IT Project Manager

Job Description: Project ManagerLocation: Onsite (Detroit, MI)Job OverviewResponsibilities:• Lead and facilitate the execution of the approved transition plan and report progress to leadership.• Serve as primary point of accountability between the System Integrator, internal IT teams, and business stakeholders.• Enforce knowledge transfer, documentation, and vendor exit requirements.• Ensure operational readiness, security compliance, and disaster recovery preparedness.• Identify risks and escalate issues with mitigation recommendations.• Manage the scope, risk, issues, deliverables, and schedule of project directly related to all IT technical transition and knowledge transfer tasks.• Facilitate and manage the vendor technical transition and knowledge transfer leaders and teams according to the transition project schedule.• Work with the Project Managers, Technical Managers and the Program Leadership Group to regularly communicate project status across all organizations.• Assign project tasks and coordinate resources; this includes reviewing individual issues and concerns and resolving or escalating them as needed.• Facilitate, communicate and execute the overall IT technical support transition and knowledge transfer strategy for the project, considering scope, objectives, and constraints.• Identify and assess risks related to technical support transition and knowledge transfer and work proactively to mitigate them.• Oversee review and analysis of IT technical transition and knowledge transfer documentation, and present findings to IT technical management teams.• Work in an agile environment and understand agile methodologies.• Participating in project meetings including Agile/Scrum grooming, sprint planning, sprint reviews, and daily stand-ups.• Collaborate within an agile software development process with software developers, subject matter experts and stakeholders.Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities· Technical Knowledgeo Strong understanding and knowledge of .NET application architectureso Hands-on knowledge of Microsoft Azure, including:§ App Services / Functions§ Azure SQL, Storage, and Key Vault§ Azure Monitor and Application Insights§ Azure RBAC and managed identitieso Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and operational monitoringo Understanding of public sector IT governance, security, and compliance requirementso Strong vendor management and stakeholder communication skillso Ability to lead cross-functional technical teams during high-impact transitionso Familiarity with ReactJS-based front ends (support perspective)· Management & Leadership Skillso Proven experience leading complex IT transitions or transformationso Strong vendor management and contract enforcement skillso Ability to translate technical risks into executive-level languageo Excellent facilitation and decision-making skills· Operational & Process Skillso Experience implementing or managing:§ IT service management (ITIL-aligned preferred)§ Incident, problem, and change management§ Production support modelso Strong documentation and operational disciplineo Ability to design and execute phased transition plans· Experienceo IT Technical Transition Manager with 5+ years of IT experience, including matrix management experience leading business, vendor and technology teamso 3–5+ years in:§ IT management§ Technical program management§ Application or infrastructure operations leadershipo Demonstrated experience transitioning systems from:§ Vendor-led to internally supported§ On premises to cloud environmentso Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple testing activities within the program simultaneously.o Strong project management skills to facilitate the IT technical transition and knowledge transfer activities from System Integrator vendor to State Of Michigan technical teams; escalate risk areas as needed; coordinate all activities and provide expertise throughout the IT technical transition phase.