Pre-Award Project Manager, Grants Hub

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🌾 Iowa – Remote

🌾 Iowa – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷‍♀️ Project Manager

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Iowa State University School of Education

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201 - 500 employees

📚 Education

Education

Iowa State University School of Education is part of a larger institution dedicated to fostering an innovative and vibrant academic community in Ames, Iowa. The university emphasizes diversity, inclusivity, and the exchange of diverse intellectual and philosophical perspectives, essential for innovation and critical thinking. As a part of a land-grant university, the School of Education benefits from a commitment to integrating science, technology, and human creativity in its educational approach. Known for its welcoming atmosphere, Iowa State University is dedicated to engaging students, faculty, and staff in respectful and dynamic academic interactions, offering a variety of employment and educational opportunities on its globally diverse campus.

📋 Description

• Coordinate preparation and submission of large, complex grant proposals involving multiple stakeholders • Provide project management support to interdisciplinary research teams from team formation through handoff to a post-award project manager • Serve as primary point of contact for the Grants Hub’s team-based proposal development support • Develop proposal checklists and calendars, identify milestones and deadlines, assign tasks, and track deliverables • Manage project scope, goals, risks, resources, and stakeholders • Develop project communications and reporting plans • Manage proposal-related communications and facilitate working group meetings • Manage preparations and logistics for site visits and reverse site visits • Provide backup and supplemental pre-award administration support, including budget development, document collection and review, and proposal routing and submission • Coordinate proposal-strengthening activities such as strategic intelligence analyses and color team reviews • Improve project management and pre-award research administration processes through AI agents and automated workflows

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of related experience • Must reside in the state of Iowa on or before the start date • Legally authorized to work in the U.S. on an ongoing basis without sponsorship • Exceptional organizational and time management skills • Strong oral and written communications skills • Proactive and collaborative approach to customer service and relationship building • High attention to detail • Ability to adjust to shifting deadlines and priorities • Demonstrated experience managing complex research grant proposals and budgets involving multiple investigators and subcontracts (preferred) • Experience with federal regulations and agency policies and guidelines for sponsored research, proposal submission, and budgeting (preferred) • Experience working with interdisciplinary research teams, preferably in a university environment (preferred) • Experience developing and managing strategic partnerships and collaborating with multiple stakeholders (preferred) • Experience and/or formal training or certification in project management methodologies, frameworks, and best practices (preferred) • Experience leveraging technology, AI tools, and/or automated workflows (preferred) • Resume/Curriculum Vitae and Letter of Application/Cover Letter required for application

🏖️ Benefits

• Retirement benefits including defined benefit and defined contribution plans • Generous vacation, holiday, and sick time and leave plans • Onsite childcare (Ames, Iowa) • Life insurance and long-term disability • Flexible Spending Accounts • Various voluntary benefits and discounts • Employee Assistance Program • Wellbeing program • WorkFlex flexibility on when, where, and how you do your work