Project Control Manager

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $140k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

👔 Manager

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Maximus

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10,000+ employees

🏛️ Government

🏥 Healthcare

💼 Consulting

💰 $7.9M Post-IPO Equity - Maximus on 2010-12

Government • Healthcare • Consulting

Maximus is a public-sector services firm that partners with government agencies to modernize and operate programs across health, human services, defense, national security, and civilian agencies. The company combines technology (AI, analytics, cloud, cybersecurity), omnichannel contact center and eligibility/enrollment systems, clinical and Medicaid enterprise services, and consulting and program-delivery capabilities to improve citizen experience and program outcomes. Backed by decades of government experience and scale, Maximus supports federal, state, and local clients with human-centered operational support and end-to-end digital modernization.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary owner of the Master Project Schedule for a child support modernization project • Own, maintain, and govern the Integrated Master Schedule across project workstreams, vendors, and stakeholders • Develop and maintain Work Breakdown Structures aligned with approved scope and deliverables • Consolidate schedules from multiple teams, vendors, and project managers into a unified program schedule • Identify and manage task, milestone, resource, and dependency relationships • Perform critical path analysis, schedule impact assessments, forecasting, and what-if scenario modeling • Monitor project performance against schedule, scope, and budget baselines • Develop executive dashboards, scorecards, status reports, and project controls metrics • Identify schedule risks and provide recommendations and recovery plans • Establish and maintain protocols for risk, issue, scope, and change management • Support resource planning, capacity analysis, forecasting, workload balancing, and resource allocation • Manage cross-project dependencies and coordinate activities across multiple teams and vendors • Coordinate governance meetings, milestone reviews, risk reviews, and executive steering committee meetings • Prepare and distribute meeting materials, status reports, and supporting documentation • Document decisions, action items, risks, and follow-up activities • Partner with business analysts, product owners, and project managers to ensure requirements traceability • Support SDLC planning and readiness activities from requirements through implementation • Complete cost allocation plans and obtain contract renewals for assigned clients • Manage relationships with clients and project staff • Support leadership in delivering projects to specifications, on time, and within budget • Track project status and due dates • Evaluate employee performance and recommend development opportunities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in related field • 7-10 years of relevant professional experience required • 7+ years of progressive experience in project controls, PMO, scheduling, program management, or project management for large-scale technology or modernization initiatives • Minimum five (5) years of experience developing and managing Integrated Master Schedules (IMS) for complex programs • Minimum five (5) years of experience using Microsoft Project or comparable enterprise scheduling tools • Experience developing Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), schedule baselines, and dependency management frameworks • Experience performing critical path analysis, schedule forecasting, and schedule recovery planning • Experience managing project risks, issues, change requests, and scope controls • Experience coordinating activities across multiple vendors and stakeholder groups • Experience supporting Agile and/or Hybrid Agile, or Waterfall delivery methodologies • Ability to communicate well with multiple clients and consultants • Knowledge of state and local governments • Strong analytical, organizational, facilitation, communication, and presentation skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance coverage • Life and disability insurance • Retirement savings plan • Paid holidays • Paid time off • Short- and long-term incentives • Program-specific awards • Reasonable accommodations during the employment process