Director of Research Partnerships & Development

Texas A&M University System; Bryan (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas A&M University System Offices seeks an Associate Director, Partnerships and Research Development Engagement to serve as the liaison between TAMUS Research Development Office and member institutions. The role travels across the system to strengthen research development capacity, cultivate partnerships, and enhance proposal development.

The position focuses on building strategic collaborations, delivering analytics, and advancing system-wide research initiatives with regular onsite campus

Qualifications

• Eight years of progressively responsible experience in research proposal development or research administration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage research development assessment frameworks and performance metrics.
• Analyze proposal pipelines, funding outcomes, and ROI measures.
• Produce strategic reports and dashboards for institutional leadership.
• Conduct portfolio analyses to identify strengths, gaps, and opportunities.
• Support benchmarking against peer institutions and national trends.
• Evaluate effectiveness of research development programs and interventions.
• Manage research intelligence and funding landscape analyses.
• Provide decision-support analytics for strategic planning initiatives.
• Serve as the primary research development representative to TAMUS member institutions.
• Conduct regular on-site visits to engage faculty, administrators, and leadership.
• Identify institutional research strengths and growth opportunities.
• Build partnerships among TAMUS institutions.
• Facilitate proposal development efforts and connect faculty to system-wide resources.
• Coordinate workshops, training programs, and faculty engagement activities.
• Gather stakeholder feedback and assess emerging research needs.
• Promote utilization of TAMUS RDO services and resources.
• Collaborate with Team Science, Grant Writing, and Analytics personnel to deliver integrated support.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Proposal development

Strategic partnerships

Analytics reporting

Cross-institution collaboration

Communication skills

Travel coordination

Education

Master’s degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Texas A&M University System Offices seeks an Associate Director, Partnerships and Research Development Engagement to serve as the liaison between TAMUS Research Development Office and member institutions. The role travels across the system to strengthen research development capacity, cultivate partnerships, and enhance proposal development.

The position focuses on building strategic collaborations, delivering analytics, and advancing system-wide research initiatives with regular onsite campus