Manager Of Pre-Award

2 months ago


Dubai, United Arab Emirates Actalent Full time
  • Develop and monitor processes for the review and timely submission of grant and contract proposals to funding agencies.
  • Identify issues in pre-award workflows, provides recommendations to SPA leadership for resolution, and works with the appropriate offices for implementation of solutions.
  • Collaborate with other institutional offices to develop and maintain resources/programs to support researchers with the development and writing of quality grant proposals.
  • Assist in the review of proposed cost-share commitments, Facilities and Administrative (F&A) waivers, and other requests and make recommendation for approval or non-approval.
  • Develop and maintain performance metrics for pre-award activities.
  • Track grant and contract proposals, collect and share proposal data with SPA leadership and Vice President of Research Operations.
  • Serve as subject matter expert on complex applications and sponsor regulations.
  • Provide guidance, technical expertise, and training to Research Administrators and Principal Investigators on complex pre-award and contractual sponsored project compliance matters such as budgeting, cost allowability, PI and other key personnel eligibility and changes.
  • Serve as the pre-award lead and Signature Official for institutional, cross-department applications, e.g. Mass Life Sciences (MLSC), PCORI, or Program Project Grants, to ensure institutional objectives are clearly communicated and incorporated into the proposal/budget, plus any institutional support requirements are committed and appropriately documented, coordinating with assigned Research Administrators as appropriate. Provide project management support for the initial set-up and administration of these awards
  • Collaborate with the Chief Academic Officer’s office to manage the process for notification, review, and submission of limited submission grants as well as any internal institutional grant opportunities.
  • Collaborate with the RAPIT Director in preparing templates and other resource documents to assist Research Administration teams and Principal Investigators with various components of grant and contract proposals
  • Serve as a backup in the review of outgoing grant and contract proposals for institutional approval prior to submission to funding agencies.
  • Review and execute (when applicable) institutional certification and assurances documents.
  • Assist RAPIT Director with facilitating cross-team collaborations to understand important and frequent issues and create processes to ensure seamless handoffs between Research Operations Divisions and other ancillary offices.
  • Has the authority to direct and support employees’ daily work activities; has the direct responsibility to undertake the following employment activities: hiring, termination, corrective action and perform review; direct reports: 2 or 3

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