Senior Project Manager - EPMO Treasury

Project Manager - IT, CSS, EPMO, Treasury, Lottery

Location: Dimondale, MI

Onsite Flexibility: Hybrid

Contract Details

• Position Type: Contract
• Pay Rate: $70.00 $75.00 / Hour (USD)
• Work Authorization: Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

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Job Summary

This position is for a Senior Project Manager (PM3) to assist the Project Management Office supporting Michigan Department of Treasury with a multi-year high priority project. This role, as part of the DTMB Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO), works closely with DTMB Agency Services technical teams as well as with agency executives/stakeholders in the delivery of various projects for Michigan Department of Treasury.

The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, multi-vendor deployment supporting a hybrid workforce (combination of on-site and remote work) at all levels of the organization. Applicants should possess exceptional communication and follow-up skills along with significant experience in formal IT project management. This position requires the PM to be working in person for 2 days a week and 3 days remote.

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Key Responsibilities

• Utilize the Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources, and manage budgets.
• Prepare information for presentations geared to various audiences ranging from executives, managers, and project team members.
• Accountable for monitoring, controlling, and communicating project progress by actively managing the cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
• Accountable and responsible for clear, timely, and accurate communications with stakeholders, particularly the project sponsors, project team members, program managers, and MGCB/DTMB management, on the status of the project, using appropriate communication methods.
• Responsible for providing leadership and fostering collaborative participation between the technical and business teams by obtaining consensus and gaining commitment.
• Responsible for working with the project team members to develop and maintain the following key SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) deliverables throughout the project lifecycle: Project Charter Project Schedule Project Budget Communication Plan Project Status Report Risk and Issue Management Plans Change Requests Project Closedown Summary.
• Responsible for managing interfaces related to communication with other agencies.
• Responsible for ensuring the project adheres to the SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM), including appropriate and timely transitions through the stages and phases of the project lifecycle.
• Responsible for facilitating and enforcing the Change Management process (Change Requests) when the project deviates from the approved scope, schedule, or budget. This includes ensuring all Change Requests have appropriate approval before action is taken or information is updated.
• Responsible for creating project Corrective Action Plans (CAP) when necessary for projects in yellow or red status.
• Responsible for understanding the project benefits and the impact of change requests to the benefits business cases. Responsible for ensuring related project artifacts are updated accordingly.
• Responsible for reviewing and understanding vendor contracts to actively manage the vendor deliverables and adherence to the vendor deliverable approval procedure.
• Facilitate the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed.

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Required Skills

• In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices (7 years required)
• Proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role (7 years required)
• Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs (7 years required)
• Experience developing and delivering project status (7 years required)
• Experience using project portfolio management systems and tools (e.g., Clarity) (5 years required)
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Project (5 years required)
• Experience handling a variety of stakeholders and system owners from other departments (5 years required)
• Oversee Technical Teams with system architecture and integration across SaaS solutions (5 years required)
• Experience providing project management services for IT projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS) (5 years required)
• Experience managing multi-vendor environment in a government environment (5 years required)
• Developed and maintained detailed project integration schedules (5 years required)
• Prior Developer/Senior Technical Project Management experience (5 years required)
• Scrum Master Certified (5 years required)
• System Security Plans (SSP) (5 years required)
• Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) (5 years required)

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Preferred Skills

• Possession of a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (highly desired, 3 years)

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Required Experience

• Minimum 7 years of in-depth IT project management experience, including industry standard and best practices
• Minimum 7 years delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role
• Minimum 7 years establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs
• Minimum 7 years developing and delivering project status

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Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401k Retirement Fund

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About the Client

Michigan state government employs approximately 48,000 civil servants and is one of the Midwest's most expansive public-sector employers, offering careers across an exceptionally wide range of disciplines from skilled trades, healthcare, and law enforcement to information technology, natural resources management, education, and business administration. With positions distributed across dozens of agencies and communities throughout the state, this employer offers professional stability and geographic flexibility that few private-sector organizations can match.

The organization has been recognized as a leading employer by new graduates for multiple consecutive years and has received a North America Government Agency Employee Engagement Award external validations of an internal culture that takes employee experience seriously. Leadership has invested in work-life programs spanning family support, fitness, wellness, and elder care, alongside hybrid and flexible scheduling options that are increasingly available across agency roles.

Professional development is a genuine organizational priority. Employees have access to tuition reimbursement for continuing education and formal training, with structured pathways for advancement across the career lifecycle. The organization's scale means that internal mobility is a real option professionals who want to grow, shift disciplines, or take on leadership responsibilities can often do so without leaving state employment.

Michigan state government is committed to expanding employment opportunities for Michiganders through active outreach, inclusive hiring practices, and investment in building a workforce that reflects the communities it serves. Whether you are beginning your career or bringing years of specialized expertise, this employer provides both the mission and the infrastructure to support meaningful, long-term professional growth.

For those drawn to public service work at scale work that directly affects the lives of Michigan residents every day this is a destination employer. ---

About GTT

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Job Number: 26-09560 Industry: Operations & Management

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