Research Administration Expert Fully Remote

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Research Operations & Administration Expert
Type: Contract
Compensation: $45$65/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include grant proposals budgets IRB/IACUC protocols and compliance training records.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Navigate multiple apps files and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other experts to design the environment shape task scope and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for research-administration agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Inform how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• 3 years of full-time experience at a top R1 university academic medical center federal research agency or large research nonprofit.
• Background in pre-award grants management post-award financial/compliance management sponsored-programs administration or research compliance.
• Day-to-day use of SharePoint Box DocuSign Mendeley EndNote and ADP Workforce Now/UKG Pro.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Preferred

• Certifications: CRA CPRA CFRA.

Compensation & Legal

• Compensation will transition from an hourly rate to a model based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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