Grants and Funding Program Manager

Grants and Funding Program Manager

Ulteig is seeking an experienced Grants and Funding Program Manager to lead and continue to scale our rapidly maturing grants and funding practice.

Over the past two years, Ulteig has deliberately evolved from primarily supporting individual grant applications to delivering a more comprehensive, nationally recognized grants and funding program centered on three core services:

• Funding Strategy & Readiness – helping clients align priorities, projects, and partnerships with the right funding programs
• Grant Development & Submission – delivering high‑quality, competitive grant applications
• Post Award & Implementation Support – assisting clients in translating awards into successful, deliverable projects

This role ensures that funding strategy is embedded early in client plans and sustained through project delivery. The position reports directly to the Transportation Market Director and may be located anywhere in the U.S.

• Strategic Funding Leadership – positions clients for success by aligning funding strategy, capital planning, and project readiness well before notices of funding opportunity are released.
• Visible, Multi‑Service Expertise – establishes Ulteig as a go‑to partner across the full grants lifecycle, from strategy through post‑award implementation, internally and externally.
• Integrated Client Outcomes – embeds funding services into client plans, resulting in funded projects that advance community outcomes and generate downstream professional services work.
• Program Growth & Maturity – continues the evolution of Ulteig's grants and funding practice into a scalable, repeatable, and differentiated firm‑wide capability.

• Own and evolve Ulteig's national grants and funding strategy across funding strategy, grant development, and post‑award support, in close partnership with Transportation Market Directors, Regional Market Leaders, Client Team Leads (CTLs), and service line leaders.
• Maintain a forward‑looking understanding of federal, state, and local transportation funding programs and align them with client capital programs and Ulteig's service offerings.
• Proactively identify short, mid, and long‑term funding opportunities across roadway, bridge, transit, safety, active transportation, resilience, and alternative delivery programs.

• Serve as a senior advisor to clients on funding readiness, positioning, and long‑term funding strategy—not solely grant writing.
• Partner with CTLs to integrate funding strategy into client plans, helping teams identify and advance 2–3 viable funding opportunities per client where appropriate.
• Lead or support funding strategy workshops, readiness assessments, capital planning alignment, and stakeholder or community engagement efforts.

• Oversee and directly support the development of competitive grant applications from NOFO evaluation through submission.
• Ensure grant narratives, technical content, and compliance packages reflect both program intent and client‑specific outcomes.
• Build and maintain a portfolio of successful awards across multiple transportation funding programs.

• Support clients after award by collaborating with technical teams on grant agreement compliance, scope alignment, and reporting considerations.
• Help position awarded projects to transition smoothly into design, construction, program management, or other Ulteig service lines.
• Capture lessons learned and success stories to strengthen future funding pursuits and marketing efforts.

• Act as the internal hub for grants and funding knowledge, tools, and best practices across all three service areas.
• Coach and mentor grants and funding staff and help define scalable roles, workflows, and delivery models.
• Partner with marketing, business development, and digital delivery teams to showcase Ulteig's funding services through resumes, case studies, pursuit materials, and thought leadership.

• Build a visible personal and firm‑wide presence through industry committees, peer…