Strategic AI Project Manager

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking a Strategic AI Project Manager.

In this role, you will be a strategic and results-driven IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of strategic AI initiatives that drive enterprise transformation.

This role is critical in ensuring timely, value-driven execution of AI-enabled solutions that align with business goals, regulatory standards, and innovation strategies.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AI governance and regulatory compliance supporting federal and state clients and possess the ability to bridge innovation and oversight.

This is a remote position.

Candidates that are within commutable distance to Tyson's, VA preferred, but not required.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- 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.

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

- Execute all project management functions; including work breakdown, monitoring and tracking of technical progress against the defined timetables, budgets, staff assignments and developments.

- Lead and direct the successful delivery of services while ensuring that assigned projects adhere to the approved life cycle work patterns, standards, and procedures for solution delivery.

- Provide detailed direction during various stages of the lifecycle to include requirements analysis, testing and potentially programming support.

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

- Assure the project is in compliance with company standards and procedures.

Job Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Support enterprise growth by delivering AI initiatives that improve operational efficiency, customer experience, and data-driven decision-making.

- Partner with business leaders to prioritize and sequence initiatives based on strategic value and readiness.

- Drive end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives from concept through deployment, ensuring alignment with enterprise transformation goals.

- Translate strategic objectives into executable project plans with clear milestones, KPIs, and success metrics.

- Lead cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact AI solutions on time and within budget.

- Continuously assess initiative health and proactively remove delivery roadblocks.

- Track and monitor technical evaluations of new solutions and tools that are rooted in AI or feature an AI component.

Raise risks regarding ethical or compliant usage where applicable.

- Integrate AI initiatives into the broader Maximus strategic roadmap.

- Develop project charters, business cases, and ROI analyses for AI investments.

- Partner with trusted AI partners, OCDIO leadership, and in...