Senior Manager, Grants

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Senior Grants Manager for the College of Connected Computing working on pre and post award activities. Ensuring compliance and supporting faculty needs in grant administration.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • Tennessee • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a resource and subject-matter expert for grants management, offering guidance to faculty, departments, and staff across the CCC.
Review proposals submitted by departments to ensure compliance and adherence to school and sponsor requirements.
Pull data and analyze trends to support decision-making and strategic planning within the school.
Address complex problems related to grant submissions and award management, collaborating with central offices and sponsors as needed.
Support proposals from the CCC Dean's office, including submissions for leadership personnel.
Provide pre-award and post-award assistance and training for the CCC grants managers.
Provide expert guidance on proposal development, including budget preparation, sponsor certifications, compliance, and administrative requirements.
Ensure school-level approvals are included in proposal attachments.
Collaborate with faculty and departmental staff to meet sponsor deadlines and requirements.
Perform application submission.
Identify and resolve issues during the proposal preparation and submission process.
Oversee the setup of newly funded awards to ensure alignment with institutional and sponsor guidelines.
Act as a liaison with central administrative offices to facilitate award activation and fund management.
Ensure that the post-award operation is running smoothly.
Create budget reconciliation and forecasting reports and use these reports to meet regularly with faculty to review their financial situations.
Ensure compliance with requirements such as effort reporting, financial & progress reporting.
Serve as a Human Capital Management (HCM) Costing Specialist, managing payroll.
Complete timely journal entries as necessary, grant closeouts, etc.
Assist with rate setting/implementation for PI/Faculty run Service Center(s).
Process salary verification letters related to proposal submission.
Provide interim account setups and courtesy extensions as required.
Perform other duties as assigned by leadership to support grants management operations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree, preferably in finance, accounting, business, or a related field.
Minimum of 7 years of pre-award and post-award grants management experience.
Strong knowledge of federal and non-federal grant regulations and compliance requirements.
Exceptional organizational, time management, and communication skills.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and grants management systems.
Experience working with faculty on complex awards and familiarity with a variety of sponsors.
Problem-solving skills with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage competing deadlines.
Advanced understanding of research compliance and sponsor-specific regulations.
Familiarity with the Vanderbilt University grants management ecosystem.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development
Bonuses

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Hard Skills & Tools

grants managementbudget preparationdata analysisfinancial reportingcomplianceproposal developmentjournal entriesrate settingpayroll managementforecasting

Soft Skills

organizational skillstime managementcommunication skillsproblem-solving skillscollaborationleadershipattention to detailstrategic planningadaptabilityinterpersonal skills