Research Administrator Manager

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States; hybrid schedule with 2–3 days onsite per week

Salary: $117,200–$133,500 per year

Company

hirify.global conducts cancer research, provides patient care, educates physician-researchers, and promotes public health through Harvard Medical School-affiliated partnerships.

What you will do

• Manage complex research administration portfolios for multiple laboratories and support faculty in the Division of Population Sciences.
• Lead pre-award grant preparation, including eligibility reviews, proposal coordination, institutional review, sponsor submissions, and just-in-time responses.
• Manage post-award sponsored and institutional funds, including budgets, financial and narrative reports, projections, invoices, receivables, and industry agreement milestones.
• Oversee procurement, core and center billing, chargebacks, salary allocations, and related financial processes.
• Advise researchers on compliance, NIH policies, time and effort certification, conflicts of interest, MTAs, DUAs, consulting agreements, and foreign influence requirements.
• Supervise, coach, and develop Research Administration staff, allocate workloads and resources, conduct performance reviews, and lead cross-departmental projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• At least 6 years of relevant experience; 1 year of people management experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of grant administration, budgeting, financial projections, and complex award management.
• Strong understanding of NIH, federal, state, foundation, and institutional regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Expert communication, critical thinking, organization, client service, collaboration, people management, and project management skills.
• Expertise with new applications and software programs; Excel or Google Sheets experience preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an innovative, caring, inclusive, diverse, and equitable cancer research and patient-care environment.
• Collaborate with faculty, researchers, department leadership, and central offices including Research Finance, Grants and Contracts, Clinical Trials, General Counsel, and Innovations.
• Support groundbreaking population-based research focused on cancer prevention, early detection, risk assessment, and treatment outcomes.
• Participate in special projects and institutional committees or workgroups.