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JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

The SIRO Project Management Office at Penn State is seeking a Project Manager to support a variety of federal and nonfederal, interdisciplinary, multi-million dollar grants.

SIRO is a central research administration unit that is part of the Office of the Senior Vice President for Research (OSVPR). The mission of the OSVPR is to support a rigorous program of faculty and student research and creative accomplishment by enhancing the environment for scholarly and artistic endeavors, encouraging the highest standards of quality, and fostering ethical conduct in research. SIRO's mission is to provide direct support for university-wide, strategic multi-college and multi-institutional research efforts.

This position will report to the SIRO Associate Director of Project Management while working cross functionally with leadership and staff from PSU colleges, Institutes, and central offices.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities are specific to lifecycle project management of research administration (pre-award/strategic coordination and post-award management) while leading project team management across multiple PSU Colleges/Departments, Central Offices, Sponsor, external collaborators, and subrecipients. The position requires flexibility and agility to pivot between projects. Key duties for this position include the following:

• Monitor lifecycle project management of the research administration process (upstream proposal development, proposal building process, account set-up, award management, reporting, close-out)
• Direct assignments of administrative team members and monitor status of assigned tasks during pre and post award stages
• Liaise with cross-functional teams and conduct regular communications with Principal Investigators, Subrecipients, Sponsor, Internal PSU and departmental/college staff on a variety of administrative functions
• Coordinate and manage multi-disciplinary working groups and committees
• Attend and lead administrative and technical meetings
• Plan and forecast sponsored budgets in-line with strategic plan
• Monitor and forecast project financial health to ensure on track with appropriate spend rate
• Monitor multiple subrecipient budgets, expenditures, amendments
• Monitor milestones, timelines, end dates, budget realignments and extensions, prior approvalrequirements for changing aspects of a fund
• Review sponsor and University guidelines, ensure team understanding and compliance
• Assess unique project requirements and work with various units to support
• Coordinate preparation and submission of complex reporting
• Participate and assist with internal and external audits
• Manage/coordinate the process of accessing sponsore