Senior Business Analyst - Active Clearance Required
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Job summary
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, CA invites applications for a Senior Business Analyst to join the S&T Institutional Assessments Office. You will analyze, document, improve, and help implement business and operational processes that support awards programs and deliverables.
You will work with the Director and stakeholders to map current workflows, identify gaps, develop future-state solutions, and support implementation using Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and AI-enabled tools.
Qualifications
- Active DOE Q clearance or Top Secret clearance at hire.
- Bachelor's degree in business, operations, information systems, project management, or related field.
- Significant experience analyzing business, operational, or scientific processes; documenting requirements and improvements.
- Experience coordinating multi-step processes with attention to deadlines.
- Experience developing process documentation, user guidance, training materials, reports, dashboards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with data analysis or metrics.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel; experience with Teams, SharePoint, workflow automation, Power BI, Power Automate.
- Experience supporting assessments, executive operations, or high-visibility institutional activities.
- Experience using AI-enabled tools to improve workflows and reporting.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with stakeholders and deliver high-quality work.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and document current-state business processes and data flows for awards and agreements.
- Administratively manage the Director's Institutional Awards and related processes.
- Develop future-state process maps, requirements docs, implementation plans, and measures to improve efficiency and risk management.
- Identify gaps and dependency risks; implement business solutions with stakeholders.
- Gather and report data to support decision-making, forecasting, and trend analysis.
- Create reports, dashboards, presentations, and training materials for management.
- Use Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and AI tools to improve workflows and data quality.
- Lead or support process-improvement projects from scope to results.
- Partner with internal customers to clarify needs and adoption of new practices.
- Manage consultant, VSP, and non-employee agreements lifecycle.
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Job description
Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.
Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.
We are seeking a Senior Business Analyst to contribute to the Science & Technology (S&T) Institutional Assessments Office in a dynamic, high-visibility environment. In this role, you will analyze, document, improve, and help implement business and operational processes that enable the office's priorities, assessments activities, awards programs, and key deliverables. You will also administratively manage internal and external awardsand other assessments processes.
Working closely with the S&T Institutional Assessments Director and stakeholders across the Laboratory, you will evaluate current-state workflows, identify process gaps and improvement opportunities, develop practical future-state solutions, and support implementation. You will serve as a liaison between office leadership, internal Lab stakeholders, and operational partners to ensure processes, reporting, data, and technology solutions effectively meet business needs.This S&T Institutional Assessments Office is within the Office of the Deputy Director for Science and Technology (DDST) and you will report to the DDST Administrator.
This position offers a hybrid schedule, blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.
- Analyze and document current-state business processes, workflows, roles, data flows, and requirements supporting institutional awards, internal and external awards, consultant and Visiting Scientist and Professional (VSP) agreements, and other office initiatives.
- Administratively manage the Director's Institutional Awards process, internal and external awards, and other assessments-related processes and initiatives.
- Develop future-state process recommendations, process maps, requirements documentation, implementation plans, and measures to improve efficiency, consistency, customer experience, and risk management.
- Identify and evaluate process gaps, operational issues, and cross-functional dependencies; recommend and help implement business solutions in partnership with stakeholders.
- Gather, validate, interpret, analyze, and report business, operational, and programmatic data to support decision-making, forecasting, trending, and continuous improvement.
- Develop reports, dashboards, presentations, correspondence, process documentation, user guidance, and training materials for management and stakeholders.
- Use business analysis tools and technologies, including Excel, Teams, SharePoint, and AI-enabled tools, to improve workflow management, document handling, collaboration, and data quality.
- Lead or support small- to medium-scale process-improvement projects, including defining scope, gathering requirements, tracking actions, coordinating stakeholders, monitoring implementation, and assessing results.
- Partner with internal customers and operational organizations to clarify needs, facilitate end-to-end process goals, and support adoption of new or revised practices.
- Administer the lifecycle of consultant, VSP, and other non-employee agreements;evaluate and improve these processes.
- Draft, edit, and finalize sensitive reports, presentations, web content, and other communications requiring accuracy, discretion, and sound judgment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at the time of hire.
- Bachelor's degree in business, operations, information systems, project management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- Significant experience analyzing business, operational, or scientific processes; gathering and documenting requirements, process flows, roles, data needs, and functional constraints; and developing recommendations for process, workflow, and reporting improvements.
- Experience coordinating and supporting multi-step business or operational processes with attention to detail and deadlines.
- Experience developing process documentation, user guidance, training materials, reports, dashboards, or presentations.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including experience with data analysis, cost-benefit analysis, or performance metrics.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, and experience with Teams, SharePoint administration, workflow automation, Power BI, Power Automate, and related collaboration, reporting, and automation tools.
- Experience supporting assessments, assurance, awards, executive operations, or other high-visibility institutional activities.
- Experience using technology and AI-enabled tools to improve workflows, reporting, analysis, or business processes.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage multiple priorities, coordinate stakeholders, and deliver high-quality work within deadlines.
- Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, and customer-service skills. Demonstrated ability to partner with all levels and disciplines, including administrative, communications, event management, and graphic designers.
- Demonstrated judgment, discretion, tact, and ability to handle sensitive or confidential information.
- Experience developing end-to-end process maps and implementing cross-functional process improvements.
- Experience with trend analysis andforecasting.
- Experience editing web content from a user interface.
- Experience administering consultant, VSP, or other non-employee agreements.
- Professional certification or coursework in business analysis, project management, Lean, process improvement, or data analytics.
$114,900 - $140,712Annually
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
This is a Career Indefinite position, open to Lab employees and external candidates.
- Included in 2026Best Places to Work by Glassdoor!
- FlexibleBenefits Package
- 401(k)
- Relocation Assistance
- Education Reimbursement Program
- Flexible schedules (*depending on project needs)
- Our values - visithttps://www.llnl.gov/inclusion/our-values
This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire.
External applicant(s) selected for this position must pass a post-offer, pre-employment drug test. This includes testing for use of marijuana as Federal Law applies to us as a Federal Contractor.
Per the Department of Energy (DOE), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory must meet certain restrictions with the useand/or possession ofmobile devices in Limited Areas. Depending on your job duties, you may be required to work in a Limited Area whereyou are not permitted to have a personal and/or laboratory mobile devicein your possession. This includes, but not limited to cell phones, tablets, fitness devices, wireless headphones, and other Bluetooth/wireless enabled devices.
Ifyou useamedical device, whichpairs with a mobile device,you must still follow the rules concerningthe mobile device in individual sections within Limited Areas. Sensitive Compartmented Information Facilities requireseparate approval. Hearing aids without wireless capabilities or wireless that has been disabled are allowed in Limited Areas, Secure Space and Transit/Buffer Space within buildings.
We are an equal opportunity employer that is committed to providing all with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status, age, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.
Our goal is to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates applying and interviewing at the Laboratory. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please use our online form to submit a request.
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