Research Administration Manager

Job Summary

This position serves as a Research Administration Manager, providing research, administrative, and operational management for Dr. Jomol Mathew’s research portfolio, which includes the Real World Data Collaborative, Data Science to Promote Precision Medicine, Real-world Evidence to Advance Community Health, and other health informatics projects.

Real World Data Collaborative consolidates vast amounts of real-world data from across Wisconsin into one easily accessible and compliant system. When fully built, the repository will include clinical data, biospecimens, data from state and federal agencies, and environmental data to provide a comprehensive view of Wisconsin’s health and tackle health issues in the state. The Data Science to Promote Precision Medicine project focuses on biomedical big data. The Real-world Evidence to Advance Community Health (REACH) program aims to use health technology in new ways and further increase research participation from communities across the state.

The Research Administration Manager role is responsible for pre- and post-award research administration, including proposal preparation, sponsored research compliance, principal investigator effort monitoring and certification, budget development and monitoring, procurement coordination, and other research administration tasks in accordance with university and sponsor policies.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Monitors effort and salary sources of the Principal Investigator to ensure sponsored research compliance
• Executes activities related to financial compliance, audit, or reporting
• Reviews and approves programmatic transactions spanning the life-cycle of sponsored projects
• May have authority to submit proposals, agreements, or invoices to a sponsor
• May supervise the day-to-day activities of research administration staff
• Provides training to faculty, staff, and/or administrators within the unit

Required Qualifications

• Recent work experience with a primary focus working in research administration in an academic, government or healthcare setting
• Experience leading the process of IRB approvals and effort certification compliance, managing research budget
• Experience leading the development and submission of required sponsored research reports, such as NIH research performance progress reports