Manager, Research Administration and Finance, Division of Population Sciences (Cancer Research)

Location: Boston, MA, US; hybrid with 2–3 days onsite per week.

Salary: $117,200–$133,500 per year.

Company

Conducts cancer research, patient care, public health programs, and education in partnership with Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

What you will do

• Manage complex research administration portfolios covering federal, industry, foundation, donor, institutional, chargeback, and clinical trial funding.
• Lead pre-award grant preparation, including eligibility review, proposal coordination, non-scientific materials, deadlines, institutional review, submissions, and JIT responses.
• Manage post-award finances, budgets, projections, sponsor reports, receivables, billing agreements, milestones, and compliance with funding requirements.
• Oversee procurement, core and center billing, chargebacks, human resources processes, salary allocations, and visa application processing where applicable.
• Advise faculty and researchers on compliance, NIH policies, time and effort certification, MTAs, DUAs, consulting agreements, financial conflicts of interest, and foreign influence.
• Directly supervise, coach, evaluate, and develop Research Administration staff; lead special projects and represent the department on institutional committees and workgroups.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant experience.
• Direct people-management responsibility is required for the role; 1 year of people management is preferred.
• Expertise with applications and software programs; Excel or Google Sheets expertise is preferred.
• Extensive experience organizing electronic documents and email files, prioritizing multiple projects, and delivering accurate work on time.
• Demonstrated written and verbal communication, listening, inquiry, follow-up, customer service, and problem-solving skills.
• Expertise analyzing grant data and applying NIH, federal, state, foundation, and institutional regulations, policies, procedures, and SOPs.
• Ability to manage complex budgets, projections, multiple awards, funding types, and varying project periods.
• Ability to collaborate with faculty, research staff, departmental and central teams, lead projects, troubleshoot complex issues, and communicate effectively.
• Expert client-service, people-management, and project-management skills; ability to promote an inclusive work environment.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree.
• One year of people-management experience.
• Expertise with Excel or Google Sheets.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment focused on belonging and compassionate patient care.
• Mission-driven work addressing cancer, HIV/AIDS, related diseases, and public health among high-risk and underserved populations.
• Collaborative business office supporting faculty conducting dry-lab population sciences research.
• Opportunities to work with research finance, grants and contracts, clinical trials, legal, innovation, and other central offices.