Director - Pursuit Management

Maximus; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus, a leading provider of government services, is seeking a senior leader to run rapid, full-spectrum pursuit activities for MSAs, RFIs, and other short-fuse opportunities. You will guide intake, triage, risk assessment, and resource mobilization to ensure disciplined pursuit execution.

This fully remote role requires 10+ years of relevant experience, a Bachelor's degree, and the ability to advise executives on prioritization, governance cadence, and go/no-go decisions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading pursuit intake and triage for complex government, health and human services, BPO, contact center, or similarly complex services opportunities.
• Ability to advise executives on opportunity prioritization, readiness, schedule acceleration, go/no-go considerations, governance cadence, and cross-functional resource deployment.
• Comfort operating in short-fuse environments with AI-enabled tools to improve visibility, coordination, and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Lead intake, assessment, and triage of newly identified opportunities across lines of business.
• Establish rapid-response processes for evaluating opportunity fit, strategic alignment, and resource requirements.
• Facilitate executive decision-making on bid/no-bid recommendations.
• Maintain visibility into emerging opportunities and escalate high-priority pursuits.
• Lead, coach and develop the pursuit team and champion responsible use of AI-enabled tools.

Skills

Leadership

Pursuit governance

Strategic advisory

AI tools adoption

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Serves as the organization's first-response function for Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Requests for Information (RFIs), unsolicited and emerging opportunities, and other short-fuse business development requests.- Leads early opportunity qualification, triage, risk assessment, and resource mobilization to ensure timely and disciplined pursuit execution.- Lead intake, assessment, and triage of newly identified, unsolicited, and previously untracked opportunities across multiple lines of business.- Establish and manage rapid-response processes for evaluating opportunity fit, strategic alignment, resource requirements, competitive positioning, and pursuit viability.- Facilitate early qualification activities and executive decision-making regarding bid/no-bid recommendations.- Maintain visibility into emerging opportunities and escalate high-priority pursuits requiring immediate attention.- Track MSA, RFI, and emerging opportunity activity to identify trends, readiness requirements, and future pipeline opportunities.- Lead rapid mobilization of pursuit resources for short-fuse opportunities, task orders, demonstrations, executive presentations, and accelerated procurement timelines.- Assess resource availability, identify capability gaps, and escalate constraints that may impact pursuit success.- Ensure critical milestones, reviews, and executive approvals are completed within compressed timelines.- Provide strategic guidance to executives on pursuit readiness, resource deployment, schedule acceleration, and risk mitigation.- Lead, coach and develop a team by providing clear direction that support individual and organizational objectives- Champion responsible use of approved AI-enabled tools and automation to improve intake, triage, reporting, knowledge management, and pursuit operations.Minimum Requirements- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study.- 10+ years of relevant professional experience required.Program Requirements:-Specialized experience needed: leading pursuit intake, early qualification, triage, risk assessment, resource mobilization, and pursuit governance for complex government, health and human services, BPO, contact center, or similarly complex services opportunities.-Candidates should have demonstrated ability to advise executives on opportunity prioritization, readiness, schedule acceleration, go/no-go considerations, unresolved decisions, governance cadence, and cross-functional resource deployment.-Must be comfortable operating in short-fuse environments, balancing speed with quality, and using approved AI-enabled tools responsibly to improve visibility, coordination, and follow-through.This position is fully remote and will require a home office.Home office requirements:Reliable high-speed internet serviceMinimum 20 Mpbs download speeds/50 Mpbs for shared internet connectivityMinimum 5 Mpbs upload speedsEEO StatementMaximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.Pay TransparencyMaximus compensation is based on various factors including but not limited to job location, a candidate's education, training, experience, expected quality and quantity of work, required travel (if any), external market and internal value analysis including seniority and merit systems, as well as internal pay alignment. Annual salary is just one component of Maximus's total compensation package. Other rewards may include short- and long-term incentives as well as program-specific awards. Additionally, Maximus provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off. Compensation ranges may differ based on contract value but will be commensurate with job duties and relevant work experience. An applicant's salary history will not be used in determining compensation. Maximus will comply with regulatory minimum wage rates and exempt salary thresholds in all instances.AccommodationsMaximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at [e-mail] .Minimum Salary$150,000.00Maximum Salary$195,000.00