Grants Project Manager

Overview

In this role you own and deliver a portfolio of five to ten grant-funded R&D projects, coordinating planning, budgeting, and reporting to funders. You work closely with science and engineering teams to translate technical work into funder-ready updates and manage partner relationships and risk. You’ll travel to partner sites and national labs, communicating across engineers, researchers and leadership. This is a pivotal, hands-on role shaping the UK’s quantum computing programme.

Pay / Benefits

• annual bonus plan
• private medical insurance
• life insurance
• contributory pension
• equity
• 28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of five to ten concurrent grant-funded projects including Innovate UK collaborative R&D
• Write technical progress reports and presentations for funders
• Forecast and balance resources across projects with technical leads
• Run quarterly claims and financial reporting with Finance
• Coordinate consortium activities and partner meetings
• Lead initial engagement with prospective partners to form new consortia and host workshops
• Track dependencies between grant projects and company roadmap
• Support new grant applications with project plans and risk sections

Key requirements

• Three years’ experience managing a portfolio of three or more publicly funded R&D projects (value ≥ 3M)
• Excellent technical writing with demonstrable samples
• STEM degree or comparable technical background
• Proficiency with Jira and experience delivering through hybrid delivery
• Flexibility to work with distributed teams across time zones

• Low ego
• sound judgement
• trust-building with technical teams
• Technical writing for funders
• Grant reporting
• Project budgeting and scheduling

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