Senior Project Manager Job at The Stafford Gray Group (Lansing)

Senior Project Manager

The Stafford Gray Group

Location:
United States , Lansing

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

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Job Description:

Project Manager – PMO Supporting Treasury and Michigan Gaming Control Board. This position is for a Senior Project Manager (PM3) to assist the State of Michigan 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 Treasury’s City Tax Modernization. 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.

Job Responsibility:

Utilize the State of Michigan’s Project Portfolio Management Tool (Clarity) to prepare project schedules, assign resources and management 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 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
Facilitates the interactions among stakeholders by clarifying the expectations of all participants and ensuring all deliverables are assigned, reviewed, and completed

Requirements:

10+ years, Oracle/SAP ERP experience. Global ERP Project Management leading 20+ member team with over $750M+ budget
7+ years, In-depth knowledge of and experience in IT project management, including industry standard and best practices
7+ years, Experience establishing and maintaining project budgets, schedules, change requests, risk and issue logs and have a proven record for delivering projects on time and on budget in a formal project manager role
5+ years, Experience using a project portfolio management systems and tools (eg.) Clarity
5+ years, Advanced working knowledge of MSProject
PMP certification highly desired

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Job Posted:
January 10, 2026

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Senior Project Manager

The Stafford Gray Group

Location:
United States , Lansing

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibility:

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Job Posted:
January 10, 2026

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