Description & Requirements

Join our Enterprise Technology Project Management Office (EPMO) and gain hands-on experience supporting real projects that drive our organization forward. As an E PMO Intern, you’ll work alongside experienced project managers, contributing to meeting coordination, documentation management, communication support, and light scheduling activities. You’ll shadow major project ceremonies, help facilitate cross-team collaboration, and even coordinate small, low-risk initiatives under mentorship.

This internship offers a unique opportunity to learn how large-scale technology initiatives are planned, structured, and executed within a modern enterprise. You’ll develop practical project management skills, gain exposure to industry-standard tools, and contribute directly to process improvements within the EPMO. If you’re curious, organized, collaborative, and eager to learn how tech projects come to life, this role will give you a valuable jump-start to your career.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Work with stakeholders on a project to identify and provide recommendations for streamlining and enhancing project activities.

- Research and analyze various reports to identify and propose a recommended solution for modifying the structure used for reporting.

- Assist with tracking and managing project goals and internal initiatives.

- Work with various managers to obtain project goals and initiatives to provide recommendations for how goals and initiatives should be tracked.

- Assist with helping to document the process for tracking and managing updates to the rules and policies which impact contract documents or deliverables.

• Support project managers by coordinating meetings, preparing agendas, and capturing action items to help keep enterprise technology initiatives on track.

• Assist in maintaining project documentation, including project plans, status reports, risk logs, and timelines, ensuring accurate and organized information flows across teams.

• Perform light project scheduling activities, such as updating milestones and tracking deliverables under PM supervision.

• Help facilitate cross-team communication by preparing summaries, drafting stakeholder updates, and monitoring shared communication channels.

• Participate in internal PMO process optimization projects, contributing to documentation, workflow mapping, and opportunities for automation or standardization.

• Shadow project managers during key project activities-kickoffs, sprint planning, retrospectives, risk reviews-to learn real-world project rhythms.

• Coordinate small, low-risk initiatives or internal mini-projects end-to-end under mentorship to gain hands-on experience with project ownership.

Minimum Requirements

- Student currently enrolled in a bachelor’s program with a background or interest in business administration, health policy, public health, or related field.

- Must have completed a minimum of 2-3 years of course work.

- Strong skills in the MS Office Suite, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented work environment.

- Ability to successfully execute many complex tasks simultaneously; and the ability to work as a team member, as well as independently.

• Clear and professional communication skills, both written and verbal

• Familiarity with project management concepts such as milestones, risks, dependencies, and status reporting.

• Exposure to project management tools (e.g., Microsoft Project, Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, or similar platforms).

• Experience coordinating events, meetings, or group projects, demonstrating the ability to organize tasks and track follow-ups.

• Interest in technology projects or understanding of how large organizations deliver technical initiatives.

• Comfort collaborating in hybrid or digital work environments, using tools like Teams, Slack, SharePoint, or Zoom.

• Demonstrated curiosity and eagerness to learn, especially related to project management methodologies or PMO operations.

• Relevant coursework or extracurricular involvement (e.g., project management clubs, tech organizations, business competitions).

EEO Statement

Maximus is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics.

Pay Transparency

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

Maximus provides reasonable accommodations to individuals requiring assistance during any phase of the employment process due to a disability, medical condition, or physical or mental impairment. If you require assistance at any stage of the employment process-including accessing job postings, completing assessments, or participating in interviews,-please contact People Operations at applicantaccom@maximus.com .

Minimum Salary

$27.00

Maximum Salary

$34.00

As a leading strategic partner to governments across the globe, Maximus helps improve the delivery of public services amid complex technology, health, economic, environmental, and social challenges. With a deep understanding of program service delivery, acute insights that achieve operational excellence, and an extensive awareness of the needs of the people being served, our employees advance the critical missions of our partners. Maximus delivers innovative business process management, impactful consulting services, and technology solutions that provide improved outcomes for the public and higher levels of productivity and efficiency of government-sponsored programs.