General Manager Solicitation & Evaluation

Primary job responsibility will be to receive, analyze and approve solicited and unsolicited proposals according to the themes and guidelines defined by the R&D Fund Company Board.

Job Description:
Developing Proposal solicitation and evaluation strategies
Provide the services of research, prospect identification, proposal design, evaluation and solicitation strategies.
Design a conceptual framework to help evaluators assess the extent to which the project generally supports the broad policy objectives.
Identification of theme and project definition
Identify, develop and maintain themes and project definitions for consideration by the Board. Define projects corresponding to theme.
Monitoring review process
Research, review, evaluate and edit proposals developed by principal investigators.
Create an external review panel for external evaluation of proposals, depending on the funding activity in progress. 
Coordinating with other departments
Work closely with other departments to ensure timely involvement of research bodies and principal investigators, disbursement of funds, effective monitoring, publishing of results and beneficial commercialization. 
Approval on technical proposals
Analyze evaluation results synthesized by evaluation managers. Assess their implications for R&D Fund program performance. 
Ensuring adherence to policies and procedures
Monitor the day-to-day operations to ensure that the department is meeting goals and objectives, is following policies and procedures and is adhering to deadlines, takes corrective action as appropriate.