NSF ART Program Manager

## NSF ART Program Manager Apply:
Onsite:
Milwaukee, WI:
Full time:
Posted Yesterday:
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* Position Title:

** NSF ART Program Manager##
** Job Category:
** Academic Staff##
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* Employment Type:

** Terminal (Fixed Term)##
** Job Profile:
** Project Program Manager##
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* Job Duties:

** The National Science Foundation (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) Program Manager will coordinate and manage the integrated portfolio of projects, programs, partnerships, and operations that comprise
** UWM TRANSLATE**, UWM’s NSF-funded Accelerating Research Translation initiative. The position will ensure that activities across the initiative’s Industry Pull, System-Level/Culture, and Seed Translational Research Project (STRP) thrusts advance toward common institutional research-translation objectives, milestones, and outcomes.

Working with the Principal Investigator, Co-PIs, UWM Research Foundation, Office of Research, University of Michigan mentoring team, faculty and staff leads, consultants, and industry partners, the Program Manager will develop and maintain the overall program plan; coordinate component activities and resources; monitor schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, and performance; and facilitate communication and decision-making across the initiative. The position will serve as the primary operational point of coordination for UWM TRANSLATE.
** Expected Role and Impact
** The Program Manager will function as the
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* * ntegrating operational leader of UWM TRANSLATE, rather than as the individual owner of each component program. Faculty, staff, and partner leads will retain responsibility for specialized content and program delivery, while the Program Manager will ensure that these activities operate as a coordinated portfolio, remain aligned with NSF commitments, achieve milestones, and collectively contribute to increasing UWM’s institutional capacity for research translation.##

** Key

Job Responsibilities:

**** Program Planning, Integration, and Execution
*** Develop and maintain the integrated UWM TRANSLATE program plan, including timelines, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, and deliverables.
* Coordinate implementation across the three project thrusts and associated skill-building programs.
* Establish priorities and coordinate resources across component projects to maintain alignment with overall program objectives.
* Identify implementation risks, resolve operational issues, and escalate strategic issues to project leadership when appropriate.
* Coordinate annual convenings, Executive Team meetings, partner meetings, and other project-wide activities.
* Creates a program plan and structure, monitors progress and performance against the program plan, and identifies, resolves, or escalates program risks and issues
* Leads and manages efforts to determine and coordinate the sharing of resources among component projects to the overall benefit of the program
* Manages the activities of outside contractors and vendors to ensure they are integrated into the program and that the organization receives satisfactory standards of service
* Facilitates the estimation of program costs, resources, and time required to complete the overall program, monitors activities and budgets, directs and leads component project manager activities for consistency and alignment, and works with program leadership to ensure these targets are met. Follows established change control processes if targets can no longer be met
* Prepares regular reports to communicate the status of the program within and beyond the program team, communicates program…