Senior IT Project Manager – Government / COTS / Multi-Vendor

📢 Hiring

Senior IT Project Manager – Government / COTS / Multi-Vendor

📍 Location

Lansing, MI – Local candidates highly preferred (within 1 hour)

🏢 Hybrid

Onsite Monday & Tuesday | Remote Wednesday–Friday

⏳ Duration

12 Months + Possible Extension

🛂 Visa

No OPT/CPT

We are looking for a Senior IT Project Manager (PM3) to support high-priority technology initiatives for the State of Michigan / Michigan Department of Corrections.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience managing large-scale, complex enterprise IT projects, including $20M+ budgets, multi-vendor environments, COTS/SaaS implementations, stakeholder management, and government/public-sector initiatives.

🔹 Must-Have Skills

• 8+ years of Project Management experience
• 8+ years managing projects with budgets greater than $20M
• 8+ years managing IT projects in large, complex enterprise environments
• 8+ years managing vendors / third-party solution providers
• Strong experience with large-scale technology implementations
• Experience managing COTS technology projects
• Experience working in multi-vendor environments
• Experience overseeing technical teams involving system architecture and SaaS integrations
• Strong executive stakeholder and business/technical team management
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects
• Strong project budgeting, scheduling, scope, risk, resource, and change management experience
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills

⭐ Highly Preferred

• State/local government or public-sector project experience
• Michigan State Government / DTMB experience
• Department of Corrections experience
• Clarity PPM experience
• PMP or equivalent Project Management certification
• Procurement and RFP-driven project experience
• Agile and traditional/Waterfall project delivery experience

Key Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and quality
• Develop and maintain project schedules and budgets using Clarity
• Lead large-scale IT implementations and organizational initiatives
• Manage vendors, contracts, deliverables, and approval processes
• Coordinate technical and business teams across multiple stakeholders
• Manage project change requests and associated business impacts
• Prepare project status reports and executive-level presentations
• Ensure compliance with State of Michigan project management methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in banking or financial services.
• Experience with large-scale Finance Transformation programs.
• Experience integrating multiple source systems with Oracle Accounting Hub.
• Knowledge of regulatory, audit, and SOX compliance requirements.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion ERP Cloud implementations.

Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid – Local Candidates Only)

• Work Authorization: US Citizens and Green Card Holders Only