Sr Manager - Proj/Prog

Maximus; Hartford (CT); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Senior Manager to lead federal contact center programs, ensuring contract requirements, KPIs, schedules, staffing and budgets are achieved while maintaining strong government relationships.

The role is fully remote, contingent on contract award, and requires the ability to pass a federal background check. Equipment will be provided; home office must meet specified requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ years of professional experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• U.S. Citizenship and ability to pass a security clearance.
• Experience managing complex federal programs, projects, budgets, staffing, and resources.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams and managing multiple priorities, deliverables, risks, and dependencies.
• Experience monitoring KPIs, SLAs, budgets, staffing, and program deliverables.
• Strong client/stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Experience with transition management, workforce readiness, and disaster recovery.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple projects with high value and risk across federal contact center programs.
• Provide leadership to cross-functional teams to meet specifications, timelines and budget.
• Develop and maintain program management plans, governance, escalation, risk management and dependencies.
• Establish relationships with Government customers, contracting officers, and stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Program governance

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CRM/CCaaS

Teams

Job description

The Sr. Manager provides overall leadership and management for assigned federal contact center programs and serves as the primary management focal point responsible for the administrative, managerial, supervisory, operational, and programmatic aspects of the assigned call order within the GSA gXCC program. The role ensures contractual requirements, customer expectations, key performance indicators (KPIs), schedules, staffing, financial objectives, quality standards, and deliverables are achieved while maintaining strong relationships with Government stakeholders.

The Sr. Manager leads complex, high-value and high-risk initiatives, provides direction to cross-functional teams, proactively manages risks and issues, and ensures work is delivered to specification, on schedule. This is a fully remote position; position is contingent upon contract award, and you must have the ability to pass a federal background check.

This is a fully remote role.

Position is contingent upon contract award

Must have the ability to pass a federal background check.

Equipment will be provided but must meet the remote position requirements provided below.

Home Office Requirements:

• Hardwired internet (ethernet) connection directly into modem required

• Internet download speed of 25mbps single/50mbps shared and 5mbps (10 preferred) upload or higher required (you can test this by going to www.speedtest.net)

• Private work area and adequate power source

• Video calls may be requested on occasion. Proper background and attire are required

• Must be available by Voice over Internet Protocol telephony (VoIP), email,

and/or other company collaboration tools, such as Teams during scheduled hours, except for during scheduled lunch period and scheduled breaks

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Deliver multiple small and large projects with high values and high risk.

• Develop innovative methodologies, techniques, and criteria for projects.

• Facilitate the tracking and resolution of issues impacting projects.-

• Provide leadership for the project team to ensure that the project is delivered to specifications, on time and within budget.

• Have hiring, firing, promotion and reward authority within own area, in accordance with manager review and approval.

• '- Serve as the primary management focal point for assigned call orders, overseeing Contractor personnel, technical assistance, work requirements, operational priorities, and programmatic issues

• Lead the planning, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of complex, multilingual, omnichannel contact center programs supporting phone, email, chat, and other evolving customer engagement channels

• Ensure contract requirements, deliverables, KPIs, service levels, schedules, quality standards, and customer commitments are achieved

• Provide leadership and direction to cross-functional program teams, including operations, workforce management, quality assurance, training, content, technology, security, reporting, and other support functions

• Develop and maintain program management plans, schedules, governance structures, escalation procedures, risk management approaches, roles and responsibilities, and critical dependencies

• Establish strong relationships and maintain effective communication with Government customers, contracting representatives, program stakeholders, subcontractors, and internal leadership

• Monitor and analyze operational, financial, staffing, quality, and performance data; identify trends and risks; develop corrective actions; and communicate results and recommendations to senior leadership and Government stakeholders as necessary

• Oversee staffing and resource planning to ensure appropriate capacity is available to meet steady state, fluctuating, surge, and disaster recovery requirements

• Identify financial risks, monitor utilization, and pursue cost reduction and efficiency opportunities while maintaining or improving service quality

• Facilitate timely identification, escalation, tracking, and resolution of program risks, issues, dependencies, and performance gaps

• Lead transition in, implementation, stabilization, and transition out activities, coordinating across customer, incumbent/successor, technology, operations, training, staffing, and supporting teams to minimize service disruption

• Promote data driven decision making and continuous improvement by evaluating customer experience, operational performance, contact center trends, emerging technologies, and opportunities for automation and AI enabled capabilities

• Coordinate implementation of new capabilities, customer programs, technologies, process improvements, and innovation pilots while managing associated operational and change impacts

• Ensure program documentation, business rules, procedures, plans, reports, training materials, and other required artifacts are maintained, current, accessible, and compliant with contractual requirements

• Ensure program operations align with applicable Government security, privacy, accessibility, quality, and compliance requirements, coordinating with appropriate technical and security personnel

• Provide leadership during operational disruptions, emergencies, service level risks, and other high impact events, ensuring appropriate escalation, communication, contingency planning, and recovery activities

• Develop innovative methodologies, tools, processes, and management approaches that improve program performance, operational efficiency, customer experience, and scalability

• Perform other program management duties as required to meet evolving customer, contractual, and organizational priorities

Minimum Requirements

• '- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 7+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• '- U.S. Citizenship and ability to pass a security clearance

• Demonstrated experience managing complex programs, projects, budgets, staffing, and administrative resources

• Demonstrated ability to lead cross functional teams and manage multiple concurrent priorities, deliverables, risks, and dependencies

• Experience monitoring KPIs, SLAs, operational performance, budgets, staffing, schedules, and program deliverables

• Strong experience with client/stakeholder management, executive communication, problem resolution, and program governance

• Excellent written, verbal, analytical, organizational, and leadership skills

• Experience managing Federal Government contracts or programs, including interaction with Contracting Officers, CORs, and Government program stakeholders

• Experience managing large scale or complex omnichannel contact center operations, including phone, email, and chat

• Knowledge of workforce management, quality assurance, training, customer experience, reporting/analytics, CRM, and contact center technologies

• Experience with transition management, operational readiness, business continuity, disaster recovery, and surge operations

• Experience identifying and implementing technology, automation, AI, and continuous improvement solutions

• Familiarity with federal security and technology environments, including FedRAMP, FISMA, NIST requirements, CRM/CCaaS solutions, and responsible AI considerations

• PMP, PgMP, ITIL, or comparable program/project management certification preferred

Home Office Requirements

• Hardwired internet (ethernet) connection directly into modem required

• Internet download speed of 25mbps single/50mbps shared and 5mbps (10 preferred) upload or higher required (you can test this by going to www.speedtest.net)

• Private work area and adequate power source

• Video calls may be requested on occasion. Proper background and attire are required

• Must be available by Voice over Internet Protocol telephony (VoIP), email,

and/or other company collaboration tools, such as Teams during scheduled hours, except for during scheduled lunch period and scheduled breaks

Maximus 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.

Minimum Salary

$90,000

Maximum Salary

$130,000