written and verbal.
- Strong ability to remove impediments, negotiate dependencies, and collaborate across cross-functional teams (engineering, QA, product, architecture, compliance, and operations).
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Project Manager (CPM), or equivalent certification.
- Experience utilizing the project portfolio management (PPM) tool, Clarity
- Experience supporting teams working with integration-heavy, API-driven, or data-centric systems.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, conflict resolution, and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to guide teams in implementing Agile best practices, continuous improvement, and delivery forecasting.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
- Strong servant leadership mindset with a focus on empowering teams.
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to drive transparency, predictability, and continuous delivery.
- Comfortable facilitating executive-level reporting, burn-up metrics, dashboards, and KPI updates.
- Ability to maintain a positive, motivating influence within high-pressure or sensitive delivery timelines.
NOTE: Candidates MUST be local to Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles) at time of submission. No relocation allowed. Hybrid - in-office work on Wednesdays and Thursdays.no exceptions.
Location: Lansing, MI
Contract: 1 year
Skills Required:
- 7+ years - Serving as a Project Manager in a software development environment
- Hands-on experience using Agile lifecycle management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, Rally, VersionOne, etc.).
- Experience working in fast-paced, cloud-first environments (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform).
Skills Desired – A plus to have:
- Knowledge of ADO
- Knowledge of Clarity
- Knowledge of API driven integration
- PMP or CPM certifications
*** Rate depends on experience
*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We can accept H1b, , TN, and other valid work visas for IT. However, we cannot accept OPT or CPT visas at this time.
*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position.
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