5.3. Grant Program Manager
$100,000–$130,000 year
On-site · Burlington, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
The Grant Program Manager will own post-award grant compliance and agency relationships, ensuring on-time delivery of technical, financial, and programmatic milestones across active federal awards. Responsibilities include researching and pursuing state/federal grant opportunities, coordinating internal teams (R&D, engineering, finance, legal) to assemble competitive submissions, managing drawdowns and budget tracking, preparing progress and financial reports, maintaining centralized award records, monitoring guidance and terms, flagging non-compliance risks, and supporting post-award audits and site visits. The role requires strong communication with federal program officers, multi-team coordination, and a proactive approach to maintaining grant portfolios and award integrity withDOE, ARPA-E, NSF, NIH, NDA or similar agencies.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in federal grant administration or post-award management, ideally in energy, defense, advanced manufacturing, or clean tech
- Direct experience managing awards from DOE, ARPA-E, NSF, NIH, NDA, or similar agencies
- Experience managing project deliverables and coordinating technical teams to meet contractual milestones, reporting requirements, and program objectives
- Organized and detail-oriented able to manage multiple active awards simultaneously without dropping compliance threads
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; comfortable corresponding directly with federal program officers
- Experience coordinating cross-functionally with technical, finance, and legal teams
- Familiarity with federal reporting portals (e.g., PAMS, grants.gov, SAM.gov)
- Experience at a startup or early-stage company where you had to build processes, not just follow them
- Background in or exposure to technical R&D environments (not required to be an engineer)
- Experience scoping and coordinating collaborative proposals involving industry, academic, government, or strategic partners.
- Experience managing DOE, ARPA-E, or OIE awards specifically
- Working knowledge of 2 CFR 200 (Uniform Guidance) or federal award compliance frameworks
- 2+ additional years in grant management or compliance would be a plus
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