Pay Range: Commensurate with experience

Benefits Eligible: Yes

Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (may include some weekends)

Travel: May be required

Position Introduction:

The University of Oklahoma's Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships is home to one of the most dynamic and growing research enterprises in the nation, driving discovery, fostering innovation, and building partnerships that create real impact across Oklahoma and beyond.

Are you motivated by collaborative problem-solving and the chance to advance impact-centered research? Join a team that sits at the heart of OU's research mission to answer the question, Where Better Than Oklahoma?

Why this is an exciting place to build your career:

Broad impact. Your work will support faculty and researchers across disciplines, helping translate ideas into funded, compliant, and impactful programs.

Collaborative culture. Work side by side with researchers, department leaders, external partners, and a dedicated administrative team committed to excellence.

Room to grow. Join a mission-driven office that invests in its people and offers opportunities to develop expertise at the intersection of research, compliance, strategy, and partnership.

This is more than an administrative role. It's a chance to be part of something larger. If you're ready to grow your career while helping OU researchers do their best work, we'd love to have you on our team.

Learn more at ou.edu/research

Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager serves as the project management team lead, managing day-to-day activities across assigned initiatives, overseeing timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables to keep projects on time, within scope, and under budget while contributing to long-range departmental planning. This role develops, refines, and scales unified project management methodologies and performance improvement processes for research administration, drawing on best practices from peer institutions and other industries. The position also provides active project tracking and risk management summaries for senior leadership, communicates progress internally and externally, and delivers consultative coaching and mentoring to advance process innovation and project management across the organization.

Required Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Management, Business Administration, or a related discipline relevant to the area of specialty
• 6 years of related experience

Equivalency/Substitution: Experience or a combination of education & related experience can be considered in lieu of degree. A one-to-one ratio is used to determine the number of years of experience required in place of a degree. 

Required Certifications and Licenses:

None

Hiring Contingent Upon a Background Check: Yes