Manager, Research Management (MGB Orthopedics)

Partner's Healthcare; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 99,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Mass General Brigham's Orthopedics Department seeks a Manager, Research Management to oversee post-award and pre-award activities within sponsored programs. You will coordinate budgets, forecasts, and compliance across multiple investigators, ensuring timely submissions and accurate financial reporting.

You will lead a finance team, collaborate with research staff and PIs, and work hybrid from 60 Fenwood Road, with a 40-hour week and competitive benefits as part of a not-for-profit health system.

Qualifications

• Grant management or finance experience 2-3 years required and grant administration or finance experience 3-5 years required.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft applications such as Excel, Teams, and Word.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Excel

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Word

Financial data analysis

Grant management

Communication skills

Problem solving

Time management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration

Master's degree in Business Administration

Tools

Insight (research finance system)

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

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/AnnualGrade 8

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EEO Statement

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.

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