What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Compliance Manager position at UNC Finance and Operations?
The Senior Compliance Manager provides advanced leadership in support of the NC Collaboratory's multidisciplinary research practice partnership initiatives within the Physical Sciences team to address complex issues for the benefit of the State.
This position manages research programs by monitoring compliance, ensuring the effective implementation of workflows, and serving as the first point of escalation for task management issues raised by other Program Managers. Reporting to the Research Director for Physical Sciences, the Senior Program Manager is primarily internal-facing and provides operational management for the execution of research programs.
The NC Collaboratory develops yearly research initiatives that target a pressing policy issue or problem of practice faced by policymakers and practitioners at the State and local level in North Carolina, and awards funding to support mutually beneficial partnerships between academic research teams and partners in local governments, community organizations, State agencies, and private industries. Recent examples of these existing Physical Science programs include the PFAS Testing Network, the High-Performance Computing initiative, and the Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Takeback Program in partnership with the NC Office of the State Fire Marshal. The Senior Compliance Manager provides technical oversight these activities from planning through execution and performance monitoring.
Other duties include managing contract activities, recommending improvements to workflows, SOPs, forms, and templates, and optimizing documentation and data management practices for consistent program execution. The position also facilitates stakeholder engagement by coordinating input from researchers, program staff, and institutional partners.
This position manages research programs by monitoring compliance, ensuring the effective implementation of workflows, and serving as the first point of escalation for task management issues raised by other Program Managers. Reporting to the Research Director for Physical Sciences, the Senior Program Manager is primarily internal-facing and provides operational management for the execution of research programs.
The NC Collaboratory develops yearly research initiatives that target a pressing policy issue or problem of practice faced by policymakers and practitioners at the State and local level in North Carolina, and awards funding to support mutually beneficial partnerships between academic research teams and partners in local governments, community organizations, State agencies, and private industries. Recent examples of these existing Physical Science programs include the PFAS Testing Network, the High-Performance Computing initiative, and the Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) Takeback Program in partnership with the NC Office of the State Fire Marshal. The Senior Compliance Manager provides technical oversight these activities from planning through execution and performance monitoring.
Other duties include managing contract activities, recommending improvements to workflows, SOPs, forms, and templates, and optimizing documentation and data management practices for consistent program execution. The position also facilitates stakeholder engagement by coordinating input from researchers, program staff, and institutional partners.