Research Program Administration Manager V, Steward Observatory (Multiple Positions)

In this role, you will:

• Oversee & direct the long-term strategic direction of a major research program, aligning scientific objectives, technical execution, organization priorities with College of Science & institutional goals.
• Have significant impact on long-term strategic plans without much precedent, including developing & overseeing financial planning, budgeting, grant compliance, resource allocation, and employee management, to ensure program sustainability & effectiveness.
• Drive innovative solutions to complex technical & strategic challenges, ensuring alignment with mission requirements & advancing capabilities in telescope & space-based research.
• Oversee finances and administrative activities, including assessing proposals for projects to determine if they are technically and financially feasible. Provide cost, schedule, and technical inputs to proposals.
• Provide leadership & oversight of a team of managers and subject matter experts who develop, implement, and maintain operational plans, programs, systems & technical aspects of contracts. These will require a high degree of innovation, creativity, and integration by the team this position will be responsible for leading.
• Lead technical & resource planning oversight, schedules, facilities, safety support, and cost inputs with respect to mechanical, integration, and test activities.
• Research and report on new technology implementations.
• Lead the mechanical design & development of scientific instruments, guiding a team of multi-disciplinary managers through Critical Design Review (CDR) & Instrument Integration to ensure technical performance & mission readiness. The team would include multiple levels of senior leaders.
• Set institutional expectations of performance, pay, hiring decisions, and day-to-day work as needed.
• Manage interfaces and represent the university with external partners subcontractors serving as a technical liaison to influence institutional level decisions.
• Cultivate strategic global research partnerships across multiple institutions to ensure that program goals are met.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Skill in both written and verbal communication.
• Skill organizing and directing project work to meet desired objectives.
• Broad spectrum of knowledge of the quality processes and techniques required.
• Advanced knowledge of the use and design of instrumentation and test activities.
• Ability to work well in a broad matrix organization with many projects in a team environment.