Grants Portfolio Manager - Hybrid, Equity & Bonus

Riverlane; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

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.