NSF ART Program Manager
About the role
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Accelerating Research Translation (ART) Program Manager will coordinate and manage the integrated portfolio of projects, programs, partnerships, and operations that comprise UWM TRANSLATE, UWM’s NSF-funded Accelerating Research Translation initiative. The position will ensure that activities across the initiative’s Industry Pull, System-Level/Culture, and Seed Translational Research Project (STRP) thrusts advance toward common institutional research-translation objectives, milestones, and outcomes. Working with the Principal Investigator, Co-PIs, UWM Research Foundation, Office of Research, University of Michigan mentoring team, faculty and staff leads, consultants, and industry partners, the Program Manager will develop and maintain the overall program plan; coordinate component activities and resources; monitor schedules, budgets, milestones, risks, and performance; and facilitate communication and decision-making across the initiative. The position will serve as the primary operational point of coordination for UWM TRANSLATE.
Expected Role and Impact: The Program Manager will function as the integrating operational leader of UWM TRANSLATE, rather than as the individual owner of each component program. Faculty, staff, and partner leads will retain responsibility for specialized content and program delivery, while the Program Manager will ensure that these activities operate as a coordinated portfolio, remain aligned with NSF commitments, achieve milestones, and collectively contribute to increasing UWM’s institutional capacity for research translation.
Position Title: NSF ART Program Manager
Job Category: Academic Staff
Employment Type: Terminal (Fixed Term)
Job Profile: Project Program Manager
Unit: Office of Strategic Partnerships/Lubar Entrepreneurship Center
Position Type: Fixed Term-Terminal, renewal up to 4 years, based on NSF Grant Funding
Supervisor: Ilya Avdeev
FTE: 1.0
Salary Grade: 27
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain the integrated UWM TRANSLATE program plan, including timelines, milestones, responsibilities, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Coordinate implementation across the three project thrusts and associated skill-building programs.
- Establish priorities and coordinate resources