[Hiring] Grants Project Manager @Climate Finance Solutions

Role Description

As a Grants Project Manager, Europe at CFS, you’ll own EU and national grant applications end-to-end, leading writing teams and managing complex multi-stakeholder timelines, while serving as the strategic interface between CFS and our clients. You’ll bring rigor and momentum to high-stakes proposals from kickoff through submission, with quality and competitive positioning as the priority.

We’re a fast-paced, fully remote team. Contractors who deliver consistently are considered for our Senior Project Manager role.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage grant applications from client kickoff through submission, ensuring compliance with all requirements and deadlines.
• Develop project timelines, milestones, and go/no-go decision points aligned with solicitation requirements, and create project tasks assigned to the appropriate team members.
• Serve as the primary point of contact between CFS and the client/partners, providing weekly status updates on project status and pending action items.
• Coordinate writers and technical experts across proposal teams, balancing expertise with capacity to avoid burnout.
• Oversee compliance with EU grant regulations and the EU Grant Agreement framework; manage submissions across the EU Funding and Tenders Portal and applicable national portals.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to client teams on competitive positioning and partnership development, helping shape applications to maximize funding outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functionally between CFS team members and external partners to ensure smooth proposal development and submission.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or international equivalent).
• Fluency in English.
• Minimum of six years of grant project management or grant writing experience; at least three years as lead project manager on funded grant proposals.
• Strong scientific or technical knowledge relevant to climate solutions.
• Experience managing applications to EU funding agencies, including, but not limited to, Horizon Europe, the European Innovation Council (EIC), the EU Innovation Fund, and the LIFE Programme.
• Strong knowledge of EU grant compliance, including Horizon Europe Programme Rules, the EU Grant Agreement framework, and applicable State Aid requirements.
• Working knowledge of the EU Funding and Tenders Portal; national portal experience is a plus.
• Proficiency in Asana, Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and other standard project management and collaborative platforms.
• Strong oral and written communication skills for working cooperatively with internal teams, clients, and external partners.
• Detail-oriented with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to work independently in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Equipment, technical ability, flexibility, and temperament required to work fully remotely with intercontinental teams and clients, including weekday availability to check and respond to project communications.
• Mission-driven, with a clear understanding of the urgency of addressing the climate crisis.

Preferred

• Graduate degree, particularly in a related field (business administration, public administration, or a scientific or technical field).
• Prior grant writing experience.
• Experience as an evaluator for EU or national funding programmes, in particular the EU Innovation Fund and Horizon Europe.
• Multi-lingual writing capability and extensive experience with national funding agencies.
• Knowledge of climate sectors, including renewable energy, carbon management, energy storage/batteries, industrial decarbonization, critical minerals and materials, hydrogen and other clean fuels, grid technologies, transportation, sustainable agriculture, advanced manufacturing, nuclear, and more.
• Pre-award research administration, grant management, or project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2).

Benefits

• €60-85 EUR / $70-100 USD per hour, commensurate with experience.

Position Type

• Contractor.
• Location: Remote/Europe.