Research Project Manager, Horizon Europe

Simon Fraser University; Burnaby; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks vacation

Hybrid-work program

Defined benefit pension plan

Tuition waiver for employees

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development funds

Job summary

Simon Fraser University is seeking a Research Project Manager to support SFU's participation in Horizon Europe, the EU's flagship research program. You will promote awareness, ensure compliance, and facilitate connections with international partners to strengthen collaborations.

The role requires experience in managing research contracts, grants, and networks in a university setting, with strong project management, leadership, and communication skills to navigate a complex portfolio.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Science or Applied Sciences, or other relevant discipline, and three years related experience in the administration and development of research contracts, grants, and networks, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent knowledge of University research and governmental funding agency research policies, rules, regulations, and best practices.
• Excellent knowledge of scientific research grants and contract funding requirements.
• Ability to interact productively and professionally with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Support SFU's participation in Horizon Europe by promoting awareness, ensuring compliance, building capacity, supporting proposal development and facilitating connections with international partners and consortium leads.
• Navigate the program's complexity and ensure SFU researchers can compete effectively in this highly competitive environment.
• Apply project management principles to address challenges and mitigate risks across a large portfolio of projects.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Time management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science or Applied Sciences

Job description

Who We Are

Simon Fraser University is a leading research university, advancing an inclusive and sustainable future. Our purpose – the essence of SFU – is to create and connect knowledge, learning and community for deeper understanding and meaningful impact. We are committed to fostering excellence, innovation, belonging and community in all that we do.

Research Operations supports the institution’s research mission by providing a highly coordinated suite of services that cover all aspects of the research life cycle. The Institutional Strategic Awards (ISA) team – a core part of Research Operations – focuses on supporting SFU’s largest research proposals, nominations, and projects. Complementing our research development and recognition specialists, ISA’s research management team helps ensure the operational success of SFU’s most complex and high-risk projects. Our growing team of Research Project Managers (RPMs) help coordinate major funding applications, implement our successful grants, support our top researchers, and onboard new research initiatives.

About the Role

You will play an essential role in supporting SFU's participation in Horizon Europe, the European Union's flagship research and innovation program, providing access to high-impact collaborations involving universities, industry, governments, and research institutes across Europe and beyond. The role will navigate the program's complexity and ensure SFU researchers can compete effectively in this highly competitive environment, through promoting awareness, ensuring compliance, building capacity, supporting proposal development and facilitating connections with international partners and consortium leads. The focus of the next phase of support will be to expand SFU's engagement in the program, increase our success rate, and build a strong pipeline of potential proposals.

You bring experience in the management and administration of research contracts, grants, and networks in a university setting. You are a big-picture thinker, able to anticipate and mitigate potential risks and impacts across a large portfolio of projects. You are a problem-solver who often does their best work under rapidly changing and uncertain situations. You enjoy applying project management principles and methodologies to address challenges. You are familiar with SFU systems/processes/units and Horizon Europe.

Full Job Description

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Science or Applied Sciences, or other relevant discipline, and three years related experience in the administration and development of research contracts, grants, and networks, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

• Excellent project management skills.
• Excellent leadership, organizational, quantitative, analytical, communication, interpersonal, time management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent knowledge of University research and governmental funding agency research policies, rules, regulations, and best practices.
• Excellent knowledge of scientific research grants and contract funding requirements.
• Ability to interact productively and professionally with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders.

What We Offer

At SFU, our goal is to ensure our people are valued and supported by promoting a healthy work-life balance, professional growth and development, as well as a safe and respectful workplace. We offer continuing employees who belong in the Administrative & Professional Staff Association (APSA):

• 4 weeks’ vacation (prorated for the first year)*
• Hybrid-work program for eligible positions
• Employer paid defined benefit pension plan
• On-campus tuition waiver for employees and their immediate family members*
• Off-campus tuition reimbursements and professional development funds*
• And more! View our benefits brochure

*Prorated for part-time employees

Additional Information

There is an Identified Departmental Candidate.

SFU is an equity employer and strongly encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, Indigenous Peoples, visible minorities, people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of the university.

We are committed to facilitating accessibility within our application and interview processes. If you require any assistance or accommodations, please contact [e-mail].