Director, Rapid Pursuit & Strategy (Remote)

Maximus; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Work/Life balance

Competitive compensation

Insurance coverage

401(k) matching

Unlimited time off

EAP

Tuition reimbursement

Wellness program

Professional development

Job summary

Maximus is hiring a Director of Pursuit Operations, Rapid Response to lead the intake, assessment, prioritization, and coordination of new business opportunities across the organization. This role is fully remote and requires strategic leadership with cross-functional collaboration across business development, operations, and finance.

The ideal candidate excels in fast-paced environments, guides cross-functional teams through complex initiatives, and delivers visibility to executives for

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 10+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience leading pursuit intake, triage, risk assessment, and governance for complex opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the organization's first-response function for MSAs, RFIs, unsolicited and emerging opportunities and other short-fuse business development requests.
• Lead early qualification, triage, risk assessment, and resource mobilization to ensure timely and disciplined pursuit execution.
• Lead intake, assessment, and triage of newly identified, unsolicited 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 escalated 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 escalated 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.

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Maximus is hiring a Director of Pursuit Operations, Rapid Response to lead the intake, assessment, prioritization, and coordination of new business opportunities across the organization. This role is fully remote and requires strategic leadership with cross-functional collaboration across business development, operations, and finance.

The ideal candidate excels in fast-paced environments, guides cross-functional teams through complex initiatives, and delivers visibility to executives for