Senior Business Analyst Grants
Job Summary
The Senior Business Analyst will serve as the primary coordination interface between program teams and federal partner agencies. This role focuses on supporting onboarding, ongoing engagement, and operational readiness for grants management systems. Candidates must possess deep expertise in federal grants management and the ability to communicate complex system requirements to diverse stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Serve as primary liaison for federal partner agencies
- Manage onboarding, engagement, and operational readiness
- Facilitate information exchange between business and technical teams
- Prepare executive-level briefings and reports
- Track milestones, action items, and resolve operational risks
Required Skills
- Federal Grants Management expertise
- Agile Methodology
- Requirements elicitation and documentation
- Executive communication and stakeholder management
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
Job Details
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develop a thorough understanding of system functionality to present big-picture overviews and detailed deep-dives to new and prospective partners.
- Serve as the primary coordination interface for assigned federal partner organizations during onboarding and throughout engagement activities.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with partner agency representatives, business teams, and technical support organizations.
- Coordinate and participate in partner-facing activities, including implementation reviews, service assessments, and operational readiness activities.
- Prepare and facilitate information exchange between partner organizations and business teams to support alignment on priorities and timelines.
- Prepare executive briefings for Senior Leadership and partner stakeholders.
- Analyze, identify, and communicate coordination gaps, unresolved issues, and operational risks.
- Maintain onboarding milestones, open action items, and issue resolution status for assigned partner organizations.
- Escalate unresolved issues or operational risks to management in accordance with established procedures.
- Utilize requirements elicitation techniques to gather business requirements.
- Support Product Owners and Team Leads in planning and monitoring project work.
- Maintain requirements traceability and documentation following agile principles.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor's degree or higher and a minimum of 8 years of experience in Information Technology as a Business/Systems Analyst, with at least 2 years in a Senior or Lead capacity.
- Demonstrated experience with federal grants management (full lifecycle: pre-award, award, and post-award).
- Direct experience with the NIH grants management system or a comparable federal system.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience documenting and managing requirements in an Agile environment.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience eliciting requirements using interviews, user groups, surveys, and documentation review.
- Experience preparing executive-level briefings and communication materials.
- Proven ability to serve as a primary point of contact or relationship manager for external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams including developers, testers, and business stakeholders.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, suitable for executive audiences.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, matrixed team environment with a client-centric culture.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- MS or MBA degree.
- Proficiency with agile tools including Jira and Confluence.
- Experience with federal partner agency onboarding, interagency coordination, or federal program management.
- Knowledge of business process modeling techniques and federal grants management policy.