Contracts Administration Manager jobs in Tucson, AZ

Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage a team to ensure that all incoming contracts/agreements are processed in a timely manner
• Reviews, processes and negotiates terms and conditions with sponsors
• Coordinate negotiations with sponsors and internal stakeholders
• Works with the Office of General Counsel, Tech Launch Arizona (TLA), Risk Management, Export Control Office, Procurement and Contracting Services (PACS), and other university compliance or administrative offices, as needed
• Advise campus on roles and responsibilities on managing incoming contracts and agreements
• Provide training and training resources to the campus community
• Maintain current working knowledge of federal regulations, academic contracting practices and sponsor policies
• Sets a tone of leadership that is customer service oriented, collaborative in nature and focused on information/data based decision-making
• Develops personal and professional credibility, gains respect, and builds confidence throughout organization
• Builds a management culture based on teamwork, open communicating, prudent risk-taking, innovation, mentoring and accountability
• Supervises, hires, trains, and evaluates assigned staff. Works with employees to correct deficiencies, recommends and implements corrective action and discipline
• Assesses current business practices and takes necessary steps to ensure adequate internal controls exist at all times
• Additional duties may be assigned

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of and expertise in negotiating issues in federal, academic, or business contracting in an academic/research/technical environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaborative skills, along with the ability to interact effectively with a diverse constituency.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of contract legal terms related to intellectual property, confidentiality, liability, publication, etc.
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills, along with the ability to work within tight and conflicting deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to be detail oriented and exercise sound judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to think quickly and effectively in verbal negotiations to seek and affect successfully creative resolutions to contract issues