Principal Solutions Manager

Overview

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Position Summary

University Information Services (UIS) provides technical services and enterprise applications to the University of Colorado’s four campuses and the Office of the President. UIS is committed to excellence in customer service and technical expertise. It supports the University with enterprise applications used by students, faculty, human resources staff, finance staff, and others.

Research & Grants (R&G) IT Services supports CU’s Research mission with application products and services to support Research Administration, Research Compliance and Financial Management of Sponsored Projects. These products are used by faculty, students, Campus Grants and Contracts Administration offices staff, Sponsored Project office staff, and departmental research administration staff at all four campuses to manage cradle to grave Sponsored Projects administration.

Products include Info Ed Electronic Research Administration (eRA) software, primarily supported by the UIS eRA team and the Grants suite of modules from People Soft Financials and Supply Chain, supported primarily by the UIS Grants team.

Position The Principal Solutions Manager is responsible for the implementation and support of software and applications, primarily Info Ed eRA suite, that enable research compliance activities at all CU campuses. Key activities include Human subjects protocol development, Human subjects IRB management, Conflict of Interest tracking and COI cycle management. This role requires understanding common and distinct campus business processes and ensuring the eRA System meets their needs.

It reports to the Assistant Director of Electronic Research Administration and is exempt from the State of Colorado Classified Staff system.

Where You Will Work This role is eligible to work remotely within Colorado.

Description Of Job

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement and support the research compliance modules in the Info Ed eRA Suite including Human Subjects and Conflict of Interest modules.
• Serve as the expert liaison to CU campuses for analysis, configuration, and application support of Info Ed compliance modules.
• Collaborate with campus eRA Module Administration teams and research administration compliance stakeholders to understand each campus’s compliance priorities and requirements of the Info Ed application, reporting and integrations.
• Coordinate with eRA teammates, Info Ed vendor and UIS technical teams to ensure campus priorities are represented in UIS and vendor work queues.
• Work closely with stakeholders to ensure the system subscribes to upcoming maintenance requirements, regulatory updates, application releases, and set the product roadmap.
• Collaborate and provide expert advice to campus stakeholders to manage vendor relationships.
• Ensure continued availability of the eRA compliance applications, integrations and reports, specifically from the CITI Certifications, P&A processing, Human Subjects and COI modules, through upgrades and maintenance. Advise campus module admin teams in configuring systems, modules, processes and reports to meet eRA compliance…