Project Manager II, ECE Administration

Boston University • Boston, MA

3d • $53,200 - $80,000

About The Position

The Project Manager is responsible for managing grant compliance and reporting requirements for major federal funding agencies like the NIH, NSF, and DARPA. The role involves defining project scopes, timelines, budgets, and deliverables for internal lab initiatives and partner collaborations, while actively managing and promoting the DAMP Lab 'Membership' program to recruit and retain commercial partners. Additionally, the manager promotes the lab at industry conferences and events, collaborates with technical staff to engage partners, and assists leadership with sponsored research proposals and grant applications. The position also requires coordinating stakeholder meetings, working with legal and tech transfer teams to manage agreements like NDAs, MTAs, and Data Use Agreements, and tracking key lab performance metrics such as active memberships, project completion rates, and publication or patent outputs.

Requirements

• Grant compliance and reporting for federal funding agencies.
• Project scope, timeline, budget, and deliverable definition.
• Membership program management and promotion.
• Industry conference and event promotion.
• Collaboration with technical staff for partner engagement.
• Assistance with sponsored research proposals and grant applications.
• Coordination of stakeholder meetings.
• Management of agreements (NDAs, MTAs, Data Use Agreements) with legal and tech transfer teams.
• Tracking of lab performance metrics.

Responsibilities

• Managing grant compliance and reporting requirements for federal funding agencies (NIH, NSF, DARPA).
• Defining project scopes, timelines, budgets, and deliverables for internal lab initiatives and partner collaborations.
• Managing and promoting the DAMP Lab 'Membership' program to recruit and retain commercial partners.
• Promoting the lab at industry conferences and events.
• Collaborating with technical staff to engage partners.
• Assisting leadership with sponsored research proposals and grant applications.
• Coordinating stakeholder meetings.
• Working with legal and tech transfer teams to manage agreements (NDAs, MTAs, Data Use Agreements).
• Tracking key lab performance metrics (active memberships, project completion rates, publication/patent outputs).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed