Project Manager Epmo

Job Summary:

The Project Manager 3 (PM3) role within the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) supports the Michigan Department of Treasury and Michigan Gaming Control Board by managing multi-year, high priority IT projects. This position requires strong leadership in project planning, execution, and stakeholder communication while working in a hybrid environment with onsite presence two days per week. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in formal IT project management, multi-vendor coordination, and government project delivery.

• Utilize the State of Michigan's Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources, and manage budgets.
• Prepare presentations tailored to executives, managers, and project teams.
• Monitor, control, and communicate project progress including cost, schedule, scope, resources, quality, and risks.
• Maintain clear, timely, and accurate communications with stakeholders, sponsors, program managers, and management.
• Lead and foster collaboration between technical and business teams to obtain consensus and commitment.
• Develop and maintain key project deliverables following SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM), including Project Charter, Schedule, Budget, Communication Plan, Status Reports, Risk and Issue Management, Change Requests, and Project Closedown Summary.
• Manage communication interfaces with other agencies.
• Ensure adherence to SUITE PMM and System Engineering Methodology (SEM) throughout project lifecycle stages.
• Facilitate and enforce Change Management processes ensuring all change requests are approved before implementation.
• Create Corrective Action Plans (CAP) for projects flagged yellow or red.
• Understand project benefits and update business cases and artifacts accordingly.
• Review vendor contracts and actively manage vendor deliverables and approval procedures.
• Facilitate stakeholder interactions to clarify expectations and ensure deliverables are completed.

• 7+ years of formal IT project management experience delivering projects on time and budget.
• 7+ years experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs.
• 7+ years experience developing and delivering project status reports.
• 7+ years experience using project portfolio management tools such as Clarity.
• 5+ years advanced working knowledge of MS Project.
• 5+ years experience managing diverse stakeholders and system owners across departments.
• 5+ years experience overseeing technical teams and system architecture integration across SaaS solutions.
• 5+ years experience managing IT projects involving Commercial Off the Shelf Technology (COTS).
• 5+ years experience managing multi-vendor environments in government settings.
• 5+ years experience developing and maintaining detailed project integration schedules.
• 5+ years prior developer or senior technical project management experience.
• Plan of Action and Milestones (POAM) experience.
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Scrum Master Certification.
• 3+ years ADA compliance experience.
• 3+ years file transfer service experience.

• Candidate must be within a 90-mile radius of Dimondale, MI at time of submission.
• Hybrid work schedule with mandatory onsite presence two days per week (Tuesday and Wednesday).
• No remote-only work option; onsite attendance required from day one.
• References from former employers are mandatory with submission; bids without references will be rejected.
• Resumes must be 4-5 pages with full legal first and last name only; non-compliant resumes risk rejection.
• Interview process includes virtual first round via MS Teams with vendor presence and photo verification, and second round onsite in Dimondale, MI.
• Sub-vendor use allowed one level deep with proper form submission.

• Full-time, 40 hours per week.
• Hybrid schedule: 2 days onsite (Tuesday and Wednesday), 3 days remote.
• Assignment duration: 1 year with possible extension based on business needs.
• Position start date: November 16, 2026; end date: November 6, 2027.