Sr IT Project Manager (Remote - Michigan)

Maximus is looking to hire a Sr. IT Project Manager to support their Michigan Enrollment Broker Services team. The role involves developing and monitoring project performance goals, facilitating communication on project status, and managing risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the point of contact and client interface for project technology related issues
• Manage project expectations, evaluate project needs, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure that program needs are met with respect to urgency and priority
• Develop trust, credibility, and strong client relationships; seeks opportunities to add value to internal and external client initiatives
• Review all project deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy meet project, stakeholder, and contractual standards
• Execute all project management functions including; work breakdown and cost estimation, scheduling, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables and budgets, and staff assignment and development
• Lead and direct the successful delivery of application development, systems integration, infrastructure, and product installation/customization services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery
• Define and implement development plans for assigned projects
• Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area
• Ensure staff is knowledgeable on the applications and technologies in use on the project and that project team understands and follows processes and procedures
• Provide detailed direction during various stages of the lifecycle to include requirements analysis, testing, and potentially programming support
• Identify and assess new functional capabilities supporting engineering change proposals and additional follow on work
• Identify, track, manage, and communicate risks and issues with stakeholders and upper management
• Coordinate, prepare, and manage technical presentations and functional demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Bachelor's degree required
• Excellent communication and organization skills required
• Ability to motivate and guide staff to ensure accurate, efficient, and timely delivery of service required
• Project Management Professional or Scrum Certification required
• Experience with project planning for both business and technology required
• Experience with project budgeting and financial schedules required
• Michigan residency or willingness to relocate to the State of Michigan required
• Ability to travel for work up to 15% of the time required
• Must have at least 5 years of managing large-scale projects, preferably within State/Local Health & Human Services Call Center Operations of at least 350 staff
• Internet speed of 20mbps or higher required
• Connectivity to the internet via either Wi-Fi or Category 5 or 6 ethernet patch cable to the home router
• Must currently and permanently reside in the Continental US
• Lean Six Sigma certification preferred