Senior Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Lansing, MI (Hybrid - 2 days onsite, 3 days remote)

Employment Type: Full-time, Long-term Contract

Role Level: Senior Project Manager (PM3)

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a large-scale, multi-year modernization initiative within the treasury and gaming regulatory sector. The ideal candidate will demonstrate exceptional leadership, stakeholder management, and organizational skills, with deep experience managing enterprise-level IT projects in a hybrid, multi-vendor environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project schedules, budgets, and resources using enterprise project portfolio management tools.

• Prepare executive and stakeholder presentations, reports, and documentation.

• Oversee project execution to ensure alignment with defined cost, scope, timeline, quality, and risk objectives.

• Drive collaboration among business and technical teams to achieve project goals.

• Develop and maintain project documentation, including project charters, risk and issue logs, communication plans, change requests, and closeout reports.

• Lead change management processes to ensure all project adjustments are approved and documented.

• Create and monitor Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) when projects are in yellow or red status.

• Oversee vendor relationships, ensuring deliverables meet defined contractual and quality standards.

• Facilitate stakeholder communication and ensure timely completion of key milestones and deliverables.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in IT project management within structured methodologies.

• 7+ years of experience completing projects on time and within budget.

• 7+ years of experience managing budgets, schedules, risk, issues, and change requests.

• 7+ years preparing and presenting project status reports.

• 5+ years of experience with project portfolio management tools.

• 5+ years of advanced experience using MS Project.

• 5+ years managing stakeholders across multiple departments or agencies.

• 5+ years of experience leading IT projects involving Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) solutions.

• 5+ years managing projects in multi-vendor environments, ideally within government or regulatory settings.