Deputy Director of Research Project Management

Department

Chemistry-318300

Research Professionals

02/16/2026

03/04/2026

No

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Deputy Director of Research Project Management

EHRA Non-Faculty

NF0009535

Full-Time Permanent

1

40

North Carolina, US

$85,000 - $115,000

04/06/2026

The Center for Hybrid Approaches in Solar Energy to Liquid Fuels (CHASE, (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).), is seeking a Ph.D. chemist for a Deputy Director of Research Project Management position. CHASE is a multi-million-dollar Energy Innovation Hub funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, and headquartered at UNC Chapel Hill with research partners at Yale University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, the University of Pennsylvania, North Carolina State University, and Princeton University.

This position will be part of the four-person Directorate and manage research collaborations in the field of solar fuels research, make decisions on research project direction, organization, and structure for CHASE, communicate CHASE scientific accomplishments to stakeholders in academia, government and industry, and manage transformative research initiatives for the Hub.

This opportunity requires proven experience in organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills; leadership; and independent decision making. This position will report to the Director of CHASE, and will function with substantial independence and requires scientific expertise and the ability to develop and manage new research collaborations and projects. Extensive interaction with the 100+ researchers across the Center is expected. The Deputy Director of Research Project Management will be responsible for coordinating and tracking the research project portfolio of CHASE research to enable collaborations, initiate new partnerships, and communicate research accomplishments.

This position will manage CHASE scientific and technical communications, and apply their scientific expertise to write technical content and communicate CHASE scientific research advances to technical and non-technical audiences including sponsors, policymakers, academic leaders, and the public through a range of electronic, print and web media formats. Along with the CHASE Deputy Director of Operations Management, this position will engage and coordinate with other energy research centers across the globe in order to establish and maintain CHASE’s status as an international leader in liquid solar fuels.

This position will be partially supported by a research program administrative coordinator, who they will work closely with to maintain robust and accurate technical databases on CHASE research progress. This position will facilitate intellectual property protection for CHASE researchers by interfacing with technology transfer offices at UNC and our partner institutions when commercialization opportunities and partnerships are appropriate.

The Chemistry Department is one of the largest and most complex departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. There are 55 faculty members, 28 SHRA and 26 EHRA staff positions, 260 graduate students, 45 postdoctoral research associates, 700 undergraduate majors, and an annual total of approximately 10,000 registrations by all students in classroom and laboratory courses. The Department is housed in five buildings with over 580,000 sq.

feet of space. The faculty participate in teaching assignments which involve an average of 200 students per faculty member per semester. The majority of faculty are research active and supervise graduate students working on their Masters or Ph.D. degrees, undergraduate students carrying out independent research and honors programs, research technicians and postdoctoral research associates. Primarily the research is funded by federal and private agencies such as NSF, NIH, Army, Navy, DOE, PRF and involves expenditures of more than nineteen million dollars annually.

A total of over thirty-two…