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Description:  The Project Manager will play a pivotal role in the Cyber Security Enhancements Program that will improve and extend the State of Michigan’s security capabilities.
Primary responsibilities include: leading one or more projects from planning to implementation as well as the transition to an operational state. 
The Project Manager will be responsible for the entire lifecycle of the project following the State of Michigan’s standard methodology. 
The candidate is required to produce formal status reports and represent the project status to various stakeholders including project sponsors, PMO, and leadership. 
The Project Manager will work closely with the IT department’s security team, security consultants, project managers and 
other relevant stakeholders to accomplish these activities.
The Project Manager will be the key resource managing both tactical activities as well as formal project initiatives following the standard project delivery methodology.
The ideal candidate must be a quick start, must be resourceful deliver project scope, and able to operate in a large complex IT environment.
The candidate will need to have excellent written and verbal communication skills. 

The candidate must be passionate about the project management profession and the associated disciplines.
The Project Manager will lead teams, advise team members, resolve conflicts and enable team members to accomplish their 
responsibilities by removing road blocks and addressing issues.

Job Responsibilities:
• Responsible for the entire project life cycle using the State of Michigan’s SUITE methodology. 
• Manage the various project areas through the State of Michigan’s ChangePoint system. 
• Identification and publication of Issues along with resolution plans and tracking. 
• Identification and publication of Risks along with mitigation plans and tracking. 
Effort estimation. Development of project plans.
Development of deployment plans.
Stakeholder communications. Coordination with impacted departments.
Hold progress review sessions with the project team(s). 
• Create status reports (4-Up Reports) on a weekly basis.
Manage the project budget.
Procure products and services as needed to deliver the project scope. 
Overall project monitoring and control discipline. 
Manage cross functional teams of employees, contractors and vendors/consultants. 
Skills Required: System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Estimation Techniques Project Plan Development.
Project Monitoring & Control IT Financial Management/Budget. Creation of Status Reports.
Project Management Tool, Suite MS Project, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, Leadership Client Management.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Results oriented.
Must be able to take the lead on a project or projects with little day to day direction. 

Skills Preferred: Infrastructure Project Management.
NIST Security Frameworks. Change Point (or equivalent). 
Networking/Telecom background. 

Experience Required:
Minimum 5-7 years as a Project Manager in IT. Experience in working within large IT organizations.
Highly skilled in MS Project. 
Must be very organized and create a structured working environment.
Familiar with IT governance and framework disciplines.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to effectively work with employee and contract/consultants.
Skilled with Microsoft products, in particular MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint.
Able to work on multiple workstreams and projects in parallel. 

Experience Preferred: Experience in security is preferred.
Experience in Infrastructure is preferred.
Experience with security frameworks or equivalent.
Remediation projects or requirements.
Deployment Management experience.
PMP certified is preferred. 

Education Required: 
Education Preferred Bachelor Degree, preferably in IT, Engineering, Mathematics, Business