Sr. Project Management Analyst

Maximus; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a remote experienced Sr. Project Management Analyst to support the PMO for a large-scale Child Support system modernization program.

This role provides governance, schedule coordination, RAID management, executive reporting, communications, and meeting facilitation. The ideal candidate will be highly organized and analytical, with 7–10 years in PMO, with experience in public-sector technology implementations, coordinating with leaders, vendors, and stakeholders to keep

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field; 5+ years PMO experience.
• 7–10 years of relevant professional experience; public-sector projects preferred.
• Experience supporting large-scale technology implementations or system modernization.
• Experience developing executive dashboards and reports.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and PM tools; strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with project managers to track progress and provide support.
• Produce weekly and monthly status reports with schedule and budget data.
• Facilitate regular governance reviews and executive steering meetings.
• Maintain RAID logs and document governance records.
• Support master project schedule development and milestone tracking.
• Coordinate cross-team communication and meeting facilitation.

Skills

PMO experience

Schedule coordination

RAID management

Executive reporting

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

SharePoint

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Project

Teams

Job description

Maximus is seeking remote experienced Sr. Project Management Analysts to support the Program Management Office (PMO) for a large-scale Child Support system modernization program. This role will provide critical support for PMO governance, schedule coordination, deliverable management Risks, Action Items, Issues, and Decisions (RAID) management, executive reporting, communications management, organizational change management activities, and meeting facilitation.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, analytical, and detail-oriented, with experience supporting complex public-sector technology implementations. This individual will work closely with program leadership, project managers, vendors, and stakeholder groups to ensure project information is accurate, actionable, and effectively communicated across all levels of the organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

JOB SPECIFIC DUTIES:

• Collaborate with project managers on various initiatives and projects to track progress and provide support as necessary.
• Support leadership in ensuring that the project is delivered to specifications, is on time, and within budget.
• Work closely with management and work groups to create and maintain work plan documents.
• Track the status and due dates of projects.
• Manage relationships with project staff responsible for projects.
• Produce regular weekly and monthly status reports that could include; work plan status, target dates, budget, resource capacity, and other reports as needed.
• Facilitate regular meetings and reviews.
• Adhere to contract requirements and comply with all corporate policies and procedures.
• Support PMO operations, governance processes, standards, and reporting activities.
• Coordinate governance reviews, working sessions, and executive steering committee meetings.
• Support adherence to program management methodologies, standards, and reporting requirements.
• Maintain program decision logs and governance records.
• Support the development and maintenance of the master project schedule.
• Track project milestones, dependencies, deadlines, and key deliverables.
• Monitor schedule status and identify potential delays or schedule risks.
• Coordinate schedule updates across multiple project workstreams.
• Prepare schedule summaries and milestone reporting for leadership review.
• Maintain program deliverable inventories and submission calendars.
• Track deliverable development, review, approval, and acceptance activities.
• Coordinate document reviews among project teams and stakeholders.
• Monitor compliance with contractual and program deliverable requirements.
• Maintain deliverable repositories and version control processes.
• Maintain RAID (Risks, Action Items, Issues, and Decisions) logs.
• Track mitigation plans, action items, issue resolution activities, and decision outcomes.
• Escalate overdue risks, issues, and actions to program leadership as appropriate.
• Coordinate recurring project meetings and facilitate as needed.
• Develop agendas, presentation materials, and supporting documents.
• Capture meeting notes, action items, decisions, and follow-up activities and monitor their completion.
• Collect project status information from multiple teams for monthly status reporting.
• Maintain project resource tracking records.
• Track program performance metrics and key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Support the team in completing assigned responsibilities as outlined in the project schedule.
• Adhere to contract requirements and comply with all corporate policies and procedures.
• Complete project work in compliance with Maximus standards and procedures.
• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 7-10 years of relevant professional experience required.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience considered in lieu of degree.
• Available to work during standard client business hours. Projects may involve clients from any US time zone, so work outside of the individual’s local business hours may be required.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting PMOs, program management offices, or large-scale project initiatives.
• Experience supporting large, enterprise technology implementations or system modernization projects.
• Experience developing executive reports, dashboards, and presentations.
• Experience maintaining RAID/Project Control logs, action item trackers, and project documentation.
• Experience with managing meetings and deliverables.
• Project scheduling experience is preferred.
• Strong verbal, written, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency in Microsoft programs, such as SharePoint, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project and Teams.
• Child Support project experience is a plus.
• Experience working on state government projects is a plus.

EEO Statement

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.

Pay Transparency

Maximus 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.

Accommodations

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