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Strategic Workforce Planning Associate Project Manager

  • Company: Maximus
  • Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Salary: Pay not listed
  • Full Time
  • Company site
  • Pay not listed

Maximus at a glance

investor.maximus.com

SEC filings mentioning "Maximus": 2,480 · SIC industry: Services-Management Consulting Servicessearch EDGAR

Most recent 8-K (material company event) filed: Aug 6, 2026view filing

36,313 employees covered under a retirement plan (2024 filing) — via DOL Form 5500 / EFAST2

Registered as a global legal entity (LEI 549300DQCDS8HJ7QF202, US) — via GLEIF

Recipient of NIH research funding: 9 grants, most recently in 1995 from the NCI — via NIH RePORTER

Maximus, Inc. (ticker MMS) is a publicly tracked firm with an investor hub at investor.maximus.com and employee-facing pages at maximus.com/employees. Market reporting notes institutional interest, including a position taken by Walleye Capital LLC.

Strategic Workforce Planning Associate Project Manager at Maximus in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Position Summary

The Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) Associate Project Manager will drive the execution of SWP-related projects from start to finish. This role requires ensuring delivery against defined scope, timelines, and business objectives while identifying opportunities to leverage AI and automation within SWP processes. The candidate will lead process design and standardization efforts across cross-functional stakeholder groups.

Key Responsibilities

  • Drive the end-to-end execution of SWP-related projects, ensuring adherence to defined scope, timelines, and business objectives.
  • Identify opportunities for leveraging AI and automation within SWP processes and support the development and execution of project plans across cross-functional stakeholder groups.
  • Lead process design and standardization efforts to enhance efficiency and effectiveness in SWP operations.

Skills & Qualifications

  • Strong project management skills with experience in driving end-to-end project execution.
  • Aptitude for identifying opportunities to leverage AI and automation within SWP processes.
  • Experience leading process design and standardization efforts across cross-functional stakeholder groups.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.

About the Company

Maximus is a global leader in delivering innovative business solutions for government agencies. Our mission is to improve the delivery of public services through technology and operational excellence. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where employees can thrive, grow, and contribute to making a positive impact on society.

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This role is listed for Grand Rapids in Kent County, Michigan (not remote). Michigan is a Great Lakes peninsular state in the Upper Midwest, bordering several U.S. states and Ontario; see Wikipedia on Michigan.

Michigan is a peninsular state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwestern United States. It shares water and land boundaries with Minnesota to the northwest, Wisconsin to the west, Indiana and Illinois to the southwest, Ohio to the southeast, and the Canadian province of Ontario to the east, northeast and north. With a population of 10.14 million and an area of 96,716 sq mi (250,490 km2), M

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National unemployment rate in US: 4.2%via World Bank

Private-sector wage growth (year over year): 3.1%via FRED

National quits rate: 2.0%via FRED (BLS JOLTS)

Weekly initial unemployment claims: 209,000via FRED

GDP per capita in US: $90,027via World Bank

Consumer price inflation in US: 2.9% (annual) — via World Bank

Real GDP growth in US: 2.2% (annual) — via World Bank

Average hours worked per year in US: 1,800via OECD

Cost of living in Michigan: 3.8% below the national averagevia BEA

Minimum wage in Michigan: $13.73/hrvia FRED

Real GDP per capita in Michigan: $56,168via FRED

Home prices in Michigan (year over year): +5.0%via FRED

Median household income in Kent County: $80,390via US Census ACS / Data USA

Average commute time in Kent County: 21 minvia US Census ACS / Data USA

Most common commute in Kent County: Drove Alone (73%) — via US Census ACS / Data USA

Households with home internet in Kent County: 92%via US Census ACS / Data USA

Nearby history: Kent County Civil War Monument, listed 2004 (44m away) — via National Register of Historic Places

Typical climate: average high 58°F / low 40°F year-round (summers around 81°F, winters around 21°F) — via NOAA 1991-2020 Normals

Walkability: Most walkablevia EPA National Walkability Index

Typical rent nearby: $1,278/mo · $1,531/movia HUD Fair Market Rents

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About this role & career path

The title sits at the intersection of project management and workforce strategy—useful for later moves into workforce planning lead, PMO, HR analytics, or operations program roles inside large service organizations.

Build the skills for this role

Prioritize project controls (schedules, RAID logs, status reporting), workforce-planning basics (demand/supply forecasting language), stakeholder facilitation, and Excel or planning-tool fluency. No cert list or costs were supplied for this posting.

Free & low-cost learning resources

Be ready to walk through a project you drove end-to-end, how you handled scope or timeline risk, and how you partnered with HR or operations on staffing plans. Ask how Maximus structures workforce-planning cycles and success metrics for associate PMs.

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Strong fit if you like structured project delivery plus people-ops strategy, can work on-site in Grand Rapids, and are comfortable in a large public company environment (MMS) with formal process and multi-stakeholder coordination.

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Listing facts

  • Role Strategic Workforce Planning Associate Project Manager
  • Employer Maximus
  • Location Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Type Full Time
  • Pay (from listing) Pay not listed
  • Posted August 16, 2026
  • Apply by September 16, 2026
  • Country United States
  • Overview Full job description on this page (253 words)

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