Senior Business Analyst, Grants Management

Leidos

Senior Business Analyst coordinating between program teams and federal agencies for NIH support. Requires extensive grants management experience and collaboration with diverse stakeholders.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • Maryland • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $92,300 - $166,850 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Quickly develop a thorough understanding of system functionality and present both "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 ongoing engagement activities
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with partner agency representatives, business teams, and technical support organizations
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 business teams
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, partner concerns, and issue resolution status
Coordinate follow-up activities with relevant parties
Escalate unresolved issues, service concerns, or operational risks to management or designated alternate
Utilize requirements elicitation techniques to gather business requirements as needed
Support Product Owners and Team Leads in planning, road mapping, and monitoring project work

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree or higher
Minimum of 8 years of experience working in the Information Technology field directly as a Business/Systems Analyst
Minimum of 2 years in a senior or lead capacity
Demonstrated experience with federal grants management with full lifecycle exposure
Direct experience with the NIH grants management system or a comparable federal grants management system
Minimum of 3 years of experience documenting and managing requirements and conducting requirements analysis in an Agile environment
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
Must have excellent written and oral communication skills
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 and facilitate groups to reach consensus
Must demonstrate strong organizational skills and attention to detail in tracking open items, milestones, and issue resolution.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health and Wellness programs
Income Protection
Paid Leave
Retirement

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Hard Skills & Tools

business analysisrequirements analysisrequirements elicitationAgile methodologyfederal grants managementNIH grants management systemdocumentation managementproject planningrisk analysisexecutive briefings

Soft Skills

communication skillsorganizational skillsrelationship managementmulti-taskingproblem-solvingfacilitation skillsteam collaborationclient-centric approachattention to detailadaptability

Certifications

Bachelor's degree