Manager, Subawards Team Lead

## Manager, Subawards Team Lead Apply:
Off-Campus:
Scottsdale:
Full time:
Posted Today:
End Date:
October 27, 2026 (6 days left to apply):
JR128463
** Job Profile:
** Research Administration Manager 2
** Job Family:
** Research Administration
** Time Type:
** Full time
** Apply before 11:59 PM Arizona time the day before the posted End Date.
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* Minimum Qualifications:

** Bachelor's degree and five (5) years of experience appropriate to the area of assignment/field including two (2) years managerial experience; OR, Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
Job Profile

Summary:

Plans and develops research programs within a division, center, or department, solicits research opportunities, develops policies and procedures, and has significant responsibility for the overall functioning and effectiveness of research studies.
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* Job Description:

**## Salary range: $78,000 - $85,000 per year; DOE  ##
** Job Description
** ASU Contracting Services (CS) is seeking an experienced and knowledgeable team lead to provide assistance and manage the subaward team including providing guidance and mentorship and assisting the Contracting team’s operations and initiatives.
Responsible for managing the subawards team including managing personnel, negotiating terms, conducting in-depth compliance reviews, and providing grant and contract guidance to the subaward team members and other stakeholders.  Also, responsible for collaborating with stakeholders to ensure efficient grant administration and adherence to regulatory requirements.
The primary focus of the Manager - Subawards Team Lead in Contracting Services is to support one or more functional areas within the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (ORSPA) by providing contract review to ensure compliance with all applicable university, sponsor, ABOR, state and federal requirements, standards, and regulations. This is a professional staff level position in research administration.  It is distinguished from Grant + Contract Officer levels in that incumbents use professional concepts in accordance with ORSPA directives to solve complex contracting and subaward contracting problems in creative and effective ways.

Incumbents also typically possess a broad knowledge of all functions and operations in a specific work unit and in research operations and can generally apply judgment and make decisions affecting function or procedures for which they are accountable.  Additional details of this position include the following:  
** Complexity of Work
*** Focus is on day-to-day operations and continuity of a job subfamily.
* Develops, implements, and maintains operational plans, programs, and systems.
** Communication
* ** Communicates directly with staff, internal and external stakeholders and other management positions within job family.
* Requires ability to influence others within job area on policies, practices and procedures.
** Scope of Accountability
*** Ability to exercise some autonomy to interpret local strategies and standards,
* Appropriately escalating complex decisions or exceptions.
** Effective Knowledge
*** Broad understanding of multiple related disciplines and general management.
* Demonstrates team leadership; minimum 2-4 years of experience in job family.
** People Management
*** Ensures staff are trained to be effective and compliant in their work.
* Identifies potential employee performance issues.  CS supports faculty and staff from various colleges, schools, and departments in their efforts to apply for grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements. CS specifically plays a role in Research Operations by preparing, reviewing, negotiating and monitoring complex and non-complex contracts for research related projects to ensure compliance with university, sponsor, ABOR, federal, state, local laws and regulations.  

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** Essential Duties
*** Provide oversight to subaward team, management of team’s workflows, mentorship, oversight of subawards and processes to move subawards through contracting, responsibility for compliance issues, requesting subrecipient documentation, performing risk assessment analysis at times, drafting and negotiating subaward agreements and modifications, coordinates annual subrecipient audit compliance reviews, and generally providing subaward and operational support to the Contracting Services team.
* Duties are technical and/or complex and involve a significant degree of responsibility and…