[Hiring] Research Operations & Administration Expert @Mercor

Role Description

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include grant proposals, budgets, IRB/IACUC protocols, financial reports, and compliance records.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Navigate multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with research-operations and administration experts to design environments, 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. Your work informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

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

Requirements

• Certifications: CRA, CPRA, CFRA.

Benefits

• Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,150 – $1,450 per completed task, subject to change).
• Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive.
• Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput.

Application Process

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

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process
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• Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.