Director - senior research associate

Atlanta, GA, United States

About Us

Overview

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values

Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

Students are our top priority.

We strive for excellence.

We thrive on diversity.

We celebrate collaboration.

We champion innovation.

We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.

We nurture the wellbeing of our community.

We act ethically.

We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

About the Office of Sponsored Programs at the Georgia Institute of Technology

The Office of Sponsored Programs provides progressive and responsive assistance in several areas of research administration, including specialized educational, informational, and technological support to research administrators and faculty. OSP provides research faculty with full-service 'cradle to grave' support and administration for research contracts and grants at Georgia Tech including the following sponsors:

All Federal Agencies

State and Local Governments

Universities

Federal Agency Pass-Through (regardless of type of pass-through entity)

Non-Profits (excluding private foundations)

Services include review and interpretation of contract and grant requirements, determination of appropriate terms and conditions, and establishment of pre-contract agreements as well as the monitoring all active contracts and grants, including modification of existing agreements.

Location

Atlanta, GA

Job Summary

This position will direct a team responsible for nondisclosure agreements, data use agreements, material transfer agreements, foundry agreements, medical transfer agreements and other miscellaneous agreements related to research support activities. Responsibilities of the Director include providing leadership, developing and implementing policies and procedures, establishing team priorities, setting employee and team goals, and assessing employee and team performance.

This position will interact on a consistent basis with: Georgia Tech academic and research faculty, their supporting finance and administrative personnel, deans, directors, associate deans, and school chairs; Office of the Executive Vice President for Research representatives; Office of Research Integrity Assurance; Office of Technology Licensing; Office of Legal Affairs; GTRC management and staff; sponsoring organizations and other collaborative organizations including universities, national labs, NGOs and nonprofit organizations; and oversight organizations.

This position typically will advise and counsel: unit management, faculty, and research staff.

This position may travel 1% - 24% of the time.

This position is hybrid eligible.

Required Qualifications A Master's degree, and seven (7) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of that degree, or

A Master's degree, and nine (9) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree, or

A Doctoral degree and four (4) years of relevant full-time experience after completion of a Bachelor's degree.

Preferred Qualifications

Additional Preferred Qualifications

Flexibility in daily service delivery hours (due to client shift schedules and project requirements).

Registered with the law bar in at least one state

Preferred Educational Qualifications

Juris doctorate

Preferred Experience

Ten or more years related experience including five years supervisory experience.

At least five years of experience with an institution of higher education or similar research organization.

Extensive experience negotiating contracts with intellectual property terms.

Ability to organize and prioritize multiple tasks and consistently meet deadlines.

Competence to establish effective working relationships to accomplish objectives, an expert in working independently, and in a team environment.

Must have a deep and broad understanding of contact law and research administration in higher education or equivalent organization.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

ABILITIES

Proactive decision making and problem-solving skills to respond to high-pressure situations. Excellent customer service skills with proven knowledge of how to work effectively and professionally with all levels of internal and external customers on complex issues and problems.

KNOWLEDGE

This position will supervise: over approximately ten professionals, including Managers/Supervisors, Contracting Officers and Contract Specialists

SKILLS

Lead team responsible for timely negotiation and administration of various research support agreements, including identification and review of relevant Institute policies, and coordination with departments responsible for research compliance such as research security, IRB, IAU.

Serve as a subject matter expert on applicable research administration topics. Maintain current working knowledge of relevant federal regulations, state statutes, and Institute policy.

Set goals and determine priorities for the team and its managers.

Participate in development, implementation, assessment and maintenance of OSP policies and procedures for effective and efficient administration of research support agreements.

Participate in strategic planning and administrative assessment for OSP.

Coordination between the Exchange Agreements team and other units within the central research administration organization including other teams within OSP; the Office of Technology Licensing; and the Office of Research Integrity Assurance.

Represent OSP in Institute initiatives and in Institute and external research administration professional development activities and organizations.

Contact Information

Requests for information may be directed to Rex Welch, HR Director at [email protected]

USG Core Values

The University System of Georgia is comprised of our 26 institutions of higher education and learning as well as the System Office. Our USG Statement of Core Values are Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. These values serve as the foundation for all that we do as an organization, and each USG community member is responsible for demonstrating and upholding these standards. More details on the USG Statement of Core Values and Code of Conduct are available in USG Board Policy 8.2.18.1.2 and can be found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section8/C224/#p8.2.18_personnel_conduct.

Additionally, USG supports Freedom of Expression as stated in Board Policy 6.5 Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom found on-line at https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/C2653.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. The University is committed to maintaining a fair and respectful environment for all. To that end, and in accordance with federal and state law, Board of Regents policy, and University policy, Georgia Tech provides equal opportunity to all faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including applicants for admission and/or employment, contractors, volunteers, and participants in institutional programs, activities, or services. Georgia Tech complies with all applicable laws and regulations governing equal opportunity in the workplace and in educational activities.

Georgia Tech prohibits discrimination, including discriminatory harassment, on the basis of race, ethnicity, ancestry, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or veteran status in its programs, activities, employment, and admissions. This prohibition applies to faculty, staff, students, and all other members of the Georgia Tech community, including affiliates, invitees, and guests. Further, Georgia Tech prohibits citizenship status, immigration status, and national origin discrimination in hiring, firing, and recruitment, except where such restrictions are required in order to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or Attorney General directive, or where they are required by Federal, State, or local government contract.

More information on these policies can be found here: https://www.usg.edu/policymanual/section6/c2714 Board of Regents Policy Manual | University System of Georgia (usg.edu).

Background Check

The candidate of choice will be required to pass a pre-employment background screening. http://policylibrary.gatech.edu/employment/pre-employment-screening.

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