Sr. Business Analyst (Grants Management)

Senior Business Analyst

The Health and Services Operation of Leidos is seeking a Senior Business Analyst to work either full-time remotely or onsite full-time supporting our NIH (National Institutes of Health) client in Bethesda, MD.

The Senior BA will serve as a primary coordination interface between eRA teams and partner federal agencies, supporting onboarding, ongoing engagement, and operational readiness activities. The ideal candidate brings deep grants management experience and a demonstrated ability to communicate complex system capabilities to executive and partner audiences.

Candidates MUST:

• US Citizen or Green Card holder with the ability to obtain and maintain HHS Public Trust clearance
• Be currently located in the UNITED STATES for the CURRENT three consecutive years

Primary Responsibilities

• Quickly develop a thorough understanding of eRA system functionality and be able to present both "big picture" overviews and detailed deep-dives to new and prospective partners, in collaboration with relevant eRA Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
• Serve as the primary coordination interface for assigned federal partner organizations during onboarding and throughout ongoing engagement activities.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with partner agency representatives, eRA business teams, and technical support organizations to ensure continuity of service.
• Coordinate and actively participate in partner-facing activities including onboarding discussions, implementation reviews, service assessments, and operational readiness activities.
• Prepare and facilitate information exchange between partner organizations and eRA teams to support alignment on priorities, timelines, dependencies, and service impacts.
• Prepare executive briefings for eRA Senior Leadership and partner stakeholders.
• Analyze, identify, and communicate coordination gaps, unresolved issues, and operational risks to appropriate stakeholders.
• Maintain onboarding milestones, open action items, partner concerns, and issue resolution status for all assigned partner organizations.
• Coordinate follow-up activities with relevant parties to support timely resolution of open items.
• Escalate unresolved issues, service concerns, or operational risks to the eRA management or designated alternate in accordance with established escalation procedures.
• Utilize requirements elicitation techniques to gather business requirements from system stakeholders as needed to support partner engagements.
• Support eRA Product Owners and Team Leads in planning, road mapping, and monitoring project work related to partner activities.
• Maintain requirements traceability and other documentation following agile principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher and a minimum of 8 years of experience working in the Information Technology field directly as a Business/Systems Analyst, WITH a minimum of 2 years in a SENIOR or LEAD capacity.
• Demonstrated experience with federal grants management, ideally with full lifecycle exposure (pre-award, award, and post-award).
• A minimum of 3 years of experience documenting and managing requirements and conducting requirements analysis in an Agile environment.
• A minimum of 3 years of experience eliciting system requirements using standard techniques such as interviews, user groups, surveys, and documentation review.
• Experience preparing executive-level briefings and communication materials for senior leadership audiences.
• Experience serving as a primary point of contact or relationship manager for external stakeholders or partner organizations.
• Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional teams including developers, testers, and business stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience marketing and presenting system functionality to prospective partner agencies, including the ability to tailor demonstrations to varied audiences ranging from executive stakeholders to technical teams.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills — clear, succinct, and executive-ready.
• Must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, matrixed team environment with a client-centric culture.
• Must be able to multi-task and shift priorities as needed in response to evolving partner needs.
• Must be able to work effectively with diverse stakeholder types — from technical teams to senior agency officials — and facilitate groups to reach consensus.
• Must demonstrate strong organizational skills and attention to detail in tracking open items, milestones, and issue resolution.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with the eRA grants management system or a comparable federal grants management system, preferably as a federal shared service provider.
• MS or MBA is a plus
• Proficiency with agile tools including Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with federal partner agency onboarding, interagency coordination, or federal program management.
• Experience performing gap analyses and operational risk assessments.
• Knowledge of business process modeling techniques and tools.
• Familiarity with federal grants management policy and regulatory frameworks.

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