Strategic Workforce Planning Associate Project Manager

Maximus; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Maximus is seeking a Strategic Workforce Planning leader to anticipate future workforce needs, build critical capabilities, and align talent investments with growth objectives. You will drive enterprise-wide SWP initiatives in a government contracting setting, partnering with senior leaders to design scalable talent solutions and measurable outcomes.

You will develop workforce plans, create business cases for leadership, and guide cross-functional teams through implementation of innovative

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end SWP projects aligned to defined scope and timelines.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation within SWP processes.
• Lead design and standardization of SWP workflows for efficiency and consistency.
• Maintain project tracking tools, dashboards and reporting for visibility and decision-making.
• Coordinate across SWP, Talent Acquisition, HRBPs, and leaders to align policies and practices.
• Communicate project status, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Strategic workforce planning

AI aptitude

Project management

Executive communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study

Job description

Description & Requirements

Are you passionate about shaping the future of work and driving enterprise-wide strategic talent strategies? Join our Strategic Workforce Planning team and play a critical role in helping the organization anticipate future workforce needs, build critical capabilities, and align talent investments with business growth objectives.

Requirements

Description & Requirements

Are you passionate about shaping the future of work and driving enterprise-wide strategic talent strategies? Join our Strategic Workforce Planning team and play a critical role in helping the organization anticipate future workforce needs, build critical capabilities, and align talent investments with business growth objectives.

In this highly visible role, you will lead and support strategic workforce planning initiatives that influence how the organization identifies, develops, and deploys talent across the enterprise. Working in a dynamic government contracting environment, you will partner with leaders across the business to design scalable workforce solutions that support mission-critical programs and essential public services.

The ideal candidate brings a blend of strategic thinking, data analysis, AI aptitude, project management, and executive communication skills. You will leverage workforce data and emerging technologies to identify future skill requirements, optimize talent solutions, and develop actionable workforce plans that enable long-term organizational success. This role offers the opportunity to create compelling business cases and presentations for senior leadership while driving the implementation of innovative workforce planning processes and frameworks.

If you enjoy solving complex workforce challenges, influencing organizational strategy, and working on a variety of impactful projects with significant visibility and growth potential, this is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future workforce of a leading government services organization.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive execution of SWP-related projects end-to-end, ensuring delivery against defined scope, timelines, and business objectives.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation within SWP processes and support the development and execution of project plans across cross-functional stakeholder groups.
• Lead process design and standardization efforts by documenting and optimizing SWP workflows to improve efficiency and consistency.
• Establish and maintain project tracking tools, dashboards, and reporting to ensure visibility, accountability, and informed decision-making.
• Identify and drive process improvement initiatives, recommending solutions to enhance operational effectiveness and scalability.
• Support coordination of Technical Beach activities, including onboarding, operations, and job jar build-out and management, while identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Analyze and resolve operational challenges of moderate complexity, making recommendations and supporting decision-making in partnership with stakeholders.
• Support stakeholder alignment across SWP, Talent Acquisition, HRBPs, and business leaders; apply working knowledge of SWP policies and practices.
• Communicate project status, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders and leadership.
• Lead cross-functional meetings to drive project progress, ensuring clear outcomes and follow-through.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 5+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  
  

Specific Requirements

• Must have 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience with strategic workforce planning.
• Experience developing executive-ready presentations, reports, and delivering effective presentations to leadership audiences.
• Experience with HR project experience is preferred.
  
  

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

Maximus 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

$
80,000.00

Maximum Salary

$
105,000.00