Director for Research Security

ORAU is conducting the search on behalf of the University of Texas at Arlington for a full-time Director for Research Security located in Arlington, TX

The Director oversees an integrated research security, export control, conflict of interest, and conflict of commitment program designed to protect the institution’s scientific and scholarly work, financial resources, intellectual property, as well as regulated and sensitive data while supporting open academic engagement. The Director serves as UTA’s Research Security Officer. The role is a strategic partner to campus leaders and the research community and is responsible for implementing risk-based approaches that assure the integrity and security of the university’s diverse research and innovation enterprise. The Director actively leads efforts to mitigate risks related to foreign adversaries and influence as well as insider threats associated with domestic and international research efforts as required by federal and state law.

Salary

Benefits Information

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• Develops and supports institutional governance frameworks, policies, and processes for an integrated program. 
• Leads university’s efforts to meet certification and statutory requirements. 
• Monitor regulatory updates and industry best practices to ensure the university's programs and employees remain compliant with applicable laws and regulations. 
• Serve as a primary institutional point of contact for research security matters with federal sponsors and external partners. Responsible for the direct supervision of staff.
• Engages with research community to explore, understand, and address issues. 
• Create and maintain suite of electronic and informational resources/tools to independently and collaboratively assess and mitigate risk. 
• Conduct periodic risk assessments to identify potential conflicts and institutional areas for improvement.
• Leads coordination efforts with campus leaders and research stakeholders to examine and advance research security matters in research projects, international partnerships, and commercialization. 
• Ensure institutional compliance with sponsor disclosure rules as well as federal and state requirements.
• Implement foreign travel training to countries of concern, heightened intel collection and ITAR. 
• Partners with information security and campus compliance to develop and implement campus-wide certifications that promote awareness of disclosure and research security obligations.
• Lead investigations into program violations ensuring documentation and reporting of findings. 
• Resolve non-compliance issues and refer serious cases as appropriate. 
• Prepare reports for senior leadership, sponsors and regulatory agencies as required. 
• Develop, implement and monitor management plans for compliance and/or identified cases of violations.
• Evaluate and mitigate risks related to foreign affiliations, talent recruitment programs, international collaborations, partnerships, foreign shipments and visiting scholars. 
• Develop processes and mitigation program for insider threat risks in partnership with information security and information technology.