Description & Requirements

Maximus is currently hiring for a Sr. Project Director opportunity in Jefferson City, MO. This is an onsite at our Jefferson City, MO office. The Sr. Project Director is responsible for managing the entire program and the people assigned to it. In this role, you are responsible for ensuring the project meets, or exceeds, the performance requirements set by our client. Experience leading government projects in the Enrollment Broker space (contact center, digital staff, and premium collections staff) is necessary to lead this project. Experience leading full life-cycle projects is critical to be successful in this role.

This job is contingent upon contract award.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Oversee and manage the Project's financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and analyzing profit and loss statements to ensure financial targets are met and profitability is maintained.
- Ensure program operations comply with all applicable requirements of the contract, as well as state and federal regulations.
- Ensure established goals and objectives support the overall project strategies.
- Oversee all project administrative operations including budget, financial controls, and human resources.
- Plan, develop, and schedule priorities for achieving operational and performance goals.
- Review management, productivity, and financial reports and studies to ensure program objectives are met.
- Participate in internal audits, research studies, forecasts, and modeling exercises to support project direction and guidance.
- Manage operational managers, including monitoring performance, providing mentoring, and professional development guidance.
- Capture and maintain resource assignments and utilization across the enterprise to proactively assess and align staffing levels.
- Work with internal leadership to facilitate and define priorities including establishing milestones, realistic schedule and securing resources across all strategic initiatives.
- Ensure comprehensive management of defined initiatives that include monitoring of the budget, schedule, resource availability, and organizational alignment.
- Guide and support RFIs, RFPs and RFQs, response development including writing to management approaches, whitepapers, and concept development

Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Oversee and manage the Project's financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, and analyzing profit and loss statements to ensure financial targets are met and profitability is maintained.

- Ensure program operations comply with all applicable requirements of the contract, as well as state and federal regulations.

- Ensure established goals and objectives support the overall project strategies.

- Oversee all project administrative operations including budget, financial controls, and human resources.

- Plan, develop, and schedule priorities for achieving operational and performance goals.

- Review management, productivity, and financial reports and studies to ensure program objectives are met.

- Participate in internal audits, research studies, forecasts, and modeling exercises to support project direction and guidance.

- Manage operational managers, including monitoring performance, providing mentoring, and professional development guidance.

- Capture and maintain resource assignments and utilization across the enterprise to proactively assess and align staffing levels.

- Work with internal leadership to facilitate and define priorities including establishing milestones, realistic schedule and securing resources across all strategic initiatives.

- Ensure comprehensive management of defined initiatives that include monitoring of the budget, schedule, resource availability, and organizational alignment.

- Guide and support RFIs, RFPs and RFQs, response development including writing to management approaches, whitepapers, and concept development.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in related field required.

- 12-15 years of professional experience in a related field required.

- Must currently live in or near Jefferson City, MO or plan to relocate to the area.

- Must be willing and able to work onsite in our Jefferson City, MO offices.

- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), or related certification required.

- Experience managing Medicaid programs desired.

- Experience leading multiagency call centers or call center-as-a-service required.

- Experience with account management, program implementation, and managing a large-scale portfolio (at least 500 full time equivalents) required.

- Experience implementing innovative technical solutions to solve client needs required.

- Previous consulting experience preferred.

- Client relationship management from implementation through maintenance required.

- Experience with large-scale telephony required.

- CRM software experience required.

Home Office Requirements:

- Reliable high-speed internet service

- Minimum 20 Mpbs download speeds/50 Mpbs for shared internet connectivity

- Minimum 5 Mpbs upload speeds

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.