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Application Deadline: When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

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Department:

Division of Research and Innovation

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Special Instructions to Applicants:

When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents:

 

1) A resume/CV; and

 

2) A cover letter indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position.

Starting salary will be commensurate with skills, education, and experience.

For additional information please contact: Gretchen Cuevas at [email protected]

Job Summary:

The Division of Research and Innovation is seeking a TERA Hub Launch Manager. This is a full-time (1.00 FTE), 12-month, professional faculty position.

The TERA Solutions Hub within the Division of Research and Innovation is seeking a dynamic Launch Manager to provide specialized startup support for newly funded large, complex, and multi-institutional research awards.  This role will be focused on supporting research teams as they transition rapidly from award notification to project execution.  

 

Working as part of the TERA (Transdisciplinary, Translational, and Engaged Research Advancement) Solutions Hub, this position coordinates critical project launch activities including team formation, project planning, hiring, onboarding, procurement, partner engagement, project documentation, communications, compliance processes, and operational readiness.

 

The TERA Hub is a resource for all faculty, students, industry, government, and community members to collectively innovate to address Oregon’s most pressing problems via co-developed, team-based research. TERA is designed to empower teams to quickly move from idea to application by providing leadership training, space for transdisciplinary collaboration, and project management training and tools.  

 

The Launch Manager serves as a key resource during the highest-risk startup phase of a project, maintaining a portfolio of multiple awards (3-5 concurrent projects for 3-12 months per project) and establishing the systems, administrative and fiscal management structures, and relationships needed for success before transitioning responsibilities to permanent project staff or long-term project managers. This position develops and maintains systems, processes, and procedures to ensure timely and effective workflow on the projects they support. This role also focuses on collaboration and maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders to facilitate program compliance support and promotion.  

Key Responsibilities:

• Research Project Launch and Startup Planning – Serve as the primary launch coordinator for newly funded large, complex, and multi-institutional research awards, developing startup and implementation plans to move projects efficiently from award to operation.
• Project Management and Tracking – Develop and maintain project timelines, milestones, governance structures, communication plans, tracking systems, and project management tools that support successful project implementation.
• Operational and Administrative Coordination – Coordinate startup activities including hiring, onboarding, procurement, contracting, labor distribution, documentation, compliance, reporting systems, and access to facilities and research infrastructure.
• Team Formation, Onboarding, and Transition – Coordinate project kickoff meetings, team onboarding, partner engagement, and team alignment, and support the transition and handoff of responsibilities to permanent project personnel.
• Cross-Unit and Institutional Coordination – Partner with Principal Investigators, the OSU Division of Research and Innovation, colleges and administrative units, and other institutional partners to identify and address barriers affecting project launch and execution.
• Collaboration and Partnership Facilitation – Coordinate communication and collaboration among faculty, staff, students, community partners, industry, government agencies, sponsors, and collaborating institutions; facilitate meetings, workshops, project reviews, and partnership discussions.
• Team Effectiveness and Collaborative Practices – Help project teams establish shared goals, communication structures, roles, governance practices, and collaborative ways of working that strengthen team performance and project delivery.
• TERA Solutions Hub Development, Assessment, and Capacity Building – Contribute to TERA Solutions Hub tools, templates, workflows, and best practices; document lessons learned; support assessment and professional development; contribute to training; and assist with metrics, case studies, and reports demonstrating the impact of TERA Launch services.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree AND one (1) year progressively responsible professional experience in operational leadership, research administration, facilitating industry and community partnerships, higher education operations, or related environment. 
• Two years of professional experience coordinating complex projects, programs, strategic initiatives, or research activities.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple priorities, expectations, needs simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with internal and external partners from a variety of backgrounds, and a demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing equitable engagement in teams.
• Experience developing project plans, timelines, monitoring systems, and reports.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while coordinating across multiple organizational units.
• Strong organizational skills with the demonstrated ability to be proactive, prioritize work across multiple projects, and meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret, explain, and implement complex information.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Demonstrated ability to make independent decisions and recommendations which align with policies, and act as a resource to a wide variety of constituents.

This position is designated as a critical or security-sensitive position; therefore, the incumbent must successfully complete a criminal history check and be determined to be position qualified as per University Standard: 05-010 et seq. Incumbents are required to self-report convictions and those in youth programs may have additional criminal history checks every 24 months.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree.
• Five years of professional experience coordinating complex projects, programs, strategic initiatives, or research activities.
• Experience supporting federally funded research and/or infrastructure programs and projects.
• Experience facilitating collaboration among diverse partners, including industry, government, nonprofit, tribal, and community groups.
• Experience in higher education, research administration, research development, sponsored programs administration, or project management.
• Experience supporting multi-institutional, interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, or community-engaged initiatives.
• Knowledge of federal funding agencies and sponsored project requirements.
• Experience coordinating hiring, procurement processes, budget management, or project operations.

Working Conditions/Schedule:

This position typically requires in-person presence, though a hybrid or remote work agreement with occasional travel may be considered for the right candidate. This position may arrange a flexible work schedule (https://hr.oregonstate.edu/remote-work) as agreed upon by the employee and supervisor.

The position manages a portfolio of multiple projects simultaneously, requiring flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to respond effectively to changing project needs and timelines. Occasional evening or weekend work may be required to support project launches, stakeholder meetings, or special events. Limited in-state or out-of-state travel may be required.

Salary Range:

$78,000 - $85,740

Anticipated Start Date:

2026-12-01

Anticipated End Date:

When applying, please keep in mind this posting will close at 11:59 pm the night before the posted "end date". Applications MUST be submitted prior to this deadline.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability, protected veteran, and other protected status.

OSU will conduct a review of the National Sex Offender Public website prior to hire.

OSU is a fair chance employer committed to inclusive hiring. We encourage applications from candidates who bring a wide range of lived experience including involvement with the justice system. If this position has “critical or security-sensitive” responsibilities and/or driving duties and you are selected as a finalist, your initial job offer will be contingent upon the results of a job-related pre-employment check (such as a background check, motor vehicle history check, sexual misconduct reference check, etc.). Background check results do not automatically disqualify a candidate. Take a look at our Background Checks website including the for candidates section for more details. If you have questions or concerns about the pre-employment check, please contact OSU’s Employee and Labor Relations team at [email protected].