Director – Grants Management

Director – Grants Management

Requirements

• 12+ years experience in grants administration, with 4+ in a strategic leadership role.
• Minimum of 4+ years of people leadership experience, demonstrating commitment to equity, belonging, and staff development.
• Proficiency using Salesforce and/or other platforms for grants management.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for grantmaking policies and practices that align with and support the organization’s values while prioritizing equity, belonging, and trust-building.
• Serve as a leader and guide in grantmaking and other related functions, facilitating creation and leading effective change of standard processes across the organization.
• Provide strategic leadership and thought partnership to the Foundation’s staff and grantees, regarding grantmaking practice, knowledge, and operations.
• Build trusting relationships with respect and humility to drive impact and strengthen internal and external partnerships.
• Continually stay abreast of new developments in philanthropic approaches and tools, considering how they may enhance Pivotal’s impact.
• Orchestrate team and organizational strategic planning and culture-building efforts that promote equity and belonging.
• Promote an inclusive environment where individuals can pursue learning and growth, support well-being, and help others thrive.
• Partner closely with grants, legal, finance, program, strategy, and IT teams to develop and implement innovative grantmaking strategies; maintaining tested approaches where possible, designing and implementing new ways when needed.
• Conduct long-term planning to ensure the success, sustainability, and ‘fit for purpose’ of the organization’s grantmaking operations.
• Support the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, to create annual forecasts; monitoring grantmaking activities and ensuring steady workflows.
• Work closely with IT to supervise, assess, and improve grants management systems, encouraging universal adoption and efficient use.
• Build and maintain feedback mechanisms to ensure early detection of end-user problems, including partners; proactively adjust service, training, and communications to support unit objectives balancing effectiveness, efficiency, and equity.
• Oversee and lead communication and change management efforts.
• Solve problems and propel work forward by identifying challenges and developing strategic solutions that support program goals.
• Ensure Pivotal’s grantmaking processes and practices are in alignment with external laws and regulations, and internal controls as well as grants department best practices.
• Be responsible for day-to-day grants management/compliance work by the team: sustaining high-quality service, anticipating work flows, distributing work to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
• Maintain core values of the Grants team in day-to-day work, innovating to use Pivotal’s diverse toolbox to advance strategies and impact.
• Continually supervise operations and process performance by collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative metrics; ensuring mechanisms are in place to detect end-user issues.
• Collaborate with program and finance teams to maintain sufficient liquidity for grant disbursements.
• Manage data for all philanthropic vehicles in Salesforce; ensure data integrity to support the Program Strategy, Communications, and Executive Leadership teams.
• Work with the Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and external legal counsel on more complicated philanthropic matters as warranted.
• Lead the grants and contracts management team, including overseeing team structure, hiring, onboarding, training, professional development, and performance management of senior level staff.
• Partner collaboratively across departments to drive a culture of continuous improvement.
• Develop each member of the Grants team to improve individual and team efficiency and effectiveness.
• Promote a team culture of continuous improvement and impact-orientation that values learning, a commitment to quality, and focus on the outcomes Pivotal aspires to in the world.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.