Strategic Research Portfolio & Partnerships Leader

State of Georgia; United States; Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

State of Georgia, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, seeks a Research Operations and Partnerships Manager in Atlanta to oversee the administrative and operational RAP portfolio. You will coordinate research intake, IRB processes, grants, and dissemination across DBHDD offices and external researchers, ensuring efficient governance and reporting.

The role emphasizes project coordination, data agreements, and writing support, requiring strong communication and rigorous

Qualifications

• Education plus experience as established for the Georgia state job classification.
• Experience coordinating or administering complex projects, programs, research activities, grants, data-access, or compliance processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the RAP portfolio and workflow administration across internal and external projects.
• Coordinate intake, routing, approvals, and status communication for RAP-led research requests.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, trackers, and documentation.
• Manage data-use agreements, data-access requests, and related documentation with Legal and analytics teams.
• Coordinate IRB submissions, determinations, amendments, continuing review, and compliance timelines.
• Support grant portfolios, including timelines, proposals, approvals, and post-award tracking.
• Maintain authoritative project records and prepare routine/ad hoc status reports.
• Develop RAP procedures, templates, trackers, and governance workflows.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

Written communication

Verbal communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Research administration

Attention to detail

Governance workflows

Portfolio reporting

Education

Education as defined by Georgia state job classification

Tools

Office software

Job description

State of Georgia, Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, seeks a Research Operations and Partnerships Manager in Atlanta to oversee the administrative and operational RAP portfolio. You will coordinate research intake, IRB processes, grants, and dissemination across DBHDD offices and external researchers, ensuring efficient governance and reporting.

The role emphasizes project coordination, data agreements, and writing support, requiring strong communication and rigorous