Grant & Partnership Manager

Mirai Talent; Greater London; Remote; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Monthly London meet-ups

Equity

Job summary

Mirai Talent is seeking a Grant & Partnerships Manager to own the end-to-end grant funding process and develop strategic partnerships. You will work closely with the CTO and Co-Founder to shape opportunities, translate technical work into compelling funding propositions, and manage multi-stakeholder collaborations.

The role is remote-first with ~monthly London meet-ups, offering up to £85,000 plus equity and a high-ownership path in a pivotal growth phase for a technology start-up.

Qualifications

• Experience securing and managing grant funding.
• Ability to build relationships with government bodies and industry partners.
• Self-starter with strategic thinking in start-up environments.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end grant process from identification to submission and reporting.
• Write compelling, technically credible grant applications and proposals.
• Assess projects for fit with different funding opportunities and shape workstreams.
• Determine funding requests, project scope, milestones, and work packages.
• Manage grant reporting and milestone submissions with the technical team.
• Build relationships with public-sector bodies, government organisations, and other stakeholders in the UK and internationally.
• Develop partnerships across sectors including agriculture, water, satellite tech and environmental innovation.
• Identify potential project partners and secure commitments for collaborative funding.
• Collaborate with the CTO and Co-Founder to translate technical innovation into funding propositions.
• Create a scalable structure for grants and partnerships as the business grows.

Skills

Grant funding

Stakeholder management

Proposal writing

Autonomy

Partnership development

Job description

Remote | Monthly London meet-ups | Up to £85,000 + Equity

Are you brilliant at turning ambitious ideas into fundable projects, and building the relationships that make them happen?

We’re partnering with an exciting technology start-up at a pivotal stage of its growth to hire a Grant & Partnerships Manager. This is a high-ownership role working directly with the CTO and Co-Founder, taking responsibility for identifying, shaping and securing grant funding while developing the partnerships needed to deliver ambitious programmes.

This isn’t simply a grant-writing role. You’ll be involved much earlier in the process, spotting opportunities, shaping submissions, deciding which projects and work packages fit which funding routes, and building relationships across government, industry and the wider ecosystem.

What you’ll be doing

• Own the end-to-end grant process, from identifying relevant funding opportunities through to submission, reporting and delivery.
• Write compelling, technically credible grant applications and proposals.
• Assess which projects and workstreams are best suited to different funding opportunities.
• Help determine appropriate funding requests, project scope, milestones and work packages.
• Manage grant reporting and milestone submissions, working closely with the technical team without creating unnecessary distraction for engineering.
• Build and maintain relationships with public-sector funding bodies, government organisations and other key stakeholders in the UK and internationally.
• Develop partnerships with organisations across sectors including agriculture, water, satellite technology and environmental innovation.
• Identify and engage potential project partners, helping secure the commercial and operational commitments required for collaborative funding applications.
• Work directly with the CTO and Co-Founder to understand upcoming projects and translate technical innovation into strong funding propositions.
• Create structure around the grants and partnerships function as the business continues to scale.

What we’re looking for

• You’ll already have strong experience securing and managing grant funding, ideally within a technology, engineering, science, climate, AgriTech or similarly innovation-led environment.
• You’ll understand that successful funding applications aren’t built through great writing alone. Relationships, timing, understanding funding priorities and creating the right consortium or partnership can be just as important.
• You’ll be comfortable operating autonomously, building relationships with senior external stakeholders and translating complex technical work into clear, persuasive proposals.
• Experience with UK and/or international public funding programmes would be particularly valuable, as would experience managing collaborative projects involving multiple commercial or public-sector partners.
• Most importantly, you’ll be someone who enjoys ownership. This is a start-up/scale-up environment where priorities can move quickly, so you’ll need to be proactive, commercially minded and comfortable creating structure rather than waiting for it.

What’s on offer

Up to £85,000 + equity, with the opportunity to take real ownership of an increasingly important part of the business.

The role is remote-first, with approximately one team meet-up per month in London.

You’ll work directly with the CTO and Co-Founder, have significant autonomy over how the function develops, and join at a stage where successful funding and partnerships can have a tangible impact on what the business is able to build next.

Mirai believes in the power of diversity and the importance of an inclusive culture. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe different perspectives create stronger teams, better ideas and better outcomes.