Project Manager - Pursuit Management

Maximus; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a senior program manager to lead pursuit teams and drive the timely delivery of complex proposals across multiple workstreams. The role focuses on creating and managing integrated project plans, tracking milestones, and ensuring readiness for executive reviews.

This fully remote position requires strong cross-functional coordination across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, sales, and proposals, plus experience with AI-enabled reporting and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ years of professional experience.
• Experience managing complex pursuits, proposals, implementations, or other deadline-driven projects with multiple workstreams.
• Strong cross-functional coordination across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, sales, proposals, SMEs and leadership.
• Clear communication, proactive escalation, and use of AI-enabled tools to streamline notes and risk visibility.

Responsibilities

• Lead pursuit teams to deliver actions and milestones aligned to 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, and leadership follow-ups.
• Manage risk, issue, and action-item logs; escalate decisions with options and next steps.
• Coordinate across functions to maintain schedule adherence and governance; mentor junior staff.

Skills

Pursuit leadership

Integrated project plans

Risk and issue tracking

Cross-functional coordination

AI-enabled reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Tools

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Essential Duties and 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.Program Requirements:-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 serviceMinimum 20 Mpbs download speeds/50 Mpbs for shared internet connectivityMinimum 5 Mpbs upload speedsMinimum Requirements- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.EEO 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$90,000.00Maximum Salary$125,000.00