Salary
💰 $226,000 - $376,000 per year
About the role
- Lead the technical solutioning for NIH account pursuits, including RFP responses, solution architecture, and client stakeholder engagement.
- Design and articulate end-to-end technology solutions that support NIH goals, particularly in data integration and enterprise systems supporting business operations and programmatic biomedical research.
- Collaborate with NIH teams to understand data flows, integration points, and system interoperability requirements.
- Serve as the primary technical liaison to NIH technology buyers within programmatic offices and at the enterprise level, building trust and credibility through consistent delivery and thought leadership.
- Align proposed solutions with NIH’s evolving technology strategy, including legacy system modernization and adoption of data integration platforms.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams to develop solution components, cost estimates, and implementation plans.
- Present solutions to internal and external executive stakeholders, including NIH leadership.
- Support workshops and working sessions with NIH stakeholders to refine requirements and validate solution approaches.
- Maintain awareness of NIH enterprise systems and leverage this knowledge to inform solution design.
- Stand up delivery teams post-award, ensuring continuity and clarity of vision.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in a relevant technical field
- 10+ years of experience in technology solution design, with at least 5 years supporting NIH
- Deep understanding of NIH programmatic and business operations technologies
- Familiarity with NIH’s legacy systems and future technology direction
- Strong relationships with NIH technology stakeholders and a reputation for trusted delivery
- Proven ability to lead technical solutioning in complex, multi-stakeholder environments
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and risk mitigation capabilities
- Experience working with geographically distributed teams
- Based in or near Washington, DC, with availability for on-site engagement with NIH stakeholders