Senior Grants & Research Development Lead

Texas A&M University System; College Station (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Senior Research Development Officer at Texas A&M University System Offices provides strategic leadership for large-scale research development initiatives across TAMUS member institutions. The role acts as a senior advisor to faculty, research leadership, and institutional stakeholders to boost competitiveness for federal, foundation, industry, and philanthropic funding opportunities.

Responsibilities include drafting and refining narrative proposals, collaborating to articulate research

Qualifications

• Master’s degree required.
• Minimum four years of grant writing, scientific editing, or research communications experience.
• Strong writing and editing abilities and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Draft, edit, and refine proposal narratives for federal, foundation, and industry sponsors.
• Collaborate with faculty to articulate research impact, innovation, and broader impacts.
• Review proposals for compliance with sponsor guidelines and evaluation criteria.
• Develop boilerplate content, institutional descriptions, and shared proposal resources.
• Coordinate proposal timelines and writing schedules.
• Provide writing workshops and grantsmanship training.
• Support development of white papers, concept papers, and strategic research communications.
• Maintain quality assurance processes for major proposal submissions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Project management

Verbal communication

Written communication

Organizational skills

Decision making

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Education

Master’s degree

Doctorate degree (preferred)

Job description

The Senior Research Development Officer at Texas A&M University System Offices provides strategic leadership for large-scale research development initiatives across TAMUS member institutions. The role acts as a senior advisor to faculty, research leadership, and institutional stakeholders to boost competitiveness for federal, foundation, industry, and philanthropic funding opportunities.

Responsibilities include drafting and refining narrative proposals, collaborating to articulate research