Project Manager - #9826689

Familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures within a particular field. Relies on limited experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A certain degree of creativity and latitude is required. May work under supervision of Senior Project or Program

Manager, assisting with larger, more complex initiatives. This PMO area supports the Department of Labor & Economic Opportunity, including Michigan State Housing Development Corporation and Unemployment Insurance Agency, in addition to the Attorney General’s office. Project and program work may be assigned in any of these areas according to work demands. Ideal candidate is able to work alongside a project management team.

Job Duties

• Designs, plans, and coordinates work teams.
• Follows standard project management industry practices such as the PMI's framework.
• Understands business and technical objectives of a project and works closely with project sponsor.
• Creates project charter and work plan and tracks budget and schedule progress via appropriate metrics.
• Establishes project organization and methodologies and defines roles and responsibilities.
• Documents risks and develops mitigation plans.
• Manages scope.
• Creates and implements a communication plan.
• Builds an effective team, assigns tasks to team members, and evaluates outcomes.
• Negotiates resources.
• Communicates to stakeholders and project sponsors.
• Identifies, tracks, and ensures resolution of issues and removal of barriers.
• Provides technical support to project team members.
• Handles complex application features and technical designs.
• Designs and implements the components required for complex application features.
• Generally, manages a group of applications system analysts.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• May require specific PC, workstation, operating system, application, or platform skills.
• Provides overall direction to the formulation, development, implementation, and delivery of a project.
• Exercises management responsibility over the achievement of performance, revenue, and profit objectives of a project and its contracts.
• Ensures that the project plan maintains tasks, schedules, estimates, and status, and disseminates information to team members and customers.
• Creates a structure and organization for the management of a complex environment with emphasis on quality, productivity, and consistency.
• Directs corrective actions in any area where performance falls below objectives.
• Arranges for the assignment of responsibility to other supporting facilities, business areas, and support functions, and monitors their performance.
• Self-directed and independent.
• Responsible for the coordination and completion of projects.
• Oversees all aspects of projects.
• Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project.
• Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.
  
  

Requirements2-3 years:

• Project Management Experience
• Agile experience
  
  

Desired Skills

2-3 years:

• Vendor Management
  
  

Professional certification is highly desirable

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  
  

Location

• Local and non-local candidates may apply.
• Position is a hybrid schedule with 2 days onsite from day 1 - Wednesday & Thursday
• Working hours Monday-Friday, approximately 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
  
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.
  
  

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
• 40 hrs per week
• HYBRID schedule - with 2 days onsite from day 1 - Wednesday & Thursday
  
  

About Zenfreed

At Zenfreed, we are more than an IT company. We bridge the gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do and organizations needing the right talent.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

BenefitsWe understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage options for all employees.