Jobs at Member Institutions & APLU

The Associate Director for Partnerships and Research Development Engagement serves as the primary liaison between the TAMUS Research Development Office and member institutions. The position travels regularly across the Texas A&M System to strengthen local research development capacity, cultivate partnerships, and advance proposal development activities.

Responsibilities:

– Develop and manage research development assessment frameworks and performance metrics.

– Analyze proposal pipelines, funding outcomes, and return-on-investment measures.

– Produce strategic reports and dashboards for institutional leadership.

– Conduct portfolio analyses to identify emerging strengths, gaps, and opportunities.

– Support benchmarking against peer institutions and national trends.

– Evaluate effectiveness of research development programs and interventions.

– Manage research intelligence and funding landscape analyses.

– Provide decision-support analytics for strategic planning initiatives.

– Serve as the primary research development representative to assigned TAMUS institutions.

– Conduct regular on-site visits to member campuses to engage faculty, research administrators, and leadership.

– Identify institutional research strengths and strategic growth opportunities.

– Build partnerships among TAMUS institutions.

– Facilitate proposal development efforts and connect faculty to system-wide resources.

– Coordinate workshops, training programs, and faculty engagement activities.

– Gather stakeholder feedback and assess emerging research needs.

– Promote utilization of TAMUS RDO services and resources.

– Collaborate with Team Science, Grant Writing, and Analytics personnel to deliver integrated support.

– Other duties as assigned.