Director, Research

Benefits of Being a Lindenwood Employee

• Upon hire, employer-paid tuition benefits for bachelor’s (employee, spouse, and dependent) and master’s degree programs (employee and spouse only).
• Tuition discounts for doctoral programs (employee only).
• Comprehensive benefits plan: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability insurance, and retirement options.
• Paid holidays: MLK Jr. day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving break (Wednesday – Friday), and winter break (Dec. 23 – Jan.
  1).
• Free lunch Fridays: LU employees are eligible for a free meal on Fridays at the Evans Commons Dining Hall or Spellman Dining Hall;
  Chick‑fil‑A and Qdoba included.
• Professional development opportunities through the Lindenwood Learning Academy.

• Job Title:
  
  Director, Research
• Division:
  Academic Affairs
• Evaluation Group:
  Staff
• FLSA Status:
  Exempt
• Reports To:
  
  Associate Provost, Academic Affairs
• Positions Supervised:
  Manager, Grants; IRB Chairperson;
  Non‑Affiliated IRB Member

The director of research provides strategic, operational, and regulatory leadership for Lindenwood University's Office of Research and Creative Activity (ORCA). Working collaboratively with University leadership, faculty, staff, students, and external partners, the Director advances research, scholarship, creative activity, sponsored projects, and research compliance by providing leadership for research administration, grant development and management, human subjects research, internal funding programs, research ethics, and faculty and student research support.

The Director develops policies, procedures, and resources that strengthen the University's research infrastructure while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations and fostering a culture of ethical, collaborative, and sustainable research.

The intent of this job description is to provide a representation of the types of duties and level of responsibility that will be required of positions given this title. This job description shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job‑related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Provides university‑wide leadership for the Office of Research, Compliance, and Academic Affairs (ORCA), including research administration, research development, sponsored projects, internal funding, human subjects research compliance, research ethics, data management, intellectual property support, and faculty/student research consultation.
• Establishes and advances a collaborative institutional vision for research, scholarship, and creative activity by developing programs, systems, policies, procedures, guidance, and resources that support faculty, staff, and students.
• Provides leadership and oversight for the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP) and Institutional Review Board (IRB), including Cayuse IRB administration, protocol management, regulatory compliance, federal registrations, investigator support, and education that promotes ethical research and participant protection.
• Provides comprehensive leadership for the grant lifecycle, including funding opportunity identification, proposal and budget development, pre‑award review, institutional approvals, submission coordination, post‑award administration, reporting, invoicing, and closeout guidance.
• Oversees administration of internal research funding programs, including the PRIDE Fund and Student Scholar Travel Fund, from proposal solicitation through award administration, reporting, and closeout.
• Oversees institutional research compliance activities, including intellectual property, conflicts of interest, research affiliations, data use agreements, memoranda of understanding, institutional commitments, human subjects research determinations, and limited oversight of animal research compliance, as applicable.
• Serves as the University's Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) and ensures compliance with applicable federal, state,…