Founding Program Manager - National NSF Pilot

University of Central Florida; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings

Employee discounts

Education assistance

Job summary

The National Commercialization and Translation Institute (NCTI) at the University of Central Florida is launching a national pilot funded by the NSF. The Project Manager will coordinate project plans, timelines, reporting, governance, compliance, and stakeholder engagement to support the successful delivery of institute objectives.

Successful candidates will bring experience managing complex projects in federally funded, research, higher education, government, or similarly regulated

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree and 4+ years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience pursuant to Fla. Stat. 112.219(6).

Responsibilities

• Administer the national competition (S1 to S3): support design and deployment of the solicitation and published review criteria; manage the application period, applicant communications, and intake; screen applications administratively; and run Selection Board logistics, including scheduling, materials, scoring-record capture, structured finalist interviews, and NDA/conflict-of-interest documentation.
• Perform operational data collection supporting the research and evaluation program (M3): administer founder and stakeholder surveys on the fixed cadence; maintain participation, expenditure, and milestone records; capture operational records feeding the national longitudinal registry; provide organized, auditable data to the external evaluator (RTI International); and support the evaluator’s data collection, including implementation-fidelity documentation, records assembly for case narratives, and scheduling and logistics for RTI’s structured interviews — while evaluation design and interpretation remain with RTI.
• Prepare and coordinate reporting: assemble inputs for NSF annual reports and learning sessions; maintain institute dashboards and records for the PI/PD, Executive Director, and Strategic Board; track deliverables and metrics against the project’s Table 1 targets and Table 3 activities.
• Maintain compliance documentation: participant-support cost records and milestone-verification files for the commercialization-support review committee; NSF prior-approval tracking (including any rebudgeting of unexpended participant support); records retention consistent with the project’s Data Management and Sharing Plan; and institute policy and procedure documentation.
• Coordinate meetings and governance operations (M1): schedule and support the commercialization-support review committee’s milestone checkpoints, the monthly operations group, quarterly Strategic Board meetings, and Partner Council convenings; prepare agendas, materials, and minutes with clerical support.

Skills

Project coordination

Attention to detail

Stakeholder management

Governance processes

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree

Job description

The National Commercialization and Translation Institute (NCTI) at the University of Central Florida is launching a national pilot funded by the NSF. The Project Manager will coordinate project plans, timelines, reporting, governance, compliance, and stakeholder engagement to support the successful delivery of institute objectives.

Successful candidates will bring experience managing complex projects in federally funded, research, higher education, government, or similarly regulated