National Director, Government Funding

Overview

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National Director, Government Funding in the Office of Funded Programs serves as OFP’s principal advisor and center of expertise on federal and other government funding. This role does not own pre‑award proposal development or post‑award grants administration. Instead, it functions as an internal consultant and governance leader—offering enterprise‑level insight on the federal landscape, regulatory changes, risk/benefit considerations, and strategic options to support informed decision‑making and compliance execution across the grant lifecycle.

Reporting to the National VP, Funded Programs, the National Director partners closely with Finance, Legal, Mission Advancement, Research, various implementation leadership, and the Sr. Director, Grants Administration. The role oversees institutional registrations and compliance infrastructure, including SAM.gov annual renewal, and develops policies, procedures, training, and tools that strengthen readiness for government funding. Critical responsibilities include reviewing grant budgets during the pre‑award phase and enabling a seamless transition from pre‑award to grants administration for government grants by ensuring strong alignment and documentation.

This position can be home‑based.

• Pre‑Award (Mission Advancement owns): advises on regulatory requirements and compliance. Does not write or submit proposals, own budgets, or lead negotiations.
• Post‑Award (OFP Grants Administration owns): advises on federal requirements and institutional controls.
• Operations Management (supervises OFP Grants Analyst, Govt Grants): provides oversight for award management including budget planning, prior approval requests, compensation compliance, expense review, cost transfers, subrecipient & contract management, and reporting. The Grants Analyst supports a small portfolio of federal awards, typically 3‑5 awards.
• OFP Integration: serves as a thought partner at the pre‑award table to anticipate requirements and coordinates a complete, documented handoff to the Sr. Director, Grants Administration for post‑award execution.

• Coordinate education, documentation standards, and communication for federal compliance topics.
• Create standardized SOPs, templates, and checklists that support federal compliance.
• Develop and maintain a federal funding policy and procedures library.
• Establish education and communication programs to strengthen internal federal funding literacy.
• Identify and help resolve emerging compliance risks.
• Provide advisory support for critical issues including human subjects research compliance.

• Partner with MA, Legal and implementation teams to identify early issue‑spotting to prevent downstream compliance challenges through a collaborative approach.
• Model collaboration and support organizational capacity‑building in federal funding expertise.
• Review budgets for government funding applications during the pre‑award phase.
• Support consistent interpretation of various government funding rules across Finance, Legal, Research, Programs, and Grants Administration.

• Serve as OFP’s principal advisor on government funding standards, including 2 CFR 200, federal cost principles, federal acquisition regulations (FAR), other transactions (OTA) negotiations, and agency‑specific regulations.
• Monitor, interpret, and communicate regulatory updates, OMB guidance, and federal policy changes.

• Oversee SAM.gov registration and annual renewal.
• Support documentation of internal controls and institutional compliance infrastructure.

• Lead the transition protocol for government funding, consolidating…