Research Program Administration Manager V, Steward Observatory (Multiple Positions)

In this role, you will: Oversee direct the long-term strategic direction of a major research program, aligning scientific objectives, technical execution, organization priorities with College of Science institutional goals. Have significant impact on long-term strategic plans without much precedent, including developing overseeing financial planning, budgeting, grant compliance, resource allocation, and employee management, to ensure program sustainability effectiveness. Drive innovative solutions to complex technical strategic challenges, ensuring alignment with mission requirements advancing capabilities in telescope space-based research. Oversee finances and administrative activities, including assessing proposals for projects to determine if they are technically and financially feasible. Provide cost, schedule, and technical inputs to proposals. Provide leadership oversight of a team of managers and subject matter experts who develop, implement, and maintain operational plans, programs, systems technical aspects of contracts. These will require a high degree of innovation, creativity, and integration by the team this position will be responsible for leading. Lead technical resource planning oversight, schedules, facilities, safety support, and cost inputs with respect to mechanical, integration, and test activities. Research and report on new technology implementations. Lead the mechanical design development of scientific instruments, guiding a team of multi-disciplinary managers through Critical Design Review (CDR) Instrument Integration to ensure technical performance mission readiness. The team would include multiple levels of senior leaders. Set institutional expectations of performance, pay, hiring decisions, and day-to-day work as needed. Manage interfaces and represent the university with external partners subcontractors serving as a technical liaison to influence institutional level decisions. Cultivate strategic global research partnerships across multiple institutions to ensure that program goals are met. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Skill in both written and verbal communication. Skill organizing and directing project work to meet desired objectives. Broad spectrum of knowledge of the quality processes and techniques required. Advanced knowledge of the use and design of instrumentation and test activities. Ability to work well in a broad matrix organization with many projects in a team environment.