PSE Healthy Energy

Proposal Development Manager

PSE Healthy Energy

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $75,000 - $90,000 per year

About the role

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 5+ years proven expertise in managing the full lifecycle of institutional funding proposals, including grant writing, compliance, budgeting, submission, and award transition for foundations, federal agencies, philanthropies, or similar funders.
  • Strong project management and organizational skills to lead cross-functional teams, coordinate complex timelines, and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
  • Excellent ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships with scientific/program staff, finance/operations teams, leadership, and external partners.
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills, with strategic insight to develop compelling, funder-focused narratives and winning themes.
  • Familiarity with CRM systems for pipeline tracking (Salesforce preferred) and common proposal development tools/workflows.
  • Familiarity with securing and managing multi-year or high-value grants/contracts in competitive funding environments.
  • Deep commitment to PSE's mission, including advancing equitable, health-protective energy and climate solutions, public health protection, environmental justice, or closely related fields.
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