Have a look at this link: https://maven.apache.org/shared/maven-archiver/examples/classpath.html#aAdd You can find there how to configure your maven project to run specific class. You have to add maven-jar-plugin configuration with mainClass defined.
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
...
<configuration>
<archive>
<manifest>
<addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
<mainClass>fully.qualified.MainClass</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
...
</plugin>
</plugins>