Senior Grant Management Lead (Pre/Post Award)

UAB group; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

UAB Heersink School of Medicine is seeking a Grant Management Lead to oversee day-to-day operations of grant management shared services for departments and faculty. You will supervise a team responsible for pre-award and post-award development, submission, administration, compliance, tracking, and reporting.

The role requires managing the full grant life cycle, coordinating proposals, budgets, sponsor submissions, awards, and closeout, while ensuring compliance with policies and regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Health, Public Administration, Research Administration, Finance, Accounting, Science, Healthcare Administration, or a related field and seven (7) years of related experience required.

Responsibilities

• To manage the day-to-day operations of grant management shared services for departments and faculty within the UAB Heersink School of Medicine (HSOM).
• To supervise and guide a team of grant management professionals responsible for pre-award and post-award grant development, submission, administration, compliance, tracking, and reporting activities.
• To oversee the full grant life cycle for assigned departments, including proposal development, budget preparation, sponsor submission requirements, award management support, progress reporting, and closeout coordination.
• To serve as a primary operational resource for faculty, department administrators, research teams, internal stakeholders, the UAB Office of Sponsored Programs, and external sponsors regarding grant development and management activities.
• To ensure that grant management activities comply with institutional policies, sponsor guidelines, federal regulations, and applicable research administration standards.
• To partner with the Director-Grants Management-HSOM to implement shared services goals, standard operating procedures, workflow improvements, training initiatives, and reporting mechanisms that support the HSOM research mission.
• To monitor team capacity, proposal volume, award activity, deadlines, and service delivery metrics to ensure timely, accurate, and effective support for faculty and departments.
• To provide technical expertise, escalation support, and quality review for complex grant proposals, budgets, sub-awards, agreements, administrative documents, and post-award activities.
• To cultivate effective working relationships with HSOM faculty and staff, central administrative offices, external collaborators, foundations, and sponsor agencies to support successful grant submissions and award management.
• To develop, maintain, and enhance tracking tools, dashboards, templates, training resources, and process documentation to improve consistency, transparency, and accountability across grant management operations.
• To perform other duties as assigned.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Health, Public Administration, Research Administration, Finance, Accounting, Science, Healthcare Administration, or a related field

Job description

UAB Heersink School of Medicine is seeking a Grant Management Lead to oversee day-to-day operations of grant management shared services for departments and faculty. You will supervise a team responsible for pre-award and post-award development, submission, administration, compliance, tracking, and reporting.

The role requires managing the full grant life cycle, coordinating proposals, budgets, sponsor submissions, awards, and closeout, while ensuring compliance with policies and regulations.