Research Technology Engagement Manager

Georgetown University • Bethesda, MD

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

This position is responsible for assisting in integrating research goals, strategies, objectives, and metrics for the GU research community by providing project management, development, and consulting for research IT projects and resources within the domain of the Research Technologies division of UIS. Position will manage and support IT requirements of new and existing research projects in higher education fields, including but not exclusive to chemistry, physics, biology, genomics, and bioinformatics. Incumbent will assure that baseline research technologies run effectively; and follow regulatory, compliance, data, and storage best practices. Helping the community identify and adopt emerging and enriched research IT resources is an important aspect of this position, as is helping the Research Technologies team develop strong customer relations and partnerships to enhance research and grant funding. They will support external data acquisition by acting as a liaison between researchers, JORA and UIS. This role will act as a consultant for researchers looking for the right technology supported by UIS for their research needs. They will gather the research project requirements and match solutions to their budget. As part of this process they will work with JORA during the early grant application phase to support the budget requests of grants. Finally, through interactions with research consortiums and their own research they will provide recommendations of research technology that UIS and GU should adopt for researchers. This position will work closely with both GU and GUMC faculty as well as key members of UIS on behalf of the research community. Incumbent will serve as a Research Technologies “Expert Resource” for internal and selected external research collaborations.

Requirements

• Minimum requirement of a Bachelor's degree in arts or science.
• 5+ years’ work experience in either managing research technology or high-powered computing or bioinformatics systems
• Minimum of 5 years experience working in a research environment
• Minimum of 5 years providing technical support and project management to researchers in higher education or a related scientific industry.
• Must understand how to protect the security and integrity of databases and applications on the system and through the network and must be familiar and have experience working with a variety of operating systems.
• Experience mobilizing research, technology and legal stakeholders to solve contractual and technological requirements for research projects
• Be self-motivated, detail-oriented, and methodical.
• Must be willing to participate in a 24x7 support schedule for critical systems which may require a substantial amount of maintenance and troubleshooting being performed outside of normal business hours.

Benefits

• Georgetown University offers a comprehensive and competitive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance, retirement savings, tuition assistance, work-life balance benefits, employee discounts and an array of voluntary insurance options.
• You can learn more about benefits and eligibility on the Department of Human Resources website.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level