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University Contracts Managers are professionals who oversee the creation, review, negotiation, and management of contracts between a university and external entities such as vendors, partners, or funding agencies. Their role ensures that agreements comply with university policies, legal requirements, and best practices. They also help mitigate risks, protect the university’s interests, and facilitate smooth collaborations for research, purchasing, or services. This position often requires strong organizational, communication, and legal skills.

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A University Contracts Manager often encounters challenges such as balancing the interests of faculty researchers with institutional policies, ensuring compliance with funding agency requirements, and protecting intellectual property rights. Negotiating terms around publication rights, data ownership, and liability can be complex, especially when working with multiple stakeholders like legal counsel, principal investigators, and external sponsors. Staying up-to-date with changing regulations and fostering effective communication between parties are also key aspects of successfully managing these challenges.

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Grants & Contracts Manager

Baltimore, MD • On-site

Johns Hopkins University
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools • 10K+ employees
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Job description

We are seeking a Grants & Contracts Manager, Post-Award who will be responsible for all activities related to the sponsored projects within a department, center and/or division. Will oversee the pre-award, post-award and closeout activities for a variety of grants/contracts, with varying levels of complexity. This role also manages a staff of two or more professional and para-professional level positions. The Manager serves as first point of contact and resource guide for department faculty and analysts for the planning and development of budgets for submission with grant packages to various federal agencies, private agencies, foundations and commercial contract proposals. This includes providing instruction on protocol, regulations and guidelines pertinent to the agency/or university.
Job Scope/Complexity: Will provide broad/in-depth guidance on protocols, regulations and guidelines to PI and other scientific/research professionals, both within the University and with other associated research/administrative professionals outside of the University. This position offers guidance and learning support to Grants & Contracts Analysts, Specialists and Coordinators within the department. Works closely with faculty and staff on complex awards and submissions; provides ongoing staff training; disseminates information on new regulations and compliance rules; provides quarterly and annual sponsored funding reports as needed to department, center and/or division leadership as required. Will act as the final point of contact for the department, center, and/or division with faculty, grants and sponsored research staff.
Types of sponsored awards for which the position is responsible: This position works independently on a variety of complex level grants/contracts, including those from NIH, NSF,DOD and NASA. These grants, contracts and awards may involve highly detailed budgets, multiple projects, cores and subawards, investigator-initiated, consortium and new center, dept. of defense grants, higher complexity foundation grants and pharmaceutical company clinical trials. Will also provide direction and assistance to analysts with details related to Subawards from other institutions on their federal pass-through grants. May also work directly with management of non-sponsored funds, including general funds and gifts, on a limitedbasis.2
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
  • Serve as department/division liaison for Departmental Sponsored Projects Office, Office of Research Administration and University Shared Services.
  • Partner with and act as final point of contact with departmental faculty and/or budgetary staff and the Office of Research Administration toward the planning and development of application submissions to various federal offices, private agencies/foundations and commercial companies.
  • Responsible for departmental pre-review of complex proposals.
  • Manage process of final grant package presentation and approval with the Office of Research Administration.
  • Responsible for the timely preparation of proposal budget for Principal Investigator Review.
  • Revise and advise on approved budget changes to awarded grants/contracts.
  • Manage the sponsored portfolios of various departmental faculty.
  • Develop and oversee the maintenance of budget monitoring systems for JHU departmental funds. Review SAP reports, analyze variances and take appropriate action.
  • Manage internal sponsored audits and the development of an account reconciliation system for sponsored accounts.
  • Develop reports for forecasting and trending of expenditures of awards.
  • Manage the process for delivering the technical and financial reports for private and government sponsors.
  • Provide on-going guidance, facilitation & expertise to faculty in their grant pursuit efforts by providing analysis of all grant and contract applications.
  • Ensure compliance in all other areas related to grant and contract management, including sponsoring organization guidelines, internal protocols, accurate protocol information within grant documents, conflicts of interest, etc.
  • Maintain ongoing updates and communications related to current grants and contracts, this includes regular auditing and reporting to principal investigators on financial status of grants, contracts and discretionary accounts. Also provide relevant updates and reports to departmental leadership, as needed.
  • Provide regular reporting to principal investigators on financial status of grants, contracts and discretionary accounts. Assist with closeout of grants and contracts.
  • Ensure that related post-award processes are coordinated appropriately by members of the grants & contracts team, including award setup, review, account setup verification, and ensuring that staff is setup appropriately.
  • Ensure that post-award responsibilities are completed, including budget distribution, account reconciliation, e-form setup, effort reporting, cost transfers, paying invoices and paperwork finalization related to subcontract setup.
  • Oversee and direct all aspects of complex award management activities and provide oversight to other members of the grants & contracts team, including monitoring and managing accounts, audits, evaluations and reporting.
  • Provide information and direct assistance required to complete contract and grant closeouts, as needed. Ensure that all closeouts handled by other members of the grants & contracts team have been handled appropriately.
  • Ensure compliance in all other areas related to grant and contract management, including compliance registrations, safety and environmental health issues, internal protocols, conflicts of interest, etc.
  • Manage the performance and efficiency of other members of the departmental grants and contracts team.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree.
  • Five years of related experience in sponsored research and/or financial positions. Two of those years must include working in a lead or supervisory capacity with extensive supervisory responsibilities or high-level, direct involvement in JHU grants and contracts leadership development training projects, serving as a recognized subject matter expert.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Grants & Contracts Manager
Role/Level/Range: ATP/04/PE
Starting Salary Range: $73,300 - $128,300 Annually ($100,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30-5p
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: SOM Rad Research Administration
Personnel area: School of Medicine

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Gilman believed that teaching and research go hand in hand—that success in one depends on success in the other—and that a modern university must do both well. He also believed that sharing our knowledge and discoveries would help make the world a better place. In 145 years, we haven’t strayed from that vision. This is still a destination for excellent, ambitious scholars and a world leader in teaching and research. Distinguished professors mentor students in the arts and music, humanities, social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions. Those same faculty members, along with their colleagues at the university’s Applied Physics Laboratory, have made us the nation’s leader in federal research and development funding every year since 1979. That’s a fitting distinction for America’s first research university, a place that has revolutionized higher education in the U.S. and continues to bring knowledge and discoveries to the world.

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