Technical Director, Structures overseeing bridge and structural engineering deliverables for MTO transportation projects. Leading multi - disciplinary teams and ensuring compliance with MTO standards.
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Hybrid Director of ASPIRE Funding Initiatives – Advanced Air Mobility Hub
Posted 4 months ago
About the role
- Director of ASPIRE Funding Initiatives at Miami University leading funding strategies in advanced air mobility. Focus on applied research, collaboration, and community engagement for economic development.
Responsibilities
- Lead the identification, development, and execution of funding strategies that support ASPIRE initiatives, including but not limited to the Advanced Air Mobility Hub, Fisher Innovation College@Elm, Oxford Airport (OXD), and other University priorities.
- Contribute to OXD’s adherence to applicable rules, regulations, and reporting requirements for University offices and external agencies.
- Serve as lead writer or manager for proposals involving applied development, testing, validation, and demonstration activities.
- Manage sponsored awards by ensuring compliance with funder requirements, federal regulations, and University policies, including financial stewardship, performance monitoring, and required reporting.
- Maintain systems and processes to track funding pipelines, deadlines, deliverables, outputs, and impacts, and support ASPIRE leadership in documenting outcomes for internal and external reporting requirements.
- Lead ASPIRE’s contributions to local, regional, state, and national initiatives that strengthen applied research and innovation capacity.
- Facilitate collaboration among faculty, industry, government, and external stakeholders to advance applied initiatives aligned with University priorities, state priorities, and the strategic objectives of Fisher Innovation College@Elm and ASPIRE stakeholders.
- Support the use of the OXD as a research, testing, validation, and demonstration environment for advanced air mobility and aviation technologies.
- Plan, coordinate, and implement applied development and experimental activities within advanced air mobility and the aviation sector.
- Recruit advanced air mobility and aviation companies to Fisher Innovation College@Elm and OXD for participation in research, testing, demonstration activities, and manufacturing.
- Collaborate with ASPIRE leadership to advance the programmatic priorities, research agenda, and external engagement of the Advanced Air Mobility Hub, Fisher Innovation College@Elm, OXD, and other ASPIRE priorities.
- Support the translation, demonstration, and application of initiative outcomes into industry, workforce, and community contexts, connecting University innovation and assets to regional economic development strategies.
- Serve as the primary liaison to the Office of Research & Innovation and the Office of Grants and Contracts.
- Support the Ohio Hometown Talent Initiative, Urban Bridges, and other community, statewide initiatives, and other duties as assigned.
- Represent ASPIRE and Miami University in meetings, conferences, and stakeholder convenings, and travel as required to support coordination and external engagement.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with seven (7) years of experience in grant writing, project management, innovation, airports, aviation, or economic development.
- Advanced degree or certification.
- Experience in research, advanced air mobility, aviation, or airport initiatives, or launching or advising a startup.
- Experience working with local government, city, county or regional.
- Experience working with ASPIRE, Fisher Innovation College@Elm, or OXD.
- Knowledge of Miami University systems, operations, processes, and policies.
- GIS experience
Benefits
- Benefit Eligible
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