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General information
Job Posting Title
Senior IT Project Manager
Date
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
City
Remote
Country
United States
Working time
Full-time
Description & Requirements
Maximus is currently seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead and track the development and implementation of a complex, strategic initiative across multiple development or service teams. This role requires strong project management skills and the technical acumen to understand and coordinate system-level functions. The successful candidate will ensure alignment with strategic goals, manage dependencies, and support execution from planning through delivery.
This is a remote position.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage multiple development projects, development groups, and/or application support functions.
- Oversee the development and implementation of multiple, complex, organization-wide systems.
- Define and manage resource requirements and allocations.
- Develop and implement application programs.
- Manage operational leads on addressing issues relative to production and processing.
- Responsible for developing short-to-mid-term plans on how to optimize the project/program and the talent required to execute strategies for the area of responsibility.
- Typically responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area.
Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Direct, manage, and own enterprise-wide projects and initiatives, driving results, tracking and implementing against milestones, from original concept through final implementation.
- Build strong client relationships and serve as trusted advisor and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization, to include executive leadership and teams across Maximus.
- Define project scope, objectives, milestones, and tasks while maintaining Key Performance Indicators.
- Develop detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
- Execute resource plans to include the steps to identify, manage, report utilization and advocate for resources necessary to successfully resource and execute projects.
- Perform analysis to determine if timeframes required are sufficient to perform the tasks required.
- Conduct project meetings and maintain responsibility for project tracking and analysis.
- Review product change requests, identify potential issues and communicate process changes, enhancements, and modifications verbally or through written documentation to management, peers, staff, and other employees so that issues and solutions are understood.
- Provide oversight and management of sub-contractors, statement of work (SOW) and manage subcontractor budgets.
- Define the technological strategy in conjunction with the development team of each project: pipeline, tools, and key development procedures.
- Facilitates evaluation, recommendation, architecture and implementation of COTS, open-source software packages in the cloud, on SaaS, PaaS, IaaS environments.
- Oversee technical design documentation process for correctness and provide input to the other disciplines on the practicality of initial design goals and impact to the overall project timeline.
- Facilitate processes to identify high risk and software security postures for improvements, remediation, and corrective action.
- Review, edit and approve deliverables prepared by the project team and create / maintain documentation support including installation documents and other associated technical documents.
- Resolve, make recommendations, and escalate risks and issues using Risk Management best practices.
- Close out projects by capturing artifacts and best practices and facilitating lessons learned sessions.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
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.
Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of project management experience leading technology implementations in support of Business Operations projects with the ability to simultaneously deliver multiple small- and large-scale projects. Additional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree. Master's Degree preferred.
- Per customer requirements, United States citizenship is required.
- The ability to obtain and maintain a DoD-issued Secret security clearance.
- Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) is required.
- Ability to engage and collaborate across various business stakeholder teams to engage shared resources, subject matter experts, business SMEs, and decision makers to enable successful, timely and quality delivery of program/project initiatives.
- Ability to present and articulate project plans, status, challenges, and deployments objectively at all levels within the organization.
- Excellent client relationship development and management experience recommending, developing, and communicating approaches for resolving specific issues.
- Proven ability to use critical thinking skills, research and evaluate solution alternatives, coordinates technical discussions, and socialize recommendations based on project requirements.
- Excellent and holistic communication skills, including oral and written communication coupled with the proven ability to provide leadership and mentorship to existing team members.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Agile IT development / SCRUM Master experience preferred.
- Other professional certifications preferred (such as Six Sigma, ITIL, etc.).
- Experience with Federal Government contracting.
- Experience implementing Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) framework, standards and best practices.
- Knowledge of Federal Security Protocols, including but not limited to NIST 800-171.
- Previous experience with full lifecycle deployment of O365 is preferred.
- Previous experience at the Sr. Manager level leading analytical and systematic evaluation of requirements to include business objectives, program processes and workflows, business rules, data management, interfaces, and maintenance to develop solution architecture preferred.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of all aspects of program lifecycle including major initiatives such as cloud migration, software development, citizen engagement and delivery mission solutions preferred.
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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 applicantaccom@maximus.com.
Minimum Salary
$
140,000.00
Maximum Salary
$
160,000.00