Sr Project Manager - Pursuit Management

Maximus; Tysons (VA); Remote; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a senior project manager to lead opportunities across the full pursuit lifecycle, coordinating cross-functional teams through readiness milestones. This fully remote role requires a Bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience, with hands-on management of complex pursuits and strong governance, reporting, and risk oversight.

You will employ AI-enabled tools to streamline coordination, track actions, and provide executive visibility, ensuring on-time delivery across multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field and 7+ years of experience, or equivalent.
• Hands-on management of complex pursuits with multiple workstreams, governance routines, and executive visibility.
• Strong cross-functional coordination across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, sales, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Manage opportunities across the full pursuit lifecycle and lead cross-functional project teams through readiness milestones.
• Own integrated project plans, governance routines, milestone schedules, risk registers, action logs, and executive status reporting.
• Coordinate across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, proposal, sales, and internal stakeholders to maintain progress against pursuit timelines.
• Monitor schedule health, milestone readiness, unresolved actions, decision delays, and risk exposure across assigned opportunities.
• Escalate risks, issues, and decision needs with clear impacts, owners, timing, and recommended next steps.
• Promote practical use of approved AI-enabled tools to improve workflow efficiency, automate routine coordination tasks, and strengthen visibility into action status, milestones, and risks.
• Run after-action reviews and translate lessons learned into pursuit management, governance, and tracking improvements.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Project management

Risk management

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PM software (MS Project/Workfront)

AI-enabled tools

Job description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:- Manage opportunities across the full pursuit lifecycle and lead cross-functional project teams through readiness milestones.- Own integrated project plans, governance routines, milestone schedules, risk registers, action logs, and executive status reporting.- Coordinate across operations, IT, pricing, HR, finance, proposal, sales, and internal stakeholders to maintain progress against pursuit timelines.- Monitor schedule health, milestone readiness, unresolved actions, decision delays, and risk exposure across assigned opportunities.- Escalate risks, issues, and decision needs with clear impacts, owners, timing, and recommended next steps.- Promote practical use of approved AI-enabled tools to improve workflow efficiency, automate routine coordination tasks, and strengthen visibility into action status, milestones, and risks.- Run after-action reviews and translate lessons learned into pursuit management, governance, and tracking improvements.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.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 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$110,000.00Maximum Salary$165,000.00