Analyst - Pursuit Management at Maximus in United States

Job description

• Maximus is hiring an Analyst, Pursuit Operations to support the successful planning, coordination, and execution of complex business development pursuits and proposal activities. This role plays a critical part in maintaining pursuit readiness by managing schedules, workplans, action trackers, milestone calendars, and status reporting to ensure teams remain aligned and on track to meet key deadlines.
• The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, and thrives in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments. Working closely with proposal, pricing, operations, sales, and other cross-functional teams, the Analyst, Pursuit Operations will monitor progress, track actions and dependencies, identify schedule risks, and facilitate timely follow-up on decisions and deliverables. Success in this role requires strong communication, coordination, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to leverage AI-enabled tools to improve reporting, action tracking, and overall pursuit efficiency. This position offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to high-impact business development efforts while supporting continuous improvement in pursuit operations and business development processes.

Responsibilities

• - Support pursuit readiness activities before and after RFP release by maintaining schedules, trackers, and workstream coordination materials.
• - Maintain workplans, action-item logs, decision trackers, milestone calendars, risk registers, and status reports for assigned workstreams.
• - Track owner assignments, due dates, dependencies, open items, and follow-up actions to support schedule adherence.
• - Monitor pursuit milestones, flag schedule risks, and escalate barriers requiring leadership attention.
• - Coordinate questions, meetings, reminders, and follow-ups across writing, pricing, operations, sales, and proposal teams.
• - Prepare concise status updates that summarize progress, upcoming deadlines, risks, decisions, and next steps.
• - Use approved AI-enabled tools to help summarize updates, organize action items, streamline tracker maintenance, and improve follow-up efficiency.

Requirements

• - Bachelor's degree in relevant field of study and 3+ years of relevant professional experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• -Specialized experience needed: organizing and maintaining pursuit schedules, workplans, action-item logs, decision trackers, milestone calendars, risk registers, status reports, meeting notes, and follow-up materials.
• -Candidates must demonstrate strong attention to detail, responsiveness, deadline discipline, and ability to coordinate across multiple contributors.
• -Must be able to identify incomplete information, flag schedule risks, prepare concise updates, and use approved AI-enabled tools to support summarization, action organization, tracker maintenance, and follow-up efficiency.
• -Strong Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and collaboration-tool skills preferred.

Skills

Required

• Attention to detail
• Responsiveness
• Deadline discipline
• Identify incomplete information
• Flag schedule risks
• Prepare concise updates
• Use approved AI-enabled tools

Preferred

• Strong Excel skills
• Teams
• SharePoint
• Collaboration-tool skills

Benefits

• - 🔄 Work/Life Balance Support - Flexibility tailored to your needs!
• - 💰 Competitive Compensation -Bonuses based on performance included!
• - 🛡️ Comprehensive Insurance Coverage - Choose from various plans, including Medical, Dental, Vision, Prescription, and partially funded HSA. Additionally, enjoy Life insurance benefits and discounts on Auto, Home, Renter's, and Pet insurance.
• - 🌟 Future Planning - Prepare for retirement with our 401K Retirement Savings plan and Company Matching.
• - 🏝️ Unlimited Time Off Package - Enjoy UTO, Holidays, and extended sick leave, along with Short and Long Term Disability coverage.
• - 🌱 Holistic Wellness Support - Access resources for physical, emotional, and financial wellness through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• - 🏆 Recognition Platform - Acknowledge and appreciate outstanding employee contributions.
• - 📚 Tuition Reimbursement - Invest in your ongoing education and development.
• - 🎁 Employee Perks and Discounts - Additional benefits and discounts exclusively for employees.
• - 🌟 Maximus Wellness Program and Resources - Access a range of wellness programs and resources tailored to your needs.
• - 📚 Professional Development Opportunities-Participate in training programs, workshops, and conferences.
• 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
• $ 75,000.00
• Maximum Salary
• $ 100,000.00