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Research Project Management

Research Project Management Managers provide leadership of research teams including hiring, training, and evaluating staff; oversee project operations including project infrastructure, operating procedures, workflows, timelines, and deliverables; evaluate research methodologies and data management plans and make recommendations to ensure quality outcomes; administer project budget; develop strategic plans to advance research goals and promote project interests.

• Lead a research team including hiring, training, mentoring, and evaluating; establish and review performance standards; provide development opportunities 

• Design project work-flow processes and project infrastructure; delegate, prioritize, and review research tasks in order to achieve project goals and improve results

• Serve as point on contact and liaison with faculty, external and internal advisory boards, and regulatory agencies; interface with external collaborators to direct and facilitate multi-site and collaborative research

• Direct the standardization of procedures; establish reporting procedures and ensure reporting requirements are met

• Lead and direct special projects as requested by Institute directors; recommend and implement new initiatives aimed at expanding the research portfolio and impact

• Provide guidance and oversight of compliance with government regulations and University policies on research; keep abreast of compliance regulations and changes

• Plan and administer project budgets; serve as liaison with central financial offices including research accounting, payroll, and department financial officers; create financial and statistical reports for Principal Investigators and division/department executives; analyze information and recommend spending activity

• Collaborate with unit, department, or center leadership to develop strategic partnerships, advance the mission of research initiatives and projects; develop long term plans for resource allocation

Level:

– Principal Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates awareness of broad issues and management trends. Applies exemplary management principles. Evaluates impact of policy and adjusts accordingly. Ensures appropriate skills are developed and maintained within team/unit. Realigns staff responsibilities to meet desired changes. Provides administrative and policy direction. Develops and articulates broad goals. Fosters collaboration between units. Engages in written and verbal communications that reach a university-wide and/or broad external audience. Develops and implements solutions to highly complex and often controversial problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees teams of other supervisors/managers
– Leads a business unit

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Plans, forecasts, develops, and/or approves budgets
– Typically has final signature authority for business unit

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that may have a significant impact on multiple units and/or the University
– Regularly develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve the most difficult problems
– Creates an environment that encourages imaginative solutions to problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined and may be frequently changing
– Sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Oversees completed work of others and is accountable for unit results
– Delegates advanced tasks to others and provides guidance to team members

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– May represent the University externally
– Collaborates closely with team members and other leaders across the University
– Communicates a compelling vision that inspires and motivates others

• Comp Grade – 15
• Minimum – $109,300.00
• MidPoint – $136,600.00
• Maximum – $164,000.00

• Consulting
• Data management
• Operations management
• Presentation Skills
• Project Management
• Regulatory compliance
• Reporting
• Research methods
• Resource allocation
• Strategic Planning