PSE Healthy Energy

Proposal Manager

• You lead the full lifecycle of funding proposals, from opportunity identification and cultivation to successful award and smooth handoff to program teams.
• You coordinate cross-functional teams—including scientific staff, Programs, Finance, Operations, and Communications—to transform innovative research concepts and partnerships into high-quality, funder-aligned submissions.
• You establish clear timelines, facilitate kickoff and review meetings, manage iterative drafting, and ensure timely, compliant preparation of final packages for submission.
• You contribute strategic insights to bid/no-bid decisions and proposal positioning in collaboration with the Director of Development and Program Leadership, helping shape winning themes that align with PSE's fundraising strategy and funder priorities.
• You embed rigorous compliance into every proposal to protect PSE from legal, financial, reputational, and operational risks.
• You develop and apply detailed compliance checklists, verify all required certifications, forms, eligibility rules, and data submissions, and confirm PSE's full ability to deliver on proposed commitments ethically and feasibly.
• You coordinate essential agreements such as NDAs, LOIs, due diligence reviews, and subaward documents to secure strong partnerships.
• You align financial plans with scientific objectives to create realistic, compelling, and internally consistent proposals.
• You gather and incorporate workplans, effort estimates, staffing needs, resumes, biographical sketches, and salary justifications from Principal Investigators and technical experts.
• You verify precise alignment between technical narratives, budgets, and subaward details, including thorough cost explanations.
• You enhance PSE's competitiveness by researching funders, competitors, and potential collaborators to strengthen proposal positioning in line with Director-led strategy.
• You serve as the central coordinator for multi-organization proposals, managing shared deadlines, document exchange, role assignments, compliance flow-downs, and collaborative responsibilities.
• You oversee post-submission progress from award notification through negotiations, final signatures, and project start dates.

Proposal Development Manager

Director

• Develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies, including annual and multi-year targets for revenue
• Conduct scenario planning for organizational growth
• Identify and pursue new funding opportunities
• Monitor fundraising data, analyze trends, and adjust strategies
• Build and maintain strong relationships with donors and partners
• Oversee the grant lifecycle, focusing on strategic alignment and process improvements
• Model PSE's mission and values as a member of the executive team