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About the Role
Manage and execute grant strategies across a large portfolio of active clients, focusing on client management, opportunity oversight, and ownership of funding outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Own a portfolio of 50+ active clients with ongoing grant strategies
- Serve as the primary point of coordination for grant-related work
- Work directly with founders and their leadership teams to translate business priorities, projects, and technical roadmaps into fundable grant strategies
- Ensure clients are informed of relevant opportunities and timelines
- Manage active, submitted, and awarded opportunities through to final outcome & reporting
- Monitor federal and provincial funding programs relevant to assigned clients
- Assess eligibility, effort, timing, and likelihood of success
- Advise clients on which opportunities to pursue or deprioritize based on eligibility, past success, etc.
- Maintain visibility across the full grants pipeline for each client
- Proactively flag risks, dependencies, and resourcing needs
- Coordinate internal and external grant writers and subject matter experts
- Provide clear briefs, context, and deadlines
- Review, edit, and quality check all submissions before final delivery
- Ensure alignment with client positioning and funder requirements
- Collaborate closely with Customer Success, SR&ED, and other internal teams to ensure a well-rounded, client-first funding experience
- Contribute to writing full applications, where appropriate
- Edit and strengthen drafts written by others for QC, clarity, compliance, and impact
- Use AI tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude to support research and drafting with strong human oversight
- Track deadlines, submission status, and outcomes across your portfolio
- Maintain accurate records and documentation
- Support post-submission follow-ups and funder questions
Requirements
- Two or more years of experience in grants, funding advisory, or related roles
- Experience managing a high volume of clients or projects simultaneously
- Strong editing, review, and QC skills
- Solid understanding of Canadian government funding programs (e.g., federal, provincial, municipal, sector-specific)
- Tech-savvy and comfortable using tools such as G Suite, CRM platforms (e.g., HubSpot), and modern AI-assisted productivity tools
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Clear and professional written and verbal communication
- Experience working with startups or scale-ups is a strong plus
- Exposure to software, AI, med tech, cleantech, or advanced manufacturing is beneficial
- Comfort operating in a fast-paced consulting environment with evolving priorities
- Experience working with startups or scale-ups is a strong asset
Skills
- Client management
- Opportunity oversight
- Funding outcomes
- Grant writing
- Editing
- Quality control
- G Suite
- CRM platforms
- AI-assisted productivity tools
- Organization
- Time management
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
Location
- Remote
- Canada-based
Work Type
- Full-time
- Remote-first
Experience Level
- Two or more years of experience
Salary/Compensations
- $75,000 - $80,000 / yr
Benefits
- Competitive full-time salary
- Remote-first work environment
- Opportunities for growth as the grants function scales
- Work closely with a senior team in the innovation funding space
About the Company
- Zero To One Strategic is a specialized consultancy that helps innovative companies maximize revenue from Canadian R&D and innovation programs.
- We work with startups and scale-ups across multiple sectors and take a long-term, outcomes-driven approach to non-dilutive funding, including grants, subsidies, and tax credits.
- The Grants team works closely with founders and technical leaders to design and execute integrated funding strategies that support R&D, commercialization, and scale.
- To date, we have helped clients secure millions of dollars in non-dilutive funding and continue to grow as demand increases.
- We support clients end-to-end, from identifying and matching to the right funding opportunities, through grant writing and submission, to post-award support, delivering a well-rounded, non-dilutive funding experience.
- We operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and are passionate about supporting Canadian innovation and entrepreneurship.
- Our team works across disciplines and in close partnership with founders to help translate key milestones, technical ideas, and growth plans into funded, scalable outcomes.
- We look for team members who are equally excited to work alongside founders to help bring ambitious ideas to life.