Grant & Scientific Manager

Advise Executive Vice Chair and research staff on up-to-date National Institutes of Health (NIH) policies, procedures, and compliance requirements related to grant applications and progress reports, ensuring institutional consistency while addressing grant-specific needs.

Support post-award activities including presentations, NIH/sponsor progress reports, renewals, and sponsor communications.

Assist faculty with commercialization of discoveries by working with Yale Ventures.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Abilities

1. Demonstrated experience with NIH grant writing, submission, and grant administration.

2. Proven ability to develop and strategically position grants to align with institutional priorities.

Principal Responsibilities

Principal Responsibilities

1. Initiate and support innovative research and interdisciplinary research partnerships.

2. Cultivate an active and engaged Collaborative to connect, support, and amplify a pipeline of investigators.

3. Translate and disseminate science local, nationally and internationally

4. Serve as primary scientific architect for major submissions. This would entail leading grant writing efforts as a writer, editor, coordinator, and liaison to ensure successful submission.

5. Identify and pursue opportunities in consultation with the Director for federal, foundation, and private funding to support the growth of the center's research portfolio and infrastructure.

6. Support investigators on funding strategy, competitiveness, and portfolio development.

7. Prepare the non-scientific regulatory and shell of the grant (parts other than research strategy) such as budgets and budget justification, human subject protection plans, etc. Be able to perform any background or pertinent literature search to support development of these documents and workflows including data-driven study workflows and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for use in the lab and with study collaborators.

8. Collaborate with other departmental staff for grant submissions, regulatory document management, financial reporting, effort reports.

9. Provide regulatory oversight for on going and new studies.

10. Lead and manage the preparation, writing, review, and publication of scientific manuscripts.

11. Coordinate with research investigators, fellows and trainees to develop manuscript drafts and integrate feedback.

12. Advise Director and research staff on up-to-date National Institutes of Health (NIH) policies, procedures, and compliance requirements related to grant applications and progress reports, ensuring institutional consistency while addressing grant-specific needs.

13. Support post-award activities including presentations, progress reports, renewals, and sponsor communications.

Required Education and Experience

Master's degree in a scientific or life sciences discipline and a minimum of four years of experience managing a scientific or research program, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.

Preferred Education and Experience

1. PhD in a scientific discipline integrating basic and clinical science.
2. Experience in interdisciplinary research environments and variable funding sources.
3. Strong leadership, organizational, and communication skills in complex, multi-stakeholder academic settings.
4. Demonstrated proficiency in scientific and scholarly writing.

Job Posting Date

05/05/2026

Job Category

Professional

Bargaining Unit

NON

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Manager; Program Leader (P6)

Salary Range

$90,000.00 - $165,750.00

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Staff

Work Model

Hybrid

Background Check Requirements

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Health Requirements

Certain positions have associated health requirements based on specific job responsibilities. These may include vaccinations, tests, or examinations, as required by law, regulation, or university policy.

Posting Disclaimer

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