Grants Portfolio Manager - Hybrid, Equity & Bonus

Riverlane

Cambridge

Hybrid

GBP 60,000 - 72,000

Full time

7 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Equity
Annual bonus plan
Pension scheme
Private medical insurance

Job summary

Riverlane in Cambridge, UK, is hiring a Senior Program Manager to own delivery of multiple Innovate UK-funded R&D projects. The role is hybrid, with travel to partner sites and national labs as needed, and focuses on reporting to funders and coordinating cross-team activities.

You will manage a portfolio of five to ten projects, write quarterly technical reports, forecast resource needs, and ensure timely, accurate deliverables across the science and engineering teams.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience managing a portfolio of publicly funded R&D projects.
  • Strong technical writing skills demonstrated by a sample report to funders.
  • STEM degree or comparable technical background.
  • Proficiency with Jira and experience delivering through hybrid delivery.
  • Flexibility to work with distributed and remote teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

  • Manage a portfolio of five to ten concurrent grant funded projects, including Innovate UK collaborations.
  • Write technical and scientific progress reports for funders as core delivery output.
  • Forecast resourcing across the portfolio and balance priorities between projects.
  • Run quarterly claims and financial reporting with the Finance team, ensuring compliance with funder terms.
  • Coordinate consortium activities: partner meetings, collaboration agreements, schedules, and reviews.
  • Lead initial engagement with prospective partners to form new consortia and run workshops.
  • Track dependencies between grant projects and the wider company roadmap.
  • Support new grant applications with project plans and risk sections.

Skills

Portfolio management
Technical writing
Stakeholder management
Cross-team collaboration
Communication

Education

STEM degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Riverlane in Cambridge, UK, is hiring a Senior Program Manager to own delivery of multiple Innovate UK-funded R&D projects. The role is hybrid, with travel to partner sites and national labs as needed, and focuses on reporting to funders and coordinating cross-team activities.

You will manage a portfolio of five to ten projects, write quarterly technical reports, forecast resource needs, and ensure timely, accurate deliverables across the science and engineering teams.

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