Grants and Funding Program Manager

About the Role

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 evolved from primarily supporting individual grant applications to delivering a 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 is responsible for advancing and integrating all three services across our Transportation Lifeline Sector. You will shape and lead Ulteig’s national grants and funding program, ensuring 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.

How Success Is Defined

• 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 firmwide capability.

Responsibilities

Program & Strategy Leadership

• 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.

Client & Market Engagement

• 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.

Grant Development & Execution

• 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.

Post-Award & Implementation Support

• 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.

Internal Enablement & Integration

• 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.

Reputation & Industry Leadership

• Build a visible personal and firmwide presence through industry committees, peer exchanges, speaking engagements, and client-facing thought leadership.
• Strengthen relationships with agencies, partners, and stakeholders to enhance early insight into emerging funding opportunities.

Business Discipline

• Track pursuits, awards, and client activity using CRM and data tools to inform leadership decisions.
• Support budgeting and planning for grants-related business development initiatives.
• Contribute to a collaborative, accountable culture aligned with Ulteig’s values and operating rhythm.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Planning, Public Policy, Economics, Engineering, Political Science, or a related field required; master’s degree preferred.
• 7–10+ years of experience in public-sector transportation funding and/or financing leadership, with strong preference for experience at USDOT, FHWA, or a comparable federal or state transportation agency.
• First-hand understanding of the federal and state transportation funding landscape, including major discretionary, formula, and programmatic funding streams, policy intent, and implementation considerations.
• Demonstrated familiarity with key public-sector players and stakeholders (federal agencies, state DOTs, MPOs, local agencies, and partners) and how funding decisions are shaped and executed.
• Proven ability to translate public-sector funding knowledge into actionable funding strategies, competitive grant pursuits, and successful delivery outcomes.
• Ability to operate as both a strategic advisor and hands-on practitioner.
• Strong client-facing skills, including facilitation, consensus-building, and executive-level communication.
• Experience leading or mentoring teams and contributing to scalable programs or practices.
• Familiarity with CRM and data tools (e.g., D365, Salesforce, Power BI) and advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office.
• Willingness to travel approximately 30% as needed.
• Must have authorization to work permanently in the U.S.

About Ulteig’s Grants and Funding Program

At Ulteig, grants and funding services are an integral part of how we help clients move projects from vision to reality—starting with strategy, continuing through award, and extending into implementation. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a nationally visible program and further integrate funding services across the full project lifecycle.

More Information about Ulteig’s Grants and Funding Program available here.

Benefits

• Flexible Workplace
• Employee Ownership
• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits Package
• Collaborative Environment
• Innovative Culture

Ulteig is a purpose-driven organization that prioritizes flexibility and staying connected to meet your needs. We value your unique perspective, respect your individuality, and celebrate your contributions. We support a flexible working schedule so employees are able to focus on what's important to them.

Pay

Target base compensation range for this role is $150,000–$195,000. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary include your job-specific skills, education, training, job location, number of years of experience related to this role, and comparison to other employees already in this role.