Leads pre-award sponsored research administration, including complex proposal development, detailed budgeting, sponsor submissions, award review and negotiation, subaward coordination, and project initiation. Supports faculty and research hub leadership, ensures compliance with sponsor and institutional requirements, maintains research administration resources, provides training, and manages competing deadlines with minimal supervision.

Provide administrative and operational support for Research Hubs: manage records, calendars, travel/expenses, payroll allocations, faculty salary encumbrances, sponsor-tracking data entry, timecard review, stakeholder coordination, metrics reporting, and event coordination while ensuring compliance and process improvements.