Business Management Project Manager

Goldbelt Frontier is committed to providing support for a range of health technology management operations, projects, and services across the government and commercial industries. Frontier collaborates with clients and partners with other businesses to ensure that the right solution with the right people is delivered to meet the client's needs. Many senior project managers and business analysts are subject matter experts in their respective fields. Frontier understands how to support multiple stakeholders to aid in developing and implementing national policies, strategies, and doctrine.

Summary:

The Project Manager is responsible formaintaining a registry of funding opportunities that supports USAMRIID mission and for support in the staffing / supporting development of research proposals packages responsive to USAMRIID's funding sponsors and extramural collaborative opportunities. Knowledge and experience in advanced business practices/information management business process development/portfolio management (cost/schedule/performance) shall support the following tasks for projects of varying scope per year.

Essential Job Functions:

• Support tracking published funding opportunities specific to USAMRIID mission space and the associated constraints.
• Maintain funding opportunities in the provided business system and support shared awareness across USAMRIID researchers and leadership.
• Process preproposal, proposals, and change requests packages supporting research projects that are to undergo review via the Project Resource Committee (or its successor) and with USAMRIID leadership.
• Review the submission packages for completeness and consistency (current and historical, where appropriate); and coordinate with the submitters and program managers to make any necessary changes.
• Support review/staffing of agreements (i.e. Material Transfer Agreement, Non-Disclosure, Agreement or Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)) tied to USAMRIID research & development projects.
• Distribute feedback on proposal recommendations and/or decisions made by Command.
• Submit Command approved proposals to funding agencies. Serves as the Point of Contact for engagement with external funders in regards to selection for funding and/or modifications of selected proposals; distribute funding decision notifications to respective relevant USAMRIID offices.
• Provide support to business process meetings. Maintain/update the research proposal tracking system from initial proposals, through review process, notification of funding/initiation of research execution and research project close-out.
• Coordinate with Program Managers to ensure changes to project cost, schedule and performance are reflected in each research project's record and supporting approval processes are executed.
• Identify/share opportunities for process improvement / efficiencies and collaborate to identify solutions / improvements to existing or needed processes.
• Collate all information associated with reimbursable CRADAs for tracking of invoicing and research progress or amendment of said CRADA(s) in compliance with office processes/data tracking systems.
• Coordinate with USAMRIID's Office of Research and Technology Applications (ORTA) regarding updates (e.g. amendment or closure) to agreements or establishment of new reimbursable agreements or ORTA (required for submission to the internal reviewing body.
• Support processes used for cost analysis of research proposal development and research support offices or budget management within science directorates/divisions.
• Coordinate with the Resource management (RM)/budget office regarding maintenance and updating of costings for internal shared services and rates used as the basis for developing budget estimates.
• Additionally, coordinate with RM for updating USAMRIID's software tool used for building research proposal or research support office budgets, i.e. (Budget Planning Tool / FileMaker)) supporting costing updates.
• Identifying/sharing opportunities for process improvement / efficiencies and collaborate to identify solutions / improvements to existing or needed processes.

Necessary Skills and Knowledge:

• Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale projects from inception to completion.
• Exceptional organizational, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build relationships.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum 3-5 years of related experience.
• Secret Clearance is required
• Pass the minimum personnel background investigation of T1; NACI may be accepted if there was less than a 24 month break in service from previous Government employment Pass screening prior to hiring for active participation in any group opposing research involving the use of animals Pass criminal history check if requiring base access
• Experience in assisting developing strategies to determine optimal sustainment of research project resource requirements and improvements to managing cost effectiveness of research support offices and the services they provide to USAMRIID researchers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• PMP certification.

Pay and Benefits

The salary for this role is $100,000 annually.

At Goldbelt, we value and reward our team's dedication and hard work. We provide a competitive base salary commensurate with your qualifications and experience. As an employee, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tax-deferred savings options, supplementary benefits, paid time off, and professional development opportunities.