Senior IT Project Manager
Lansing, MI – Hybrid
One Year Contract
We are seeking candidates who do not require visa sponsorship, are eligible to work on a W2
Infrastructure, Modernization, and Technical Delivery
Candidates who possess both project management expertise and a practical understanding of enterprise infrastructure, software delivery, and technical architecture will be especially successful in this role.
Position Summary
Senior IT Project Manager (Contractor)
The ideal candidate possesses strong project management skills combined with a solid technical foundation, enabling them to effectively collaborate with architects, developers, infrastructure engineers, database administrators, security teams, and executive stakeholders. Experience managing infrastructure projects, system migrations, software upgrades, and enterprise technology initiatives is highly desirable.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead multiple concurrent IT projects through initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
- Manage project schedules, scope, budget, risks, issues, dependencies, and resource coordination.
- Coordinate technical teams including infrastructure, application development, database, cloud, security, and vendor resources.
- Facilitate project governance activities including status reporting, and executive communications.
- Develop and maintain project artifacts including project charters, schedules, RAID logs, work plans, meeting minutes, and status reports.
- Partner with technical leads and architects to identify project impacts, implementation risks, and deployment considerations.
- Manage vendor and contractor activities to ensure deliverables meet project objectives and timelines.
- Support organizational technology modernization efforts and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Ensure project alignment with agency standards, governance processes, and strategic objectives.
Current Project Types
The selected contractor may support initiatives such as:
- Infrastructure modernization and data center migration activities
- Windows Server, SQL Server, and .NET platform upgrades
- Application modernization efforts
- System integration and API projects
- Cloud and hybrid technology initiatives
- Regulatory and business system enhancements
- Enterprise software implementation projects
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Skill
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Required Exp
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Candidate Exp
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IT Project Management experience
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7
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Experience managing technical or infrastructure-focused projects
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Required
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Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
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Required
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Experience working with cross-functional technical teams
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Required
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Strong risk management, issue management, and stakeholder management skills
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Required
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Familiarity with project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, Hybrid).
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Required
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Experience managing infrastructure upgrades, migrations, or modernization initiatives
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Highly desired
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Working knowledge of Windows Server environments, databases, cloud platforms, networking, or enterprise applications
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Highly desired
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Experience coordinating with architects, engineers, and software development teams
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Highly desired
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Experience with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Planner, Jira, or similar tools.
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Highly desired
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Public sector or government experience
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Highly desired
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PMP certification preferred
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Required
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