IT Project Manager

Responsibilities

The IT Project Manager will plan and execute projects from initiation through closeout, managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk. They will facilitate Agile ceremonies or Waterfall reviews while coordinating with stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional technical teams.

Requirements

Candidates must have at least 5 years of experience managing IT projects or leading Agile delivery teams. Proficiency in project management methodologies and tools, along with the ability to work on-site in Lansing, MI, is required.

Skills

• IT Project Management
• Waterfall
• Agile
• Scrum Master
• Program Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management
• Risk Management
• Budget Management
• Azure DevOps
• Jira
• MS Project
• Clarity PPM
• Smartsheet
• System Implementation
• Cloud Migration

About this role

Note: This posting is intended to build a candidate pipeline for upcoming contract opportunities and does not represent a single immediate opening.
Stafford Gray is building a pipeline of experienced IT project leaders for contract roles with public-sector and enterprise clients in the Lansing area. We regularly support projects ranging from application development and modernization to system implementations and infrastructure upgrades.
We’re especially interested in candidates with experience in one or more of these areas:
IT project management: Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid delivery on software or systems projects.
Scrum Master and Agile delivery: sprint facilitation, backlog health, and team coaching.
Program management: coordinating multiple related projects, vendors, and budgets.
Implementation projects: COTS, ERP, CRM, or SaaS rollouts and system migrations.
Infrastructure and modernization projects: cloud migration, upgrades, and legacy system replacement.
What the work typically looks like:
Planning and running projects from initiation through closeout, covering scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
Facilitating Agile ceremonies or Waterfall milestone reviews, depending on the team.
Managing stakeholders, vendors, and cross-functional technical teams.
Tracking RAID logs, status reporting, and change control.
Keeping work visible and moving in tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, or Clarity.
Required
5+ years of experience managing IT projects or leading Agile delivery teams.
Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, and risk on technology projects.
Hands-on experience with Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
Strong stakeholder communication, facilitation, and written reporting skills.
Must live within reasonable commuting distance of Lansing, MI. Most roles are hybrid with regular on-site days.
Must be available for contract work. We work directly with candidates, not through third-party vendors.
Preferred
PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, PSM, or SAFe certification.
Experience supporting government, healthcare, utilities, financial, or other regulated environments.
Tools: Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, Clarity PPM, or Smartsheet.

About Stafford Gray

Information Technology & Services · 11-50 employees · headquartered in Lansing, Michigan