Manager, Research Management (MGB Orthopedics)

Brigham & Women's Physicians Organization; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham is seeking a Manager, Research Management in the Department of Orthopedics. The role oversees pre- and post-award activities, ensuring sponsor and institutional compliance while supporting PIs and research staff.

The position offers hybrid work, located at 60 Fenwood Road, with 40 hours weekly and a focus on financial oversight, forecasting, and contract processing within a cutting-edge musculoskeletal research environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or business administration required; MBA preferred.
• 2–5 years grant management or research finance experience.
• Strong proficiency with Excel, Word and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level support to Research Finance leadership and teams.
• Manage pre- and post-award activities for sponsored programs; ensure compliance.
• Prepare forecast reports and coordinate with PI leaders.

Skills

Excel

Teams

Word

Education

Bachelor's Degree Finance

Bachelor's Degree Business Administration

Master's Degree Business Administration

Tools

Grant management software

Financial forecasting tools

Job description

Site: Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization, Inc.

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

The Department of Orthopedics at Mass General Brigham drives innovation through cutting-edge research in areas such as joint preservation, advanced biomaterials and minimally invasive surgical techniques. We are translating laboratory discoveries into improved patient outcome and care. Our research teams are refining standards of care and shaping the future of musculoskeletal medicine.

We are looking for a Manager, Research Management to join our team.

• Provides high-level support to Research Finance leadership, Pre and Post-Award Teams, research faculty and research support staff.
• Manage post-award and pre-award activities of sponsored programs within portfolio. This includes maintaining the healthy financial status of all accounts within the finance manager's portfolio ensuring compliance of sponsor and institutional terms and conditions as well as proposal development, submission, and post-submission follow-up for manager's portfolio of investigators and others as needed.

Does this position require Patient Care? No

Essential Functions

• Manage multiple proposals concurrently while adhering to all necessary sponsor, institutional and Departmental guidelines, policies, and best practices.
• Assume financial control of assigned departments and review funding expenditures by the investigators.
• Monitor cost allowability, administrative reasonableness, appropriate award applicability, and funding availability.
• Prepare forecast reports to PIs and senior research leaders ad hoc and on a periodic basis.
• Collaborate with the Research Finance Coordinator to process contracts, orders and payments.
• Manage finance team by providing training, coaching, performance assessment and directing daily work.
• Assist with the submission process by taking on responsibility of working with PIs to create budgets and uploading to the respective Insight record.
• Create billing agreement, clinical trial and industry basic science records.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Finance required or Bachelor's Degree Business Administration required or Master's Degree Business Administration preferred

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No

Experience

• Grant management or finance experience 2-3 years required and Grant administration or finance experience 3-5 years required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Must have strong working knowledge of Microsoft applications such as Excel, Teams, and Word.
• A good working knowledge of research agency funding guidelines, policies, directives, extremely helpful.
• Must be extremely accurate working with a large amount of financial data.
• Possess excellent written and oral communications skills.
• Must exhibit a high degree of initiative.
• Ability to independently identify and solve problems.
• Must be very well organized, be able to work under time constraints and deadlines, and balance multiple competing priorities.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Remote Type

Hybrid

Work Location

60 Fenwood Road

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Employee Type

Regular

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$99,465.60 - $144,643.20/Annual

Grade

8At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

EEO Statement

2410 Brigham and Women's Physicians Organization, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law.

We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

Mass General Brigham Competency Framework

At Mass General Brigham, our competency framework defines what effective leadership "looks like" by specifying which behaviors are most critical for successful performance at each job level. The framework is comprised of ten competencies (half People-Focused, half Performance-Focused) and are defined by observable and measurable skills and behaviors that contribute to workplace effectiveness and career success. These competencies are used to evaluate performance, make hiring decisions, identify development needs, mobilize employees across our system, and establish a strong talent pipeline.