Research Administration Leader, Workday ERP Transformation

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the excellence of our academic community.

Reporting to the VP for ERP Transformation, the Research Administration Lead for Workday ERP Transformation is accountable for the Research Administration workstream within the Workday ERP Transformation and serves as the primary University decision-maker for sponsored programs and grants management. This role leads the design and delivery of research administration capabilities, coordinates closely with finance on grants accounting and sponsored activity, directs the assigned research team and advisers, and escalates decisions or risks requiring broader program action.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Owns Research Administration workstream scope, priorities, deliverables, dependencies, decisions, risks, and readiness in coordination with the ERP PMO.
• Serves as the functional product owner for sponsored programs and grants management and approve the future-state research administration design.
• Guides the design across pre-award and post-award administration, sponsored programs, grants, clinical trials, effort reporting, and related reporting needs.
• Coordinates research administration design with finance grants accounting and other cross-functional processes while preserving required compliance and operating distinctions.
• Secures the appropriate subject matter advisers and identifies backfill or operational capacity needed to sustain research administration during the program.
• Ensures the solution addresses sponsor requirements, institutional policy, controls, security, data integrity, and regulatory reporting.
• Leads Research Administration participation in requirements, configuration reviews, data validation, testing, cutover, deployment readiness, and stabilization.
• Communicates decisions and impacts, builds stakeholder alignment, and supports training, knowledge transfer, and transition to ongoing operations.
• Performs related responsibilities as required. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, science field or other related field and ten years of progressively responsible research administration, sponsored programs, or transformation experience, including experience leading complex teams or workstreams.
• Master's degree and/or a professional certification in research administration preferred.
• Broad expertise in pre-award and post-award administration, sponsored programs, grants management, effort reporting, and research compliance.
• Experience delivering large-scale research administration or enterprise system transformation; direct Workday experience is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and faculty stakeholders, resolve competing priorities, and communicate complex research and system topics clearly.
• Preferred qualifications include full-life-cycle Workday grants or financial management implementation experience and experience at a major research university, academic medical center, or similarly complex research institution.

NOTE: Position tasks are generally required to be performed in-person at an Emory University location.  Remote work from home day options may be granted at department discretion. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.

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