Strategic Bid & Solution Lead

MAXIMUS; Tampa (FL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

MAXIMUS seeks an experienced bid and solution design professional to lead end-to-end bidding efforts for government and public sector opportunities. You will shape customer journeys, align with strategy, and drive value through AI-enabled solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates bring strong stakeholder management, proven public sector bidding experience, and the ability to translate client needs into high-quality, deliverable proposals. Travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable service design experience capturing existing customer journeys and leading the re-imagination of future customer journeys via facilitated workshops.
• Experience identifying how technology can improve customer experience and increase value for money and the documentation of functional technology requirements.
• Prior experience of Public Sector bidding within Employability, Health, Justice or Contact Centre environments.
• Proven ability working with key bid team and wider solution workstream stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end solution design aligned to the strategy and affordability targets.
• Develop high-level service design and communicate to stakeholders.
• Supports dialogue, co-design and scoping with potential partners and/or suppliers.
• Work closely with technical leads to ensure AI and technology is at the heart of our solutions and drives genuine business benefit.
• Create bid narrative and edit written material that forms part of the solution response.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with the solution.
• Support an effective handover to the transition team to implement the solution.

Skills

Service design

Tech integration

Public sector bidding

Stakeholder management

Job description

MAXIMUS seeks an experienced bid and solution design professional to lead end-to-end bidding efforts for government and public sector opportunities. You will shape customer journeys, align with strategy, and drive value through AI-enabled solutions in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Ideal candidates bring strong stakeholder management, proven public sector bidding experience, and the ability to translate client needs into high-quality, deliverable proposals. Travel may be required.