Defense Research Relationship Manager, Office of the Vice President for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Endeavors
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As a member of the University of Texas at Austin’s OVPR Research Development team, the Defense Research Relationship Manager maintains strategic research relationships, especially with the Department of Defense and its service branches. The role connects university principal investigators with DOD representatives, supports workshops and campus visits, coordinates with campus offices, oversees internal seed funding, and provides backup support for DOD proposals.
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As a member of the OVPR Research Development (RD) team, reporting to the RD Officer, STEM Disciplines and Defense, focus on maintaining strategic research relationships with a special emphasis placed on DOD including, but not limited to the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force, and direct reporting units. Duties include facilitating connections between UT PIs and DOD representatives and hosting DOD representatives on site. Maintain a steady presence in key DOD research environments including research conferences and campus visits. Assist the Defense RD Officer in the development and execution of workshops that convene UT faculty with DOD program managers and officials around emerging research topics of mutual interest. Work cooperatively with other members of the OVPR Research Development team in pursuit of these objectives.Support the Defense RD Officer in liaising with other UT campus offices involved with DOD, including Government Affairs, Discovery to Impact, and others. Establish regular communication mechanisms with these partners and ensure that up-to-date information about research progress emerging from UT colleges and schools is being conveyed. Lead efforts to ensure that DOD campus visits include broad representation from these units. Assist the Defense RD Officer in furnishing research information relevant to Congressional funding requests.Oversee internal seed funding designed to promote collaborative research relationships between University college/school PIs and Applied Research Laboratories (ARL:UT) PIs. Develop calls for proposals and a vetted selection process, with support from OVPR Research Development team members.Provide backup support to OVPR Research Development Officers by contributing strategic insight and suggested edits to DOD proposals as requested. Contribute to the overall success of the OVPR Research Development team by performing other duties as assigned.
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- Texas median$123–223K/yr24 salary ranges
- US median$24–32/hr48 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 75 open Relationship Management jobs in Texas and 784 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Relationship Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (592 postings).
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- 230 of the 784 open Relationship Management jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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