InfoPeople
Top Skills & Years of Experience:
- 5+ years overall experience
- Experience with the ADKAR (Prosci) Framework
- Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional teams and manage high-visibility projects with medium to high risk.
- Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with experience interacting with Agency Leadership.
- Ability to manage both technical delivery and change management efforts within complex environments.
- Demonstrated success managing vendor-supported projects with integrated technical components and stakeholder groups.
Key Responsibilities: - Provide strategic oversight, leadership, and accountability for one or more large, complex IT projects, typically lasting longer than 6 months, involving 20 or more team members, and requiring executive-level communication and coordination. - Ensure alignment with State of Michigan project management methodologies, including SUITE, investment management, and systems engineering methodology. - Lead cross-functional teams through all phases of project planning and execution, including the development of integrated schedules, risk management plans, and budget tracking. - Monitor and report on project progress regarding scope, quality, schedule, and budget, and escalate issues and risks to executive leadership as necessary. - Perform long-term release planning to support organizational strategic goals and ensure alignment with broader enterprise initiatives. - Evaluate technical requirements in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders, proposing solutions that meet business needs while adhering to SOM best practices and industry standards. - Apply structured change management practices grounded in the ADKAR (Prosci) framework to ensure stakeholder alignment and successful adoption of project deliverables. Technical Competencies: - Strong knowledge of APIs, system interfaces, and multi-system integrations across complex IT environments. - Working knowledge of IT infrastructure components and their interactions within networked environments (e.g., firewalls, VIPs, F5 listeners, ports). - Familiarity with core infrastructure environments including networks, servers, storage, web platforms, and virtual/cloud solutions. - Ability to effectively collaborate with technical teams and external vendors to support solution design, integration, deployment, and issue resolution. Change Management and Stakeholder Engagement: This position plays a critical role in driving change adoption through: - Integration of change management principles from the outset of the project. - Close collaboration with stakeholder engagement leads to develop and implement communication plans, facilitate training sessions, and monitor organizational readiness. - Supporting stakeholders at every level to reduce resistance, align expectations, and ensure long-term user adoption of new systems and processes. Ideal Candidate Profile: - Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional teams and manage high-visibility projects with medium to high risk. - Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with experience interacting with Agency Leadership. - Ability to manage both technical delivery and change management efforts within complex environments. - Demonstrated success managing vendor-supported projects with integrated technical components and stakeholder groups.
Key Responsibilities: - Provide strategic oversight, leadership, and accountability for one or more large, complex IT projects, typically lasting longer than 6 months, involving 20 or more team members, and requiring executive-level communication and coordination. - Ensure alignment with State of Michigan project management methodologies, including SUITE, investment management, and systems engineering methodology. - Lead cross-functional teams through all phases of project planning and execution, including the development of integrated schedules, risk management plans, and budget tracking. - Monitor and report on project progress regarding scope, quality, schedule, and budget, and escalate issues and risks to executive leadership as necessary. - Perform long-term release planning to support organizational strategic goals and ensure alignment with broader enterprise initiatives. - Evaluate technical requirements in collaboration with IT and business stakeholders, proposing solutions that meet business needs while adhering to SOM best practices and industry standards. - Apply structured change management practices grounded in the ADKAR (Prosci) framework to ensure stakeholder alignment and successful adoption of project deliverables. Technical Competencies: - Strong knowledge of APIs, system interfaces, and multi-system integrations across complex IT environments. - Working knowledge of IT infrastructure components and their interactions within networked environments (e.g., firewalls, VIPs, F5 listeners, ports). - Familiarity with core infrastructure environments including networks, servers, storage, web platforms, and virtual/cloud solutions. - Ability to effectively collaborate with technical teams and external vendors to support solution design, integration, deployment, and issue resolution. Change Management and Stakeholder Engagement: This position plays a critical role in driving change adoption through: - Integration of change management principles from the outset of the project. - Close collaboration with stakeholder engagement leads to develop and implement communication plans, facilitate training sessions, and monitor organizational readiness. - Supporting stakeholders at every level to reduce resistance, align expectations, and ensure long-term user adoption of new systems and processes. Ideal Candidate Profile: - Proven ability to lead large, cross-functional teams and manage high-visibility projects with medium to high risk. - Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills with experience interacting with Agency Leadership. - Ability to manage both technical delivery and change management efforts within complex environments. - Demonstrated success managing vendor-supported projects with integrated technical components and stakeholder groups.