Job summary:

　　Title:

　　QA Manager - Hybrid

　　Location:

　　Lansing, MI, United States

　　Length and terms:

　　Long term - W2 or C2C

　　Position created on 01/23/2024 04:30 pm

　　Job description:

　　* Very long term project initial PO for 1 year and usually the project goes for 3/5 years with this customer Hybrid 2 days a week onsite( Monday and Tuesday )**

　　* Local candidates ONLY *

　　BACKGROUND:

　　The Legislature appropriates funding annually which is targeted for IT investment. An Investment Management Governance Board was created. The purpose of the IT Investment Management Governance model is to oversee the following activities:

　　Evaluation and validation of investments in ITIF projects.

　　Evaluation and validation of investments in non ITIF Enterprise projects.

　　Governance and oversight of SOMs Investment Management program.

　　Management of risk in both project execution and decision making, thereby preserving financial resources and ensuring value propositions are realized.

　　Definition and measurement of fund performance this includes the initiation of activities and introduction of change as required to address organizational performance deficiencies that impact the fund.

　　The State of Michigan setup an ITIF team within the Enterprise Portfolio Management Office (EPMO) to provide an objective evaluation of ITIF projects by applying standard methodology and measurements to project activities. This team helps the State generate an accurate status for the projects and will promote the timely handling of risks, issues, and changes. This team also conducts project assurance as a planned, systematic review activity to determine projects are employing the processes necessary for success.

　　POSITION DUTIES:

　　Program Manager will provide the following, but not limited to, services to support ITIF projects:

　　Conduct regular meetings with ITIIF project managers. Help develop reporting/communication mechanisms for projects.

　　Create, manage, and implement quality assurance plans for high profile projects.

　　Proactively mentor project managers identifying and managing risk and issues plans.

　　Assist in the preparation of project status reporting that addresses, at a minimum, task status, deliverable completion, budget expenditure, completion estimate, resource assessments, schedule adjustments, problem/risk/issue identification and corrective action planning.

　　Support in the training of PMs and other state resources on performing quality assurance tasks as needed. Proactively mentor project managers identifying and managing risk and issue plans.

　　Assist with business/technical decisions related to the use of software to align to business needs and budget constraints.

　　Advise DTMB on managing contracts for development efforts.

　　Help develop and maintain effective, customer focused, and usable communications for program and project reporting.

　　Provide SME support and contribute to all efforts supporting the design, delivery and sustainment of IT Readiness and Benefits Realization activities used in the selection, prioritization, planning, and ongoing monitoring for IT investments.

　　Create presentations, briefings, training/awareness materials, and progress reports.

　　Required Knowledge/Skills:

　　Managing quality assurance on large government projects.

　　Must have experience in providing quality assurance for projects of duration greater than 6 months and more than 50 stakeholders.

　　Must have excellent communications skills, including both written and verbal skills.

　　Must have professional facilitation skills.

　　Must have experience in creating project level risk and issue management plans.

　　Additional Required Experience:

　　3+ years of experience in Quality Management within IT projects (preferably with budgets greater than $10 million and multi phase, multi year implementations)

　　3+ years of experience in verbal and written communication with clients and technical staff in English

　　Intermediate+ level knowledge and understanding to support research and ability to apply concepts, of the Software Engineering Institutes (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)

　　Program Manager will NOT directly manage IT projects for the State of Michigan. This position will provide portfolio governance, investment management, and quality assurance services to ensure the effectiveness of the states IT investments.

　　Clear and concise communication skills required.

　　Contact the recruiter working on this position:

　　The recruiter working on this position is Raghu

　　His/her contact number is +(1) () His/her contact email is [email protected]

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