Associate Director of Electronic Research Administration

Job Description

It takes a team of extraordinary talent to propel a university on the rise.  When you work at Stevens, you join a talented, diverse, and inclusive community of employees who work together to support the education, research, and innovation mission of the University.

POSITION SUMMARY

The successful candidate will play a pivotal role for the Vice Provost of Research Innovation as s/he:


* Manages the latter stages of implementation of InfoEd eRA, including validating, troubleshooting and prioritizing issues for multiple modules.


* Ensures the vital integration between InfoEd eRA and Workday Finance is functional, efficient and successful.


* Supports the Research Administration offices with adaptation to and use of the InfoEd eRA system, including technical support and training.


* Develops and provides a solid understanding of InfoEd eRA modules from a technical and functional perspective.


* Develops, maintains, and delivers System End User training material.


* Manages the process of configuring and establishing workflow logic, routing and custom forms within the InfoEd eRA application, including HTML, java scripting and complex system design.


* Supports the Research Administration offices with adaptation to and use of the InfoEd eRA system, including technical support and training.


* Creates test scripts, test strategies and execute system and regression tests for new fixes and regression testing for upgrades and patch maintenance cycles.


* Provides communication to campus regarding system issues, upgrades, and maintenance.


* Records and tracks all issues that arise during implementation or post-production and facilitates discussions with the vendor to work out resolutions to issues that cannot be addressed through system configuration or business process.


* Contributes to project planning efforts by providing estimates and input into tasks.


* Works with business owners to define, document and prioritize functional requirements.


* Develops a broad understanding of the both the Workday Finance and InfoEd eRA application and underlying technical architecture.  


* Participates in multi-function technical meetings regarding all InfoEd eRA modules being deployed.


* Participates in meetings for Workday Finance involving Sponsored Research as a subject matter expert. 


* Assists as appropriate with the deployment of Enterprise and other modules

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Qualifications:


* A bachelor's degree in computer science, management/computer information systems, computer engineering, information technology, or a directly related field from an accredited institution.


* 5 years of professional level experience with application support/troubleshooting, enterprises software configurations, end user training and/or technical testing.


* 5 years experience with research administration, especially sponsored projects and/or research complianc...