Senior Research Administrator (Cancer Research)

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

Salary: $89,000–$101,100 per year

Company

hirify.global conducts cancer research, provides patient care, educates physician-researchers, and advances treatment in partnership with Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

What you will do

• Manage complex portfolios of federal, industry, foundation, donor, institutional, chargeback, and clinical trial funding.
• Prepare financial and narrative sponsor reports, project projections, summaries, invoices, and receivables tracking.
• Review procurement requests, purchase orders, PCard transactions, service bills, fund availability, and expense allocations.
• Support research staffing processes, including funding analyses, job descriptions, salary offers, visa applications, salary allocations, promotions, and offboarding.
• Advise faculty and researchers on grant policies, financial conflict of interest, foreign influence, agreements, time and effort certification, and other compliance requirements.
• Lead special projects, training, mentoring, and cross-institute collaboration with research finance, grants and contracts, clinical trials, legal, and innovation offices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred, with at least 5 years of relevant experience.
• Advanced experience managing complex research awards, budgets, projections, and varying project periods.
• Strong knowledge of NIH and other federal, state, foundation, and institutional regulations and policies.
• Expertise with software applications and spreadsheets, including Excel or Google Sheets.
• Excellent organization, prioritization, written communication, verbal communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Boston 2–3 days per week.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an inclusive, diverse, and equitable research and patient-care environment.
• Collaborate with clinical research programs, faculty, investigators, and central research offices.
• Lead educational efforts and mentor colleagues with less experience.
• Participate in institutional committees, workgroups, and cross-departmental projects.