Job Title Programme Manager - Research Intelligence & Knowledge Management Location Kollam, Keralam Required Number 1 Qualification Master's degree in Engineering, Science, Management, Public Policy, Research Management, Data Science, Computer Science, Information Science, or a related discipline.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Funding Intelligence: Identify and track national and international funding opportunities, maintain a centralized funding database, and disseminate relevant calls to faculty.
- Opportunity & Proposal Management: Match funding opportunities with faculty expertise and institutional priorities, and manage proposal tracking from identification to outcome.
- Proposal Quality: Develop evaluation metrics, coordinate internal reviews, and provide feedback to improve proposal quality and competitiveness.
- Research Analytics: Develop KPIs, dashboards, benchmarking frameworks, and strategic reports to support data-driven institutional decision-making.
- Knowledge Management: Build and maintain a centralized repository of institutional research information, including proposals, projects, publications, expertise, collaborations, and infrastructure.
- AI & Automation: Develop AI-enabled tools for funding discovery, faculty-opportunity matching, proposal assessment, deadline tracking, analytics, and knowledge retrieval.
- Strategic Intelligence: Analyse funding trends, proposal outcomes, and research performance to generate actionable recommendations for improving research competitiveness.
- Stakeholder Coordination: Coordinate with faculty, research centres, administrative teams, and technology teams to implement and continuously improve RIKMS
Preferred Experience & Skills
- Experience in research management, programme management, proposal development, funding intelligence, institutional analytics, or knowledge management. Strong analytical, communication, technical writing, and coordination skills.
- Familiarity with research databases, bibliometric tools, Power BI/data analytics, AI-enabled research tools, or automation platforms will be an added advantage.
- Duration: Initially one year, extendable based on performance and project requirements
Job category Non-Teaching Last Date to Apply September 30, 2026