Research Development Strategist (Hybrid Opportunity)

SLAC; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University is seeking a Research Development Strategist in the Department of Medicine to advance our sponsored research enterprise. You will partner with faculty to develop and submit highly competitive grant proposals, manage timelines, and coordinate scientific writing and project management across programs.

This hybrid role requires on-campus collaboration at Stanford several days per week and offers opportunities to impact translational research and collaboration with industry

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in scientific grant writing and project management in a university setting.
• Experience submitting large program project grants to a variety of funders.
• Experience building collaborations between academia and industry.
• Highly organized, analytical, proactive, and deadline-oriented.
• Communicates effectively (oral and written).
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate submission of complex grant proposals.
• Partner with faculty to bring big research ideas to fruition.
• Coordinate scientific writing and project management across programs.
• Support growth of Stanford's sponsored research enterprise.

Skills

Grant writing

Project management

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Job description

Stanford Medicine is leading the biomedical revolution in precision health. We are transforming health care from the after-the-fact diagnosis to prediction and prevention, and from one-size-fits-all medicine to personalized care that empowers people to lead healthy lives. We are leveraging the art and science of medicine to predict and prevent disease before it strikes and cure it decisively if it does.

To achieve our Precision Health vision, we are integrating, building, and leveraging our strengths in fundamental research, the new field of biomedical data science, and nine transformative biomedical platforms. As a learning health system, we will apply these advances in our hospitals and health care delivery systems within Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health.

Fulfilling our promise to humanity requires the engagement of a diverse, creative, and collaborative team of professionals who work together to advance our research, education, and patient care mission. We strive to create a culture of inclusion and belonging to ensure all employees have the meaningful employment experience that is necessary to do their best work. We are looking for team players who can contribute to making excellence inclusive.

The Stanford Department of Medicine is seeking a highly motivated, hardworking and professional Research Development Strategist (Academic Program Professional 2) to help grow its sponsored research enterprise. Under the general direction of the Director of Research Development, the Research Development Strategist will lead and facilitate the submission of highly competitive and complex grant proposals in the Department of Medicine.

This is an exciting position for someone who is passionate about partnering with faculty and helping them bring their big research ideas to fruition. The ideal candidate will have excellent scientific writing, organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills; attention to detail; and ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines. The incumbent will join a thriving community of collaborative Research Development Professionals at Stanford dedicated to helping Stanford affiliates at all levels secure funding for their innovative research.

This is a hybrid role requiring work be performed from the Stanford University campus a minimum of 3 days per week with the option to work from a non-Stanford site, such as home, 2 days per week.

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated expertise in scientific grant writing and project management in a university setting
• Experience working in research development and submitting large program project grants to a variety of funders
• Experience building and sustaining collaborations between and across academia and industry
• Advancing innovative preclinical and translational programs
• Highly organized, analytical, proactive, and deadline-oriented
• Communicates effectively (oral and written)
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of stakeholders