Assistant Director Business Applications (Hybrid) - Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research

Washington University in St Louis•Saint Louis, MO

19h•Hybrid

About The Position

On behalf of business operations, this role manages the successful planning, implementation, and support of research systems operations in partnership with WUIT. Functions as the primary liaison between business operations and IT. This position provides analysis, planning, organization, communication and management to support the design, implementation and on-going operational support of research applications. The incumbent maintains a detailed knowledge of how departmental and related university systems operate ensuring the ongoing integrity of data housed in the systems. This is a hybrid position.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
Relevant Experience (6 Years)

Nice To Haves

Higher Education experience.
Master's degree - Information Systems
Active Listening
Analytical Thinking
Business Analysis
Computer Literacy
Confidential Data Handling
Decision Making
Group Presentations
Oral Communications
Personal Initiative
Proactive Strategies
Process Improvements
Professional Etiquette
Project Leadership
Project Prioritization
Relational Database Management
Research Administration
Resilience Under Pressure
Service Oriented
Systematic Analysis
Teamwork
Working Independently
Written Communication

Responsibilities

Leads the functional workgroup for OVCR systems.
Cultivates relationships within the cross functional business teams and maintains strong knowledge of research administration applications including the Research Management Application (RMS) and keybusiness functions in order to serve as an expert partner, analyst, and advisor.
Oversees the end-to-end business, IT and vendor resource support and project activities.
Manages all system priorities and builds consensus on the priorities across the business units.
Tracks and manages status for projects and resolutions to inform and drive quality completion of projects in portfolio and provide business and vendor workload metrics.
Oversees, and coordinates between IT and the business, upgrades, major implementations, and enhancements, along with assessing new features in vendor releases.
Leverages analytical skills and expert understanding of the applications to define and solve complex business problems through technology, working with vendors, and IT to implement solutions.
Manages the strategic planning process to develop system roadmaps and coordinates with business operations and data management leaders across the organization to optimize the system and service.
Creates and documents moderately complex test scenarios to verify application functionality, test all changes and monitor proactively after deployment to ensure all delivered solutions are implemented successfully.
Serve as a member of the systems’ leadership team, as the technology expert in this role.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.
WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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