Senior Contracts Specialist - The Research Foundation for SUNY
This job is no longer available
There are still lots of open positions. Let's find the one that's right for you.
About The Position
This is an excellent position for a recent JD with contract negotiation experience or an experienced contracts reviewer to begin a career in sponsored programs administration supporting SUNY faculty and research enterprise. Candidates local to Albany, New York will be to work a hybrid schedule. Candidates outside of New York can work a full remote work schedule. Within SUNY's broad and rich research portfolio, SUNY research places a special focus on those scientific and technological areas that have the potential to accelerate economic growth, drive social impact, and enhance human wellbeing. SUNY faculty strives to stay at the forefront of these critical research domains through breakthrough discoveries and impactful innovations, critically acclaimed publications, and enduring, vital partnerships with industry and government labs. This role is vitally important for structuring the agreements that facilitate discovery and impactful innovation. Reporting to the VP for Sponsored Programs & Regulatory Affairs, the Senior Contracts Specialist will provide high quality contract review, negotiation, working with campus compliance specialists such as IP, IRB, Data Security, etc. This position will be responsible for working with a broad range of sponsored program agreements and requires a high degree of attention to detail, as well as the ability to create/review contracts analyzing each circumstance to minimize risk to the campuses while collaborating with a broad team. This position will also provide a review of sponsor award terms and conditions at the proposal/pre-award phase, as needed, to document any requests for exceptions to ensure regulatory compliance.
