Grants Operations Lead - Compliance & Strategy

Pisces Foundation; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pisces Foundation seeks a Grants Manager to lead its grantmaking operations, ensuring impact and compliance. The role owns the grants management process, policies, systems, and tools, collaborating with the Program team and serving as a thought leader on grants best practices.

You will lead a two-person grants team (Grants Associate) and report to the Operations Director, guiding workflow, budgeting, data, and evaluation efforts and strengthening internal relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading grants management processes and ensuring compliance.
• Ability to develop policies, tools, and workflows for grantmaking.
• Strong collaboration with program teams and cross-functional partners.
• Experience managing a small grants team.

Responsibilities

• Excellence & Effectiveness of Grantmaking Operations.
• Compliance with Internal & External Policies.
• Foundation Support & Internal Thought Leadership.
• Workflow, Grant Budget, Learning & Evaluation Management & Support.
• Data & Technology.
• Management, Learning, & Collaboration.
• Internal Relationships & Leadership.

Job description

Pisces Foundation seeks a Grants Manager to lead its grantmaking operations, ensuring impact and compliance. The role owns the grants management process, policies, systems, and tools, collaborating with the Program team and serving as a thought leader on grants best practices.

You will lead a two-person grants team (Grants Associate) and report to the Operations Director, guiding workflow, budgeting, data, and evaluation efforts and strengthening internal relationships.