Cornell University, founded in 1865, is both a private, endowed
university and the federal land-grant institution of New York State. As
a member of the IVY league and a partner of the State University of New
York, Cornell is also a major research university with over $500 million
dollars of sponsored research conducted on an annual basis. The main
campus is located in Ithaca, New York, with additional campuses and
sites including the Weill Medical college, both in New York City and
Qatar; an agricultural research campus in Geneva, New York; numerous
agricultural research sites throughout New York; the Arecibo Observatory
in Puerto Rico; and academic study centers in New York City, Washington,
D.C., Paris, Seville, London, and Rome. In addition, the Cornell
University Cooperative Extension has resource offices in every county of
New York.

We are seeking a collaborative, proactive, uniquely competent, service
minded individual to strategically direct the initiatives our Office of
Sponsored Programs.

As a senior executive within the leadership team of the Associate Vice
President for Research and the Senior Vice Provost for Research you will
independently manage the activities of The Office of Sponsored Programs
and have overall responsibility for supporting university faculty and
staff in pursuing and conducting sponsored research and outreach.

Specifically you will:

· Assume overall responsibility for the Institutional Review of over
$300 million in sponsored research activity on our Ithaca campus across
a broad array of academic disciplines including the agricultural
sciences, physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, veterinary
medicine, computer and information sciences, social sciences, and
humanities.

· Identify and advise the Associate Vice President, Senior Vice Provost,
and other university executives on policy issues and external issues
such as pending or new regulations, agency funding stances and award
conditions that may impact the ability of researchers and the
institutions ability to compete for funding, obtain research related
support, and maintain the principles and requirements for stewardship.

· Inspire, develop and collaborate with a talented, customer-focused
team of directors to deliver services that will not only meet the needs
of but also enhance the productivity, efficiency, and compliance of
researchers, research administrators, and central management staff.

· Cross functionally collaborate with executive staff, college research
and business officers to ensure the effective delivery of services and
management of sponsored awards, including sponsored financials,
compliance and technology transfer.

· Develop and implement institution and department management reports,
outreach communication strategies and represent the institution on
university committees, peer and professional consortiums, and with
legislative and funding agencies to ensure the competitiveness of
institution expertise and services.

As our ideal talent:

· Your career accomplishments (including at least 10 years of experience
and a JD, MD or comparable degree) strategically point to your
successful and extensive experience in the fields of research
administration, grants management, application of research policies,
contract negotiation, senior level leadership advisement, and
effectively establishing policies and procedures to maximize
opportunities for support of faculty research while assisting in
minimizing an organization’s compliance risk associated with sponsored
programs.**

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· You thrive in a decentralized decision making environment where you
are empowered to use your communication skills to build strategic and
successful cross-functional alliances with various levels of
organizational leadership. You have played a substantial role in
actively assisting all levels of organizational leadership in achieving
exceptional research outcomes.**

· You have a unique understanding of the goals of research, process for
obtaining and managing a research program and have successfully
leveraged formal and informal decision making networks to successfully
lead a sponsored programs office.

· You have successfully managed and developed a diverse team of grant
management professionals resulting in meeting the high demand needs of a
world-class research enterprise.

· Your written and verbal communication skills have been cited as
persuasive and effective in working with broad concepts, implementing
and managing cross-functional relationships and projects, and tailoring
information for diverse audiences.

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*/Are you our ideal talent? Are looking for an opportunity to make a
difference with a values based inclusive organization where all
employees are accountable for supporting the university’s mission and
rewarded for excellence?/*

APPLY NOW at: www.ohr.cornell.edu/jobs <http://www.ohr.cornell.edu/jobs>

As our ideal talent we are happy to provide you with relocation
assistance and Visa Sponsorship is not available for this opportunity.

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*Cornell University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action educator
and employer.*

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