Executive Director of Research
Company: Columbia University
Location: New York
Posted on: March 12, 2025
Job Description:
- Job Type: Officer of Administration
- Regular/Temporary: Regular
- Hours Per Week: 35
- Salary Range: $210,000 - $250,000
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based
on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental
budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses,
specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the
University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of
possible compensation at the time of posting.
Position Summary
Data Science Institute (DSI) at Columbia University is a
world-leading institute in research and education in the theory and
practice of the emerging field of data science. The Data Science
Institute's mission involves advancing the state of the art in data
science; transforming all fields, professions, and sectors through
the application of data science, while ensuring the responsible use
of data for the benefit of society.
Reporting to the Avanessians Director of the Data Science
Institute, the Executive Director of Research will lead,
coordinate, and execute strategic research development and
initiatives on behalf of the Institute, communicating and
consulting with faculty across Columbia University's 17 schools.
This role requires deep knowledge of the research grant lifecycle,
including an understanding of the acquisition and management of
interdisciplinary initiatives and center-scale opportunities. The
incumbent will initiate collaborations to support larger data
science-related research objectives across the University.
The Executive Director will oversee the pre-award proposal
development team, and the post-award sponsored projects management
team to ensure excellent service provision for the Institute's
faculty members in securing awards, and managing them effectively
once they are received.
Responsibilities
- Overseeing the Institute's pre-award proposal development team
and the post-award finance team fostering seamless coordination
between the two entities.
- Ensuring high-quality support through the entire project
lifecycle to all faculty researchers submitting proposals and
receiving awards.
- Supporting faculty in strategic planning for initiatives
aligned with the mission, vision, and strategic priorities of the
Institute.
- Assisting faculty in developing clear, funder-aligned research
agendas and unique value propositions.
- Collaborating with faculty leaders to form teams, and identify
gaps, strengths, weaknesses, threats, and partnership
opportunities.
- Supporting faculty in pursuing internal and external seed
funding for large-scale project planning.
- Developing strategies to raise the profiles of faculty teams
and initiatives with funding agencies, including pre-solicitation
engagement.
- Collaborating with university leadership, faculty from across
Columbia's schools, and cross-institutional administrators to
identify and pursue large-scale funding opportunities aligned with
faculty expertise and initiatives.
- Leading institutional support grant requirements across the
University, including letters of institutional support or cost
share that require commitment from Schools/Institutes/Entities
across Columbia University.
- Supporting proposal development that needs input from across
the University.
- Coordinating University partners on grants, including IP plans,
commercialization plans, and data management plans.
- Guiding faculty and leadership in evaluating team and
institutional factors to enhance competitiveness for funding
opportunities.
- Supporting effective decision-making for funding pursuits by
providing insights into strategic considerations and
competitiveness analysis.
- Identifying, supporting, and assisting in the planning of
events that are of strategic value to the Institute, particularly
for the development of research-related content.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, with a minimum of 8-10 years related
experience.
- Prior experience in Higher Education Research
Administration.
- Substantial knowledge of funding programs and proposal policies
and procedures.
- Must be highly organized, enthusiastic, personable, and able to
interact with diverse internal and external constituents.
- Excellent communication (both verbal and written) and
interpersonal skills with the proven ability to problem-solve and
effectively operate in a senior administrative role.
- Ability to organize, analyze, and interpret complex scientific
or technical data.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with multiple deadlines
in a dynamic environment while remaining service-oriented.
- Must be able to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven
environment.
- Strong experience in an administrative and managerial
capacity.
- Ability to interact and influence at the most senior levels of
an organization.
- Ability to work both independently and
collaboratively.
- Experience with Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Excel,
Word, and PowerPoint); Google tools (i.e., Gmail, Docs, Sheets,
Form, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced Degree (e.g., Master's, Ph.D., or J.D.).
- History of NSF, DoD, DoE, DARPA, NIH, ARPA-H, and/or other
federal agency proposal development and grant writing
experience.
- Experience with ExLibris Pivot-RP, NSF's site, and InfoReady
Review.
Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran
Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local
residents.
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