PROGRAM AND PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), to provide day to day oversight of the operational and administrative aspects of the FutureTech research project and ensuring a highly innovative and impactful research environment. Will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of leading researchers and experts across computer science and economics/business and be involved in significant project management within a cutting-edge research center in artificial intelligence and computing. Responsibilities include maintaining relationships with key internal personnel and industry partners; managing project timelines, resources, and deliverables; helping facilitate the work of researchers; implementing administrative policies and procedures; tracking progress of complex initiatives, projects, and events involving FutureTech and associated labs and programs; participating in key constituent meetings to ensure appropriate and responsive follow-up and accountability; helping prepare research project plans for review, approval, and execution; coordinating the lab’s grant writing and reporting and assisting with grant development; developing methods for collecting project data and ensuring tracking of key metrics; providing regular analysis of project’s progress work toward goals and objectives; assisting with reporting and other compliance activities; writing and coordinating policy summaries and outreach; generating project plans for lab research, implementing operational plans to support lab goals, and providing input for strategic planning; budget development and management; recruiting junior operations staff; and performing other duties as needed.

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: bachelor’s degree and at least four years of administration, project/program management, or operations experience. PREFERRED: experience in a research or technology-oriented environment, experience managing or leading others, and research paper and grant writing experience. Job #24022-9
Work is primarily on-site in a lab.
This is a one-year term appointment based on grant funding.