Senior Program Manager, COBRE

Senior Program Manager, COBRE

Works in partnership with faculty, staff, and students to manage the financial and administrative aspects of Tulane COBRE for Clinical and Translational Research in Cardiometabolic Diseases. The Tulane COBRE project supports several sponsored projects totaling more than $10 million in annual costs. Oversees the daily operations of the project, which include but are not limited to hiring, training, and supervising staff, organizing meetings and annual reports, processing purchases and invoicing, coordinating internal and external committee meetings, and assisting in the evaluation of research programs.

Coordinates other sponsored research awards under the project, proactively facilitating and managing awards, drafting and submitting required reports, supporting program governance, instituting processes to guide daily activities, monitoring program progress, identifying risks and issues, implementing corrective measures, coordinating projects and their interdependencies, managing utilization of resources across projects, managing communication, clarifying and communicating program priorities, and tracking and facilitating achievement of program deliverables.

• Ability to manage reports within required guidelines.
• Knowledge of the sponsored research environment in an academic setting.
• Excellent program evaluation and monitoring skills.
• Ability with budget management and accountability.
• Knowledge of policies and requirements for government agencies and private foundations.
• Highly proficient in grant proposal preparation skills and a strong working knowledge of federal and private foundation grant submission processes and procedures.
• Ability to proficiently use a variety of software applications: MS Office Suite (particularly Excel), Adobe Acrobat, Outlook, and Tulane’s software.
• Ability to prioritize and manage a variety of responsibilities with multiple deadlines.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as a team member.
• Interpersonal skills to work with faculty, staff and students.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to use discretion, judgment, attention to detail, and initiative.

• Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, accounting, finance, higher education administration, or related field.
• Three years of previous experience in grants and contracts management, research and academic program management.

• Master’s Degree in business administration, accounting, finance, higher education administration, or related field.
• Previous grants and contracts management experience in a health, scientific, research and development, or higher education setting.