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This highly visible role requires strategic thinking, excellent stakeholder management, technical know-how, and operational excellence. This role will employ effective project management techniques to plan, develop, and coordinate key initiatives within the Vice Provost’s Office. The Project Manager is also responsible for tracking qualitative and quantitative data collection and reporting on projects through both written reports and presentations. This role works with both internal and external stakeholders and partners to successfully set and meet project milestones and goals established by the Vice Provost and the Senior Director of Research Strategy.\nReporting directly to the Senior Director of Research Strategy, the Project Manager oversees complex projects to advance the university’s research mission and strategic research and innovation vision in coordination with key stakeholders in research and innovation at Vanderbilt University and external partner and/or sponsor entities. This position is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to advance sponsored projects administration, technology transfer and commercialization, research security and compliance, and efforts to increase and diversify Vanderbilt’s research funding portfolio. The ideal candidate should have excellent judgment in knowing when to lead or support a cross-functional team and be capable of bringing out views from all disciplines to inform one strategic plan. A successful candidate will thrive in an ambiguous, cross-functional environment where they can understand different perspectives and provide discussion frameworks to enable trade-offs and decisions.\nAbout the Work Unit:\nThe goal of the Office of the Vice Provost for Research and Innovation is to promote Vanderbilt’s distinctive research culture, which aspires to improve the human condition through path-breaking discovery and innovation. In addition to overseeing the university’s research portfolio on all sites, the VP-RI also oversees the implementation of the university’s new future vision and trans-institutional strategies and works closely with the Provost, academic Deans, Vice Provosts, and faculty at large to advance the quality of research and scholarship university-wide. The Office develops strategies and provides services to enhance extramural support for research from all sources including corporate, foundation, federal, and philanthropic; advance a cohesive and vibrant trans-institutional research agenda; and build strategic partnerships around shared priorities in research. The VP-RI works with a broad range of University stakeholders, including faculty and others, in advocating for the research and scholarship missions of all disciplines at Vanderbilt.\nAbout Vanderbilt University:\nVanderbilt is a renowned private institution founded in 1873, located a little more than a mile from downtown Nashville, TN. The university’s students, faculty, staff, and visitors frequently cite Nashville as one of the perks of Vanderbilt. VU is where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. It is a place where your diversity is sought and celebrated. It is a place where employees know they are part of something bigger than themselves, take exceptional pride in their work, and never settle for what was good enough yesterday.\nKey Functions and Expected Performance:\nPortfolio Management\nManage a portfolio of projects, initiatives, engagements, and events across various units.\nLeverage tools and technology to track and oversee the status of multiple projects, ensuring alignment with the Vice Provost's priorities and institutional goals.\nDefine and implement processes for prioritizing and balancing the portfolio to maximize impact and resource utilization.\nRegularly review and update the portfolio, making recommendations for adjustments based on progress, strategic importance, and emerging needs.\nProvide comprehensive portfolio reports to the Vice Provost and Senior Director of Research Strategy, highlighting key achievements, challenges, and strategic decisions needed.\nProject Management\nCoordinates and implements projects to ensure successful outcomes.\nImplements detailed project plans, including business issue definitions, task delegation, and issue resolution.\nDevelop project overviews and guidelines and manage project administration and timelines.\nTrack, and maintain project data, metrics and outcomes and provides input on project impact to ensure achievement of goals.\nPlanning and Execution\nCollaborate with internal and external stakeholders and partners on key initiatives, overseeing project development, completion, and implementation, including taking meeting minutes, developing Gantt charts, creating working group agendas, and managing stakeholder deliverables.\nPartner with project owners to define project scope, develop project charters, plans, budgets, and resource requirements.\nProvide insights based on project evaluations to support the Vice Provost and Senior Director in strategy development.\nAdvise stakeholders on budget or other portfolio implications and develop performance metrics and standards.\nProvide professional and/or technical support and guidance in the execution of project activities.\nIdentify the need for communication and training plans; develop tools, job aids, and instructional materials; and lead training as needed.\nStakeholder Engagement and Communication\nMaintain effective relationships with stakeholders across the university and the broader Nashville and Middle Tennessee community, including managing relationships that the Vice Provost has cultivated with internal and external constituencies.\nCommunicate project status, issues, and achievements to key stakeholders, including the Vice Provost and Provost.\nPrepare and review regular, ongoing project communications and summaries for the Vice Provost and Senior Director.\nProcess Improvement\nIdentify and implement process improvements for projects and programs.\nDocument functional requirements, develop current and future state process flows, and manage testing plans.\nIdentify dependencies and implications of changes to functional areas and recommend continuous improvements.\nPartner with the Office of Data and Analytics (DSA) for data-related expertise and analysis.\nSupervisory Relationships:\nThis position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities but requires strong influence and coordination across multiple teams and stakeholders. This position reports administratively and functionally to the Senior Director of Research Strategy.\nEducation and Certifications:\nA Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education is required.\nA Master’s or advanced degree is preferred.\nExperience and Skills:\nA minimum of three to five (5) years of experience and expertise in related project management is necessary.\nExperience working with or for consulting firms on high-level projects is preferred.\nExperience working with or for institutions of higher education is preferred.\nProject Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.\nSuperior project management and time management skills are necessary.\nExperience in business process change and managing complex projects involving multiple functional groups is necessary.\nAbility to think strategically to manage multiple projects/initiatives with changing priorities and strict deadlines in a rapidly changing environment is necessary.\nProven ability 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