Technical Project Director

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking an accomplished Project Director to lead a high-visibility, enterprise technology initiative with significant strategic and operational impact. This role is ideal for a results-driven leader who thrives in complex environments, can direct large-scale delivery across cross-functional teams, and is energized by the opportunity to influence enterprise outcomes at scale. The successful candidate will bring expertise in technology and program leadership, executive stakeholder engagement, and Agile delivery practices, along with the ability to work in close partnership with the Chief Software Engineer and Product Owner to align business priorities, technical execution, and delivery outcomes while leveraging AI-enabled technologies, automation, and data-driven insights to improve execution, transparency, and business results.

This is a remote position.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Perform project management for the full project lifecycle development and implementation of technical activities that ensure successful project completion.

- Serve as the point of contact and client interface for project technology related issues.

- Manage project expectations, evaluate project needs, and communicate with stakeholders to ensure that program needs are met with respect to urgency and priority.

- Develop trust, credibility, and strong client relationships; seek opportunities to add value to internal and external client initiatives.

- Review all project deliverables to ensure quality and accuracy meet project, stakeholder, and contractual standards.

- Execute all project management functions including; work breakdown and cost estimation, scheduling, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables and budgets, and staff assignment and development.

- Lead and direct the successful delivery of application development, systems integration, infrastructure, and product installation/customization services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery.

- Frequently responsible for providing guidance, coaching, and training to other employees across the organization within area of expertise.

- Responsible for developing mid-to-long-term plans on how to optimize the project/program and the talent required to execute strategies for the area of responsibility.

- Define and implement development plans for assigned projects.

- Identify and assess new functional capabilities supporting engineering change proposals and additional follow up work.

- Identify, track, manage, and communicate risks and issues with stakeholders and upper management.

- Ensure that all appropriate costs are included in quarterly forecasts.

- Coordinate, prepare, and manage technical presentations and functional demonstrations to internal and external stakeholders.

- Responsible for adhering to established safety standards.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Serve as the primary delivery leader and central point of contact.

- Direct end-to-end execution of complex enterprise technology initiatives.

- Lead integrated planning and execution across engineering, product, operations, security, finance, contracts, and business stakeholders.

- Work closely with the Chief Software Engineer and Product Owner to ensure coordinated delivery, requirements alignment, and timely issue resolution.

- Lead program kickoffs, governance forums, and weekly, monthly, and quarterly delivery reviews, ensuring leadership has clear visibility into progress, risks, dependencies, tradeoffs, and corrective actions.

- Champion Agile delivery practices across multiple teams and workstreams.

- Leverage AI-enabled tools, automation, and data-driven insights to improve delivery planning, reporting, risk identification, decision support, and operational efficiency.

- Manage RAID processes, including identification, analysis, mitigation planning, escalation, and ongoing tracking of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies within the integrated project plan.

- Partner with contracts and program leadership to manage project and contract deliverables, monitor scope alignment, and proactively address schedule or scope variances with internal and client stakeholders.

- Oversee delivery across application development, systems integration, infrastructure implementation, and deployment activities to ensure adherence to lifecycle standards, security requirements, and operational readiness expectations.

- Use standardized delivery and portfolio management tools to provide transparent, accurate, and timely reporting for internal and external stakeholders.

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 10+ years of relevant professional experience required.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Additional years of relevant experience will be considered in lieu of degree.

- Per customer requirements, this position requires United States Citizenship.

- 8+ years of experience in project management or program management roles delivering large, cross-functional initiatives in medium to large organizations.

- Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) in Agile environments.

- Experience in managing complex stakeholder environments, building strong relationships with executive leadership to drive alignment, mitigate risks, and ensure successful project outcomes.

- Must be able to obtain and maintain a DoD-issued security clearance.

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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 .

Minimum Salary

$ 170,000.00

Maximum Salary

$ 210,000.00