Director, Research Management

The Director, Research Management will oversee research initiatives from scoping and design through implementation, analysis, and dissemination. The job requires experience in managing complex projects, building trusting relationships with leaders, and providing expertise on compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies.

Requirements

• Oversee research initiatives from scoping and design through implementation, analysis, and dissemination
• Partner with senior leadership to prioritize and sequence projects
• Manage and develop a team of 5–7 research management staff
• Ensure project plans, milestones, and deliverables are clearly defined, tracked, and regularly updated
• Design and lead twice-monthly research management team days focused on skill building, alignment, and continuous improvement
• Foster a high-performance, equity-centered culture grounded in collaboration, ownership, and learning
• Lead implementation and ongoing optimization of Bridge
• Sustain and strengthen practices aligned with the standards of the Project Management Institute (PMI), ensuring disciplined and scalable project management systems
• Lead project management trainings for research staff to ensure shared language, tools, and expectations
• Establish and enforce consistent project documentation and reporting practices
• Oversee IEL’s project risk management framework, including regular risk surveys and structured debriefs
• Provide expertise to researchers on compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates
• Provide expertise to researchers and research support staff. Oversees activities related to data collection and analysis
• Perform other related work as needed

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off