**POSITION IS REMOTE, OR HYBRID IN VENTURA, CA**
JOB SUMMARY:The Maximo Project Manager provides leadership and oversight for IBM Maximo-related projects and operational efforts supporting Department of Defense and U.S. Navy customers. This role is responsible for managing project schedules, resources, customer coordination, operational support, modernization initiatives, and sustainment activities associated with the Maximo application environment.
The Maximo Project Manager works closely with the Program Manager, Technical Program Manager, Maximo Solutions Architect, developers, system administrators, and customer stakeholders to coordinate project execution, manage risk, oversee staffing and priorities, and ensure successful delivery of Maximo-related efforts. While the Maximo Solutions Architect leads technical solution design and implementation, the Maximo Project Manager focuses on project execution, customer engagement, resource management, operational coordination, and compliance activities.
This role also provides leadership and oversight to assigned project personnel supporting Maximo-related efforts, including workload coordination, mentoring, performance feedback, and operational management.
As with any position, additional expectations exist. Some of these include, but are not limited to, adhering to normal working hours, meeting deadlines, following company policies as outlined by the Employee Handbook, communicating regularly with assigned supervisors and the contract Program Manager, staying focused on assigned tasks, and completing other tasks as assigned.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Serve as the primary project manager for all IBM Maximo-related efforts
- Manage project schedules, staffing plans, priorities, deliverables, budgets, and customer expectations
- Coordinate sustainment, modernization, enhancement, integration, upgrade, migration, and operational support activities
- Monitor project risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation strategies
- Track and report project status, milestones, resource utilization, and operational metrics
- Support contract execution activities including reporting, RMF coordination, compliance tracking, and customer communications
- Facilitate meetings, project reviews, technical status updates, and customer briefings
- Coordinate with the Maximo Solutions Architect to align project execution with technical implementation strategies
- Develop and maintain project schedules, risk registers, action trackers, SOPs, and operational documentation
- Coordinate release planning, change management, deployment activities, and operational readiness efforts
- Support incident management, escalation activities, outage communications, and operational reporting
- Monitor customer feedback and operational metrics to identify process improvement opportunities
- Support audits, compliance reviews, and reporting requirements
- Provide supervision and leadership to assigned project personnel, administrators, analysts, and support staff
- Assign tasks, monitor workload distribution, and ensure activities are completed in accordance with priorities and schedules
- Mentor and develop team members while promoting collaboration and accountability across project teams
QUALIFICATIONS:
Basic:
● Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or related field.
● Experience: 2–4 years of Government program experience, preferably supporting Department of Defense or Navy customers.
● Desired Skills:
○ Experience managing enterprise application projects and cross-functional teams
○ Strong project management, organizational, scheduling, and coordination skills
○ Functional understanding of IBM Maximo application environments and enterprise asset management operations
○ Experience supporting software sustainment, modernization, integration, or operational support initiatives
○ Leadership and supervisory experience in a project or operational environment
○ Strong verbal and written communication skills
● Certification: Security+ certification.
● Security Clearance: U.S. Citizenship and the ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance
Preferred:
● 5+ years supporting IBM Maximo Asset Management environments
● Experience supporting Department of Defense or Navy enterprise systems
● PMP Certification preferred
● Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, ITIL, or hybrid project management methodologies
● Experience supporting RMF, cybersecurity compliance, and enterprise sustainment efforts
● Familiarity with Maximo Integration Framework (MIF), enterprise integrations, and Maximo operational workflows
Company Summary
Join the VSolvit Team! Founded in 2006, VSolvit (pronounced 'We Solve It') is a technology services provider that specializes in cybersecurity, cloud computing, geographic information systems (GIS), business intelligence (BI) systems, data warehousing, engineering services, and custom database and application development. VSolvit is an award winning WOSB, CA CDB, MBE, WBE, and CMMI Level 3 certified company. We offer a customizable health benefits program that best meets the needs of its employees. Offering may include: medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, long and short-term disability and other insurance products, Health Savings Account, Flexible Spending Account, 401K Retirement Plan options, Tuition Reimbursement, and assorted voluntary benefits. Our goal is to grow together and enjoy the work that we do as a team.
VSolvit LLC is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field.
- 2-4 years of government program experience, preferably supporting Department of Defense or Navy customers.
- Experience managing enterprise application projects and cross-functional teams.
- Strong project management, organizational, scheduling, and coordination skills.
- Functional understanding of IBM Maximo application environments and enterprise asset management operations.
- Experience supporting software sustainment, modernization, integration, or operational support initiatives.
- Leadership and supervisory experience in a project or operational environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Security+ certification.
- U.S. citizenship and ability to obtain a DoD Secret clearance.
- 5+ years supporting IBM Maximo Asset Management environments.
- Experience supporting Department of Defense or Navy enterprise systems.
- PMP certification.
- Familiarity with Agile, SAFe, ITIL, or hybrid project management methodologies.
- Experience supporting RMF, cybersecurity compliance, and enterprise sustainment efforts.
- Familiarity with Maximo Integration Framework, enterprise integrations, and Maximo operational workflows.
What We Do
VSolvit (pronounced: "We.Solve.it") is an award-winning Woman owned, technology services provider that specializes in cybersecurity, cloud computing, geographic information systems (GIS), business intelligence (BI) systems, data warehousing, geographic information systems (GIS), engineering services, custom database and application development, administrative services, project/program management, and predictive analytics. VSolvit serves clients such as the Department of Defense (DOD), the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Our custom technology solutions for federal and health industry clients and partners have won awards for innovation, been launched from the U.S. White House, and are being used to solve complex problems ranging from improving national security to optimizing vaccine supply chains to breast cancer screening and treatment programs. VSolvit values your privacy and the protection of your personal information. We will never ask you to click a link to provide personal (PII) data. All email communication should always originate from a valid @vsolvit.com address. To protect your information, please do not respond emails that do not originate from an @vsolvit.com email address.
