University of Vermont
NCUVO Senior Project Manager
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- Lead operational and business management of a multifaceted NSF-funded research infrastructure project.
- Coordinate scientific and technical teams, sponsor communications, and compliance reporting.
- Manage project controls including scheduling, budgeting, risk, quality, and change management.
- Oversee procurement, contracts, subawards, and vendor relations.
- Serve as primary liaison with NSF and external stakeholders.
- Require proficiency with project management, financial tracking, document management, collaboration, spreadsheet, presentation, and reporting tools.
- Bachelor’s degree in bioscience, engineering, project management, or related fields plus four years of complex project management experience, preferably in academic or scientific environments.
- Experience managing federally sponsored, multi-institutional projects and familiarity with research administration.
- Desirable qualifications include advanced degrees, project management credentials, and knowledge of NSF cooperative agreements and scientific infrastructure.
- Salary range: $84,000 - $104,000 per year.
NCUVO Senior Project Manager Full Description
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| Advertising/Posting Title | NCUVO Senior Project Manager |
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| Posting Summary |
NCUVO seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead the operational and business management of a complex NSF-funded research-infrastructure cooperative agreement. This is not a conventional departmental project-coordinator role. The position will integrate project planning, sponsor relations, financial stewardship, risk and quality management, governance, reviews, procurement, partner coordination, and external engagement across a national network of universities, computing centers, scientific collaborators, advisors, and commercial vendors. The Senior Project Manager will be the primary operational liaison with NSF; will coordinate the work and deliverables of scientific and technical teams without personally executing those technical tasks; and must be able to translate between sponsor requirements, institutional processes, and advanced scientific and engineering activities. The role requires substantial autonomy, excellent judgment, and sufficient scientific fluency to manage a sophisticated high-throughput volume-electron-microscopy infrastructure initiative. |
| Minimum Qualifications (or equivalent combination of education and experience) | * Bachelor’s degree in a bioscience, biomedical engineering, engineering, research administration, project or program management, business or public administration, or a related field, and at least four years of progressively responsible experience managing complex projects or programs, including substantial experience in an academic research, scientific infrastructure, government, or similarly complex environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. * Demonstrated experience independently managing federally sponsored projects (preferably multi-institutional), through planning, execution, monitoring, formal review, change, and closeout. Experience coordinating work across organizations and disciplines where contributors do not report directly to the project manager. * Demonstrated experience serving as a principal operational contact for a federal sponsor or comparable external authority, including leadership of deadline-driven technical and financial reporting, review preparation, information requests, corrective-action tracking, and sponsor communications. * Demonstrated experience with project controls, including integrated schedules, work breakdown structures, budgets and forecasts, risk and opportunity management, quality systems, performance metrics, issue escalation, change control, decision records, and document management. * Demonstrated experience with business administration for complex research or technical programs, including procurement, contracts, subawards, consultants, vendors, equipment, software licenses, compliance, internal controls, and auditable project records. * Sufficient scientific and technical knowledge to understand and communicate about advanced bioscience, microscopy, imaging, research computing, or data-intensive workflows; translate among investigators, engineers, administrators, sponsors, vendors, and institutional leadership; and recognize the operational implications of technical decisions. * Demonstrated ability to work autonomously with high-level direction; exercise judgment on complex and often undefined issues; influence cross-functional and external stakeholders; organize information from multiple institutions; and convert complex requirements into clear plans, decisions, reports, and accountable follow-through. * Experience planning and facilitating advisory boards, scientific or technical reviews, collaborator meetings, invited-speaker series, workshops, training programs, conferences, or comparable multi-stakeholder activities. Excellent written, oral, interpersonal, negotiation, and facilitation skills. *Proficiency with project-management, financial-tracking, document-management, collaboration, spreadsheet, presentation, and reporting tools. |
| Desirable Qualifications | Master’s degree or PhD in a bioscience, biomedical engineering, engineering, or related scientific field; eight or more years of relevant experience; experience independently managing multi-institutional federally sponsored projects or cooperative agreements, or serving as a principal operational contact for a federal sponsor; recognized project-management or research-administration credential; direct experience with NSF cooperative agreements, major research infrastructure, or the NSF Research Infrastructure Guide; experience with electron microscopy, imaging facilities, research computing, data stewardship, or national research resources; and experience developing sustainability models and future funding proposals. |
| Anticipated Pay Range | $84,000-$104,000 |
| Other Information | |
| Special Conditions | A probationary period may be required, Contingent on continued funding, Occasional evening and/or weekends required (if non-exempt position, may result in overtime), This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule with an option to split time between campus and elsewhere, in accordance with the university telecommuting policy, Background Check required for this position |
| FLSA | Exempt |
| Union Position | Yes, UVMSU |
Position will be posted for a minimum of one week, after which it is subject to removal without notice.
| Job Location | Burlington, Vermont, United States |
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| Job Open Date | 10/27/2026 |
| Job Close Date (Jobs close at 11:59 PM EST.) | |
| Open Until Filled | No |
The University of Vermont is a welcoming, educationally purposeful community committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces intellectual diversity and global perspectives. We seek to prepare students to be accountable leaders who will bring to their work a grasp of complexity, effective problem-solving and communication skills, and an enduring commitment to learning and ethical conduct. Members of the University of Vermont community embrace and advance the values of Our Common Ground: Respect, Integrity, Innovation, Openness, Justice, and Responsibility. Staff play a critical role in this effort and the successful candidate will demonstrate a strong commitment to UVM’s mission and advancing Our Common Ground values through the execution of their job duties.
| Position Title | Project/Prgm Mgmt PC4 X |
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| Posting Number | S6376PO |
| Department | Neurological Sciences/55800 |
| Position Number | 00028033 |
| Percent of Full-Time | 1.0 |
| Standard Hours at 1.0 FTE | 37.5 |
| Term (months per year) | 12 |
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