Senior Consultant – Grants Innovation and AI Solutions

## Senior Consultant – Grants Innovation and AI Solutions Apply:
US - VA, McLean:
US - Remote (Any location):
Full time:
Posted Today:
45149
** Job Family:
** Operational Effectiveness Consulting
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* Travel Required:

** Up to 10%
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* Clearance Required:

** Ability to Obtain Public Trust
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* What You Will Do:

*** Support federal clients in improving and modernizing grants management operations across the grants lifecycle, with a focus on evaluating and enhancing grant application screening and review processes.
* Support the evaluation of AI-enabled solutions designed to enhance grants management activities, including grant application screening, review, compliance assessment, and quality assurance processes.
* Analyze federal grants policies, program requirements, review criteria, and supporting guidance to translate business needs into structured evaluation frameworks and documented requirements.
* Gather, document, and validate business, functional, and operational requirements through stakeholder interviews, workshops, document reviews, and collaborative working sessions.
* Assess grants management processes, operating models, policies, and program requirements to identify risks, opportunities, gaps, and actionable recommendations.
* Conduct analyses and quality reviews to enhance operational effectiveness, compliance, consistency, and program outcomes.
* Develop and execute evaluation approaches to assess AI-generated outputs and support human review activities that validate accuracy, consistency, quality, and alignment with policy requirements.
* Support business transformation initiatives through requirements gathering, policy analysis, technology evaluation, quality assurance, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
* Develop strategic and operational deliverables, including requirements documentation, policy analyses, evaluation criteria, testing approaches, findings reports, recommendations, presentations, training materials, and client communications.
* Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to manage priorities, drive project execution, and achieve client objectives.
* Own and deliver high-quality work products while contributing to a collaborative, client-focused consulting team.
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* What You Will Need:

*** Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal Public Trust;
Candidates with an active Public Trust or suitability are preferred.
* Bachelor's degree.
* FIVE (5) or more years of experience in consulting, project management, business analysis, policy analysis, grants management, quality assurance, or a related field; public sector experience and grants management experience strongly preferred.
* Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to assess policies, requirements, business processes, and operational data; identify risks and opportunities; and develop actionable recommendations.
* Experience analyzing policies, regulations, business requirements, review criteria, or program guidance and translating them into operational processes, evaluation criteria, or technical requirements.
* Experience gathering, documenting, validating, and managing business and functional requirements.
* Experience supporting quality assurance, evaluation criteria, testing, validation, or review activities.
* Experience developing structured documentation, standard operating procedures, evaluation frameworks, technical documentation, or implementation guidance.
* Ability to synthesize complex information and communicate clear, well-supported findings through executive presentations, reports, requirements documents, policy analyses, and client deliverables.
* Strong consulting skills, including structured problem solving, attention to detail, executive communication, stakeholder management,…