Senior Technical Project Manager - HYBRID (Locals to Lansing, MI)

Job Description:

***Crop to Crop resumes are accepted

Location Requirement: Hybrid Work Schedule (non-negotiable): This position will require in-office work on Wednesdays and Thursdays. In-office days are mandatory and cannot be altered

Candidates MUST be local to Lansing, Michigan area (within 90 miles) at time of submission. This requirement is non-negotiable

The project manager position will work as a contract resource for the State of Michigan - Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) supporting the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The resource will act as the project manager for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Alerts Phase 3 Project to ensure consistency with the State Unified Information Technology Environment (SUITE) practices and procedures, investment management and systems engineering methodology (SEM), 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.

Required Qualifications:

·       7+ years of experience 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).

Preferred Skills:

·       Knowledge of ADO

·       Knowledge of Clarity

·       Knowledge of API driven integration

·       PMP or CPM certifications

Other Desired Qualifications

·       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.

Key Competencies

·       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.