Compliance Management

Details This; Campus (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The Research Security and Export Control role at the University of Utah will lead export control compliance, support secured research, and may serve as the Empowered Official for the university's Export Compliance Program. The role provides strategic direction and execution guidance to shape the future of research security and export controls across the university.

They will offer planning, faculty support, and expertise in these areas, while fostering a collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Proficient with all duties and responsibilities of the Research Security and Export Control role.
• Ability to navigate complex work processes.
• Experience contributing to research administration community-wide activities.
• Mentorship to a broad campus community.
• Ability to address strategic and operational problems, often without clear precedent.
• Recognition for excellence in the relevant role.

Responsibilities

• Proficient with all duties and responsibilities of the Research Security and Export Control role.
• Assigned complex work processes.
• Participates and makes substantive contributions in research administration community-wide activities.
• Serves as a mentor to the broader community on campus.
• Problems faced are both strategic and operational, and often complex without clear precedent.
• Is recognized

Job description

Track Level M6 - Director, M5 - Associate Director, M4 - Senior Manager

FLSA Code

FLSA Code Administrative

Patient Sensitive Job Code?

Patient Sensitive Job Code? No

Standard Hours per Week 40

Full Time or Part Time?

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Shift

Shift Day

Work Schedule Summary

M-F 8-5

VP Area

VP Area President

Department

Department 00639 - VP for Research

Location

Location Campus

City

City Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment

Type of Recruitment External Posting

Pay Rate Range

Pay Rate Range $110,000 - $170,000

Close Date

Close Date 10/27/2026

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

The Research Security and Export Control role will assume a pivotal role at the University of Utah. This position will assist in the direction of export control compliance and advance the University’s facilitation of secured research and may serve as the Empowered Official for the University’s Export Compliance Program. The Research Security and Export Control role will provide visionary leadership, experience, strategic direction, and execution guidance to shape the future of research security and export control compliance across the University of Utah. They will provide planning, faculty support, and expertise in the areas of research security and export control compliance. The Research Security and Export Control role, will be a strategic thinker with an open and collaborative style who fosters teamwork, sustains a learning environment for growing number of staff and develops an open, engaged culture that engenders trust from the broader university-wide research community.
About the SVPR
The Senior Vice President for Research ( SVPR ) Office at the University of Utah is a dynamic hub for innovation and discovery. As an R1 institution recognized for very high research activity, the University of Utah leads groundbreaking research that impacts both local and global communities. The SVPR Office collaborates with researchers, drives interdisciplinary initiatives, and fosters a culture of discovery. Key responsibilities include strategic leadership, shared IT services, and research enablement.
About the University of Utah
Located in Salt Lake City, the U is the flagship institution of the State of Utah’s system of higher education, home to arts and museum venues and a member of the Big 12 Conference. Skiing and snowboarding opportunities are a short distance from campus, and opportunities to pursue activities from biking to hiking to fishing abound. Salt Lake City is home to the Utah Symphony and Opera, Ballet West, professional sports teams, and a wide range of other cultural and recreational activities.
Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.
Disclaimer
This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.
Essential Functions

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• Proficient with all the duties and responsibilities of the Research Security and Export Control role
• Assigned complex work processes
• Participates and makes substantive contributions in research administration community-wide activities
• Serves as a mentor to the broader community on campus.
• Problems faced are both strategic and operational, and often complex without clear precedent.
• Is recognized