External Partnerships Analyst

General Responsibilities:

Acts as the central hub for R&A's collaborative efforts with external entities (Universities, Government, and Consortia). This role manages the end-to-end project lifecycle, ensuring internal and external compliance, financial oversight, and seamless communication with our external partners and between internal technical teams and corporate functions like Legal, Finance, and Portfolio.

The R&A Strategic Partnerships Operations (SPO) team specializes in facilitating relationships across three primary pillars:
Universities, Government (U.S. Federal grants), and Consortia. We provide a seamless and transparent experience for both, internal Ford customers and external partners. R&A Strategic Partnerships Operations Analyst.

General Responsibilities:

Acts as the central hub for R&A's collaborative efforts with external entities (Universities, Government, and Consortia). This role manages the end-to-end project lifecycle, ensuring internal and external compliance, financial oversight, and seamless communication with our external partners and between internal technical teams and corporate functions like Legal, Finance, and Portfolio.

What you'll do...

* End-to-End Project Management:

* Act as the single-entry point for new collaboration requests, reviewing project scope to determine the appropriate agreement is used, and calculating return of investment prior to submit it for Director's approval.

* Lead project kick-offs, establish rules of engagement, and manage checkpoints for any modification in scope, timing, or budget.

* Serve as the primary bridge between internal technical teams and corporate functions, including the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for export control and Legal for intellectual property management.

* Collaborate with Finance to monitor project budgets and expenses.

* Ensure formal termination, including final invoice calculation, intellectual property management, property disposition, while ensuring storage of evidence for internal controls and external compliance audits.

* Proactively create and maintain dashboards to provide valuable insights that inform Directors.

* Government Grant Compliance:

* Manage project requirements under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). etc.

* Support the annual Ford's compliance audit support by preparing R&A's Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards SEFA and acting as a liaison with third-party auditors, by providing answers to inquiries about our internal policies, procedures, and audit samples while ensuring data security adherence.

* Collaborate with finance to calculate the annual direct and indirect rates for preparing the Annual Incurred Cost Submission.

What you'll do...

* End-to-End Project Management:

* Act as the single-entry point for new collaboration requests, reviewing project scope to determine the appropriate agreement is used, and calculating return of investment prior to submit it for Director's approval.

* Lead project kick-offs, establish rules of engagement, and manage checkpoints for any modification in scope, timing, or budget.

* Serve as the primary bridge between internal technical teams and corporate functions, including the Office of General Counsel (OGC) for export control and Legal for intellectual property management.

* Collaborate with Finance to monitor project budgets and expenses.

* Ensure formal termination, including final invoice calculation, intellectual property management, property disposition, while ensuring storage of evidence for internal controls and external compliance audits.

* Proactively create and maintain dashboards to provide valuable insights that inform Directors.

* Government Grant Compliance:

* Manage project requirements under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Transportation  etc.

* Support the annual Ford's compliance audit support by preparing R&A's Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards SEFA and acting as a liaison with third-party auditors, by providing answers to inquiries about our internal policies, procedures, and audit samples while ensuring data security adherence.

* Collaborate with finance to calculate the annual direct and indirect rates for preparing the Annual Incurred Cost Submission.