Texas A&M University is establishing a new state-of-the-art biocontainment research facility, the Global Health Research Complex (GHRC), and requires a Service Center Manager to oversee its business operations, ensuring efficient workflow, financial management, and support for research activities.
Requirements
- Demonstrated proficiency managing and reporting operational budget data at the project, portfolio, and business unit level using spreadsheets, presentation and word processing software programs.
- Ability to prepare and monitor project invoicing and report project deliverables against agreed milestones and objectives.
- Experience in project budgeting, resource allocation, and employee time and effort on sponsored research projects.
- Experience with various business support and procurement software programs such as FAMIS, Workday, Canopy, Aggiebuy, iLabs etc.
- Experience and familiarity with particular operational management issues (e.g. biorisk management, occupational health, regulatory compliance, etc.) associated with life science, biomedical and/or agricultural infectious disease research.
- Ability to work effectively and collaboratively with a wide range of technical and management personnel including research scientists and support staff, facilities operations and maintenance, unit level management, and executive level leadership.
- Ability to work under deadlines and balance competing needs.
Responsibilities
- Manages business operations related to the GHRC.
- Identifies business-related needs and problems, and proposes solutions.
- Manages business workflow operations and promotes communication between functional areas and outside units.
- Assists GHRC Leadership in strategic management and annual rate study and budget development.
- Monitors progress against high level work plans, schedules, and budgets.
- Manages and evaluates business functions for departmental activities and ensures budget requirements are met and related policies and regulations are followed.
- Prepares, submits and monitors status of monthly invoices to GHRC clients and partners.
Other
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Five years of experience in business operations, research project management, and/or accounting.
- Exceptional initiative, resourcefulness and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with executive office and protocols.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills and experience delivering results against proscribed project deadlines and milestones.
