Senior Grants Manager

About the Role

Way to Win is seeking a Senior Grants Manager to lead our institutional grants portfolio from prospecting and proposal development through award management, reporting, renewal, and closeout.

This role is ideal for a strong writer and exceptional operator who can translate organizational strategy into compelling funder narratives while building the systems and accountability needed to manage a complex grants portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

• Research and identify new foundation and institutional funding opportunities.
• Build and manage a strong pipeline of prospective funders.
• Write compelling proposals, LOIs, concept papers, reports, and renewal requests.
• Manage the full lifecycle of active grants, including deadlines, reporting, renewals, and closeout.
• Track grant commitments, deliverables, outcomes, and responsible staff.
• Maintain accurate grant and prospect information in Salesforce.
• Develop dashboards and systems that provide visibility into the fundraising pipeline and active grants.
• Partner with Advising, Program, Finance, Compliance, and leadership to ensure grant commitments are understood and fulfilled.
• Proactively identify at-risk deadlines or deliverables and escalate issues as needed.
• Support strong funder stewardship and identify opportunities for renewals and increased investment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in grant writing, institutional fundraising, grants management, development, or related work.
• Demonstrated success writing foundation or institutional grant proposals.Exceptional writing, research, project-management, and organizational skills.
• Strong Salesforce or comparable CRM experience.
• Ability to manage multiple grants, deadlines, stakeholders, and deliverables simultaneously.Strong attention to detail, judgment, and follow-through.

Experience in progressive political, philanthropic, nonprofit, advocacy, civic engagement, or movement-building organizations is preferred. Experience with 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), PAC, or other affiliated organizational structures is a plus.

What Success Looks Like

The Senior Grants Manager ensures we can answer five questions at any time:

What funding are we pursuing? What did we promise? Who owns it? Are we on track? What opportunity should we pursue next?

This role is central to building a disciplined institutional fundraising and grants-management function that supports long-term revenue growth, strong funder relationships, and organizational accountability.

Compensation & Benefits

Way to Win offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage; retirement contributions; paid time off; paid holidays and organizational closures; and additional benefits designed to support staff well-being.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Way to Win is an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from people of color, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, and people from other communities historically underrepresented in political, philanthropic, and nonprofit spaces.