AI-Driven Pursuit Project Lead (Remote)

Maximus; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work/Life Balance Support

Bonuses based on performance

Comprehensive Insurance Coverage

401K Retirement Savings with Company-M

Unlimited Time Off

Wellness Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Perks and Discounts

Professional Development Opportunities

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Pursuit Project Manager to lead cross-functional pursuit teams and drive timely delivery of complex business development opportunities and RFP responses. This fully remote role emphasizes AI-enabled tools to improve visibility, efficiency, and governance across multiple functions.

You will mentor junior staff, manage risk and dependencies, and coordinate with operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, and sales to maintain schedule adherence while preserving strong executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Specialized experience needed: hands-on management of complex pursuits, proposals, implementations, or other deadline-driven projects with multiple workstreams, dependencies, governance routines, and executive visibility.
• Candidates should be advanced users of integrated project plans, milestone schedules, readiness trackers, RAID logs, action registers, decision logs, and executive status reporting.
• Must have strong cross-functional coordination experience across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, sales, proposal, SMEs, and leadership stakeholders.
• Must communicate clearly, escalate early, and use approved AI-enabled tools to streamline notes, action tracking, reporting, and risk visibility.
• This position is fully remote and will require a home office.
• Home office requirements: Reliable high-speed internet service; 20 Mbps down, 50 Mbps shared; 5 Mbps up

Responsibilities

• Lead pursuit teams to execute required actions and deliverables aligned to opportunity timelines and RFP requirements.
• Create and manage integrated project plans, milestone schedules, dependencies, decision checkpoints, and readiness calendars.
• Track action ownership, due dates, completion status, risks, issues, open decisions, and leadership follow-ups.
• Manage risk, issue, and action-item logs; escalate decisions and barriers with clear options, impacts, and recommended next steps.
• Coordinate and negotiate across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, proposal, sales, and other pursuit resources to maintain schedule adherence.
• Use approved AI-enabled tools and automation practices to streamline recurring status reporting, meeting-note synthesis, action-item extraction, and risk visibility.
• Mentor junior staff; review trackers, status updates, and governance materials for clarity, completeness, and follow-through.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Risk and issue management

Executive status reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

7+ years of professional experience

Tools

RAID logs

Readiness trackers

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Maximus is seeking a Pursuit Project Manager to lead cross-functional pursuit teams and drive timely delivery of complex business development opportunities and RFP responses. This fully remote role emphasizes AI-enabled tools to improve visibility, efficiency, and governance across multiple functions.

You will mentor junior staff, manage risk and dependencies, and coordinate with operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, and sales to maintain schedule adherence while preserving strong executive