Team-Based Research and Development Executive Director (Research Development Leader)
Indiana University

Job Info

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Department

RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT (UA-RSDE-IUBLA)

Department Information

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Job Summary

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Responsible for increasing Indiana University (IU)¿s competitiveness in capturing large-scale extramural funding opportunities that are aligned with the IU 2030 Strategic Plan¿s research objectives.
• Reports to the Associate Vice President for Research Development in ORD.
• Manages the day-to-day functions of the TBRD unit within ORD.
• Provides expert guidance and service to IU faculty and research staff in helping identify competitive extramural grant and contract opportunities.
• Builds competitive teams to pursue large-scale extramural grant and contract opportunities.
• Assists with the design and development of competitive proposals that will be submitted directly to funding sponsors or a partner leading a proposal submission.
• Helps ensure that major proposals delivered to funding sponsors and proposal partners are of the highest quality, compelling written, and maximally responsive to the solicitation.
• Responsible for the management of staff, processes, and effectiveness of the TBRD unit in service to IU¿s schools, colleges, and research institutes and centers.
• Primarily capture substantive and highly impactful research opportunities for IU in close collaborations with other IU Research divisions, particularly ORD¿s units, e.g., Proposal Development Services (PDS) and Federal Agency R&D Relations (FARDR).
• Manages the vision and leadership for the TBRD unit.
• Analyzes IU campus proposal and award data and sponsor funding trends and develop strategies to increase institutional competitiveness for extramural funding that are aligned with the IU 2030 Strategic Plan.
• Manages identifying and pursuing any related planning grants that would enhance IU¿s competitiveness for securing large-scale federal funding.
• Directs the end-to-end development of highly complex proposals that are aligned with the strategic interests of IU research enterprise and assigned to TBRD.
• Manages proposal development and business capture for large, impactful proposals, including teaming strategies, partner negotiations, business intelligence collection, proposal writing, editing, professional-quality graphic illustration, production, internal and external review, oral presentation, and site visit preparation, from assignment and receipt of the Request For Proposal (RFP) through award selection by the funding sponsor.
• Manages and lead large-scale proposal development meetings such as kick-off meetings, budget and pricing strategy meetings, and both tactical and strategic reviews.
• Provides detailed guidance to proposal contributors; manage writing assignments and the receipt of all proposal materials from proposal authors and teaming partners within a proposal development timeline.
• Monitors and remains current on all amendments/modifications to the solicitation for assigned proposals.
• Manages individual faculty members and research staff with large-scale proposal review, editorial, and design services as they conceptualize, develop, and write grant proposals to federal agencies and other entities for research funding.
• Maintains and provides access to the IU repository of templates, toolkits, and guides for commonly used proposal components, such as Postdoctoral Mentoring Plans, Data Management Plans, Responsible Conduct of Research Plans, Current and Pending Support Templates, and CV and Biosketch Templates for common major agencies including (not limited to) NSF, NIH, DOE, DoEd, NASA, and DOD.
• Collaborates with IU Research divisional leadership, as well as the IU research community, on large R&D program strategies and goals, long-term planning, and procedures.
• Partners with Deans and Associate Deans for Research to further research priorities.
• Manages, identifies, and disseminates potential large-scale funding opportunities (at least $1M/project) that are aligned with the research capabilities and growth interests of the IU research enterprise.
• Identifies and communicates proposal-related resource requirements and proposal development/delivery status to IU leadership, as appropriate.
• Builds awareness of TBRD services within IU¿s schools, colleges, research institutes and centers.
• Maintains a familiarity with federal agency funding trends, strategies, and priorities, and arrange and host campus and virtual visits from, and to, funding agency representatives.
• Provides training opportunities to improve the large-scale proposal writing and proposal development skills of IU¿s faculty and research staff.
• Identifies and implements programming opportunities to foster a culture of collaboration, creativity, and innovation across IU¿s schools, colleges, and research institutes and centers.
• Directly supervise and evaluate the performance of personnel employed within TBRD.
• Participates in professional organizations to stay current on the best practices in large-scale proposal development.
• Serves on university committees as appropriate.
• Other duties as assigned by the Associate Vice President for Research Development.

General Responsibilities

• Contributes on senior leadership teams to formulate strategic planning and the highest-level operational objectives for research development.
• Establishes long-term business plans and long-term strategic objectives.
• Directs leadership staff who provide supervision to research development.
• Responsible for escalated operational issues, including human resources and/or people management situations.
• Drives innovation and excellence within the area of research development; reviews and creates policies and procedures.
• Determines overall budget for research development teams; reviews and approves financial proposals from direct reporting leaders; has significant fiscal responsibilities that require frequent interaction with executive leaders.
• Provides expertise and identifies grant and/or funding opportunities; develops business relationships across the university and externally.
• Stays up-to-date on new research development standards, technologies, policies, and procedures and works collaboratively with other research development leaders across departments and/or campuses in determining standards, best practices, and related policies/procedures; ensures the adoption and implementation by direct reporting leaders.

Qualifications

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in a related field)

Preferred

• Ph.D., Ed.D., or equivalent in STEM, Health Sciences, or other related disciplines

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 5 years or more in research administration or related experience
• 3 years of management experience

Preferred

• 3 years of full-time work experience in the large-scale proposal development field working with researchers at a research-intensive university to develop successful proposals to major federal funding agencies
• Experience with engaging program/project managers at various federal agencies
• Experience with university collaboration with national laboratories
• Experience with the direct supervision of employees
• 5 years of progressively relevant experience, such as collaborative work experience in proposal development

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Excellent organizational skills
• Excellent collaboration and team building skills
• Effectively coaches and delivers constructive feedback
• Instills commitment to organizational goals
• Demonstrates excellent judgment and decision making skills
• Effective conflict management skills
• Builds and manages effective teams
• Effective leadership skills
• Ability to represent the company with external constituents
• Ability to drive multiple projects to successful completion
• Knowledge of business theory, business processes, management, budgeting, and business office operations.
• Commitment to working with people of diverse backgrounds
• Interprets federal, state, and institutional rules and regulations

Preferred

• Familiarity with the federal funding landscape for research-intensive universities
• Demonstrable experience with strategizing, writing, reviewing, and editing successful complex and technical proposa
• A strong understanding of the federal funding landscape for research-intensive universities
• Familiarity with various sponsoring agency submission mechanisms and electronic research administration systems
• Basic understanding of grants administration, policies, and procedures; basic understanding of Uniform Guidance
• Basic understanding of federal regulatory compliance requirements, including conflict of interest, export controls, and research involving animals and humans
• Understanding of topics such as intellectual property rights, facilities and administration costs, and cost-sharing within the context of academia, and the ability to explain IU positions on these topics
• Familiarity with the federal funding landscape for research-intensive universities
• Demonstrable experience with strategizing, writing, reviewing, and editing successful complex and technical proposals

Working Conditions / Demands

This role requires the ability to effectively communicate and to operate a computer and other standard office productivity equipment. The position involves sedentary work as well as periods of time moving around an office environment and the campus. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

This position will be based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Advertised Salary

$150,000.00- $175,000.00 annually

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Multiple plan options for medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
• Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
• Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
• Additional supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition benefit for IU classes
• 10 paid holidays per year
• Generous Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure.

Job Classification

Career Level: Strategic

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Research

Job Family: Research Development

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