Program Manager

• 503566
• Las Cruces, New Mexico, United States
• Staff
• Staff Part-time
• Closing at: Jun 17 2026 - 23:55 MDT
  
  

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Department Contact: Graciela Unguez, 575-646-3613, gunguez@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: Seeking applications for Program Manager for U-RISE at NMSU.

Position Details

Position Title: Program Manager

College/Division: Arts and Sciences College

Department: 330350-BIOLOGY

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $39,874.35 to Commensurate with qualifications

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: .75

FLSA Status: Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Contingent upon external funding

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule

Job Duties and Responsibilities: The U-RISE Program requests support for a Program Manager position to ensure the successful implementation of the Program Plan and achievement of programmatic goals. This position is essential to the day-to-day operation, regulatory compliance, financial coordination, and trainee support functions of the U-RISE Program. The Program Manager will oversee and execute complex, time-sensitive administrative processes that are critical to maintaining compliance with NIH and New Mexico State University requirements, while allowing Program Principal Investigators (PIs) to focus on broader strategic priorities, including student mentorship, program development, interdepartmental collaboration, trainee outcomes, and long-term program impact.

The Program Manager serves as the central operational liaison among students, faculty mentors, university administrative offices, and external research institutions. This role is instrumental in fostering an efficient, supportive, and compliant infrastructure that advances undergraduate research training and promotes student success among historically underrepresented populations in STEM disciplines.

Primary Responsibilities Include

• Coordinating with multiple financial and administrative units across campus, including Dean’s Offices, Financial Aid, Accounts Receivable, and Sponsored Projects, to ensure timely processing of student stipends, tuition payments, reimbursements, and other program-related financial transactions.
• Collaborating with the Honors College and other academic units to ensure accurate registration of U-RISE students during summer, fall, and spring semesters, including proper course enrollment and credit hour assignment.
• Monitoring and ensuring timely completion and submission of all required student certifications and compliance trainings related to NIH and NMSU policies, including IACUC, IRB, OSHA, research ethics, and responsible conduct of research requirements.
• Coordinating and processing student summer research internships with R1 research institutions across the country, including management of institution-specific financial agreements, onboarding requirements, and administrative procedures unique to each host institution.
• Managing student travel logistics and financial processing for professional development opportunities, including conference registration fees, abstract submissions, travel authorizations, reimbursements, and participation in conferences such as SACNAS.
• Assisting students with registration and status management in NIH eRA Commons xTrain systems to ensure accurate federal trainee reporting and compliance.
• Supporting the collection, organization, and tracking of student and faculty mentor outcomes data required for NIH annual progress reports, program evaluation, and institutional reporting.
• Ensuring faculty mentor accounts and research-related financial allocations are established in a timely manner, while monitoring expenditures to maintain fiscal accountability and prevent budget overages.
• Supervising and tracking timely submission of required monthly reports from both students and faculty mentors to support program monitoring and accountability.
• Assisting Program PIs during recruitment, application review, and trainee selection processes, including coordinating communications, scheduling interviews, and organizing applicant materials.
• Serving as a liaison among university financial, compliance, academic, and research offices to proactively identify and resolve budgetary, administrative, and compliance-related issues affecting the U-RISE Program.
• Supporting the development of a collaborative undergraduate research training community by assisting with program activities and coordination efforts that promote engagement, belonging, retention, and interdisciplinary collaboration among underrepresented STEM scholars across the NMSU campus.
  
  

The Program Manager position is vital to sustaining the operational excellence, compliance infrastructure, trainee support systems, and collaborative partnerships necessary for the continued success and growth of the U-RISE Program.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience:

Associate's Degree 7 years of relevant experience or a Bachelor's degree 5 years of relevant experience.

Equivalent Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a related field and five (5) years of professional experience related to the job duties and responsibilities outlined.

Special Certification/Licensure

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: Light physical effort. Effort applies to no more than two (2) hours per day.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.

Recruitment Summary

We are New Mexico’s land-grant institution and a comprehensive research university dedicated to teaching, research public service and outreach at all levels. NMSU is a welcoming community of talented faculty, staff and students who are working together to make a difference. We are a NASA Space Grant College, a Hispanic-serving institution (HSI), a minority-serving institution (MSI) and home to the first Honors College in New Mexico. We offer an accessible education that shapes bright futures.

NMSU provides learning opportunities to a diverse population of students and community members at four campuses, Cooperative Extension offices located in each of New Mexico’s 33 counties, 12 research and science centers, and through distance education.

NMSU Global Campus

Since 1888, NMSU has proudly embodied this tradition, building relationships that last a lifetime while serving students who want to earn their degree and grow in their field. Today, NMSU Global Campus provides flexible, career-focused online education that helps our students transform their lives – and the lives of the people they love – through over 70 degree and certificate programs, skill-building microlearning courses, and career and talent development.

NMSU Main Campus

Located in Las Cruces, NM, New Mexico State University's 900-acre main campus is located at the crossroads of I-10 and I-25 in the Southwestern United States. As a thriving center of higher education, deeply rooted in the regional tradition, its role as a comprehensive university is recognized throughout the state.

Doña Ana Community College

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Alamogordo Campus

Established in 1958 to serve the needs of the airmen and families stationed at Holloman Air Force Base located only 10 miles west of Alamogordo, NMSUA is a community college with a long history of excellence that is supported by a caring community of hard-working students and dedicated faculty and staff. The campus is situated “on the hill” above Alamogordo and provides inspiring views of the city and the Tularosa Basin, offering the perfect venue for creative and motivated learning.

Grants Campus

NMSU Grants was established as a branch of New Mexico State University in 1968 through the cooperative efforts of New Mexico State University and Grants Municipal Schools. As a two-year branch community college, NMSU Grants serves the local communities in Cibola and McKinley counties, including the Pueblos of Acoma, Laguna, and Zuni, as well as Tohajiilee, San Mateo, San Rafael, Cubero, the City of Grants, and the Village of Milan.

Special Instructions to Applicants

The electronic application is the *official* document that will be used to qualify applicants. Paper/email documents will not be accepted. Required documents must be attached to this application.

EEO Statement

New Mexico State University does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, military service, or other non-merit factor.