Grants and Funding Program Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Take charge of and enhance Ulteig’s national grants and funding strategy, encompassing funding strategy, grant development, and post-award support, while closely collaborating with Transportation Market Directors, Regional Market Leaders, Client Team Leads (CTLs), and service line leaders.

• Maintain an anticipatory understanding of federal, state, and local transportation funding programs, ensuring alignment with client capital programs and Ulteig’s service offerings.

• Actively identify funding opportunities in the short, medium, and long term across areas such as roadway, bridge, transit, safety, active transportation, resilience, and alternative delivery programs.

• Function as a senior advisor to clients on funding readiness, positioning, and long-term funding strategies—not limited to grant writing.

• Collaborate with CTLs to incorporate funding strategies into client plans, assisting teams in identifying and advancing 2–3 viable funding opportunities per client as appropriate.

• Supervise and directly assist in the creation of competitive grant applications from NOFO evaluation through to submission.

• Ensure that grant narratives, technical content, and compliance packages accurately reflect both program intent and client-specific outcomes.

• Support clients post-award by working with technical teams on grant agreement compliance, scope alignment, and reporting considerations.

• Serve as the central resource for grants and funding knowledge, tools, and best practices across all three service areas.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Public Policy, Economics, Engineering, Political Science, or a related field is required; a master’s degree is preferred.

• 7–10+ years of experience in leadership roles related to public-sector transportation funding and/or financing, with a strong preference for experience at USDOT, FHWA, or a similar federal or state transportation agency.

• In-depth understanding of the federal and state transportation funding landscape, including major discretionary, formula, and programmatic funding streams, as well as policy intent and implementation considerations.

• Demonstrated familiarity with key public-sector players and stakeholders (federal agencies, state DOTs, MPOs, local agencies, and partners) and insight into how funding decisions are shaped and executed.

• Proven track record of translating public-sector funding knowledge into actionable funding strategies, competitive grant pursuits, and successful delivery outcomes.

• Ability to function as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on practitioner.

• Strong client-facing skills, including facilitation, consensus-building, and communication at the executive level.

• Experience in leading or mentoring teams and contributing to scalable programs or practices.

• Familiarity with CRM and data tools (e.g., D365, Salesforce, Power BI) and advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office.

• Willingness to travel approximately 30% as required.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Workplace

• Employee Ownership

• Competitive Pay

• Comprehensive Benefits Package

• Collaborative Environment

• Innovative Culture