Grant Program Manager, Future Ready Graduates

Arizona State University•AZ_Remote, AZ

7d•$75,000 - $85,000

About The Position

The Grant Program Manager, Future Ready Graduates, manages day-to-day delivery, implementation, coordination, and operations for the University Innovation Alliance’s Future Ready Graduates grant portfolio. The position will initially manage two active awards and may take on up to two additional awards. The manager coordinates participating campuses, partners, consultants, employers, and internal contributors to ensure activities meet funder commitments, deadlines, scope, and quality expectations. The role turns grant agreements, workplans, budgets, milestones, and commitments into implementation plans; monitors campus progress; facilitates meetings and events; coordinates employer feedback; prepares funder updates; and maintains project records in Salesforce and Google Drive. It also tracks implementation and outcome information, supports evaluation and learning capture, and helps develop resources for broader dissemination and scale. The position works across UIA functions and coordinates with finance, communications, campus engagement, evaluators, ASU Work+, and other partners. This is a full-time, grant-funded appointment expected to continue for two years. Continuation is contingent on satisfactory performance and continued grant funding; the position is not guaranteed beyond the funded period. The work environment is a climate-controlled office setting with extended periods in a stationary position and regular use of a computer and office productivity equipment. Driving is not required. Salary range is $75,000–$85,000 per year, depending on experience.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and five years of experience appropriate to the assignment or field, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or training that provides comparable knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
Ability to manage multiple active workstreams and adjust priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to work independently while maintaining consistent communication across a distributed team.
Commitment to improving career readiness and postsecondary outcomes for students.
Experience using Salesforce, Google Workspace, and project-management platforms.
Experience working in a remote team environment.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in higher education, education, workforce development, nonprofit management, public administration, project management, or a related field.
Three to five years of relevant experience in program management, grant implementation, higher education, workforce development, student success, or a related area.
Demonstrated experience managing multiple complex projects or grants with overlapping milestones and stakeholder groups.
Strong experience managing workplans, deliverables, deadlines, risks, and cross-functional dependencies.
Ability to hold partners and participating teams accountable while maintaining constructive, collaborative relationships.
Experience organizing and facilitating meetings, convenings, workshops, or communities of practice.
Experience with student employment, paid work-based learning, internships, career readiness, experiential learning, or employer engagement.
Experience managing a portfolio of related grants or initiatives.
Experience working with employer partners and developing structured feedback or advisory processes.
Familiarity with design thinking, human-centered design, service design, process mapping, or journey mapping.
Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to support institutional evaluation, research, evidence synthesis, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

Manage implementation and operations of two active Future Ready Graduates awards, potentially expanding to additional awards.
Translate grant agreements, workplans, budgets, milestones, and funder commitments into coordinated implementation plans.
Develop and maintain project plans covering activities, owners, deadlines, dependencies, decisions, and deliverables.
Monitor progress, risks, delays, and resource needs; ensure work is delivered on time, within scope, and at the expected quality.
Coordinate shared activities and deliverables across awards; support grant launch, implementation, reporting, evaluation, dissemination, and closeout.
Serve as a primary point of contact for participating campus teams; lead onboarding and set expectations for participation, implementation, reporting, and quality.
Help campuses develop implementation plans, monitor campus deliverables, follow up on missed deadlines or barriers, and review submissions for completeness and quality.
Coordinate coaching, technical assistance, and problem-solving with ASU Work+, consultants, evaluators, and other experts; maintain regular communication with campus leads.
Recruit and engage employers as advisors, co-design partners, and sources of feedback; establish feedback loops and organize listening sessions, validation meetings, and other engagement activities.
Document employer perspectives and help campuses use feedback to improve program design, student journeys, implementation, and scale planning.
Plan and coordinate meetings, campus working sessions, communities of practice, workshops, employer sessions, and in-person convenings.
Prepare agendas, participant materials, timelines, run-of-show documents, and follow-up communications; facilitate selected sessions and coordinate other facilitators.
Coordinate event logistics and cross-campus learning; record meeting decisions, action items, and follow-up responsibilities.
Prepare funder meeting updates, project summaries, briefing materials, and talking points; maintain evidence of progress against commitments.
Identify risks or changes that may require funder communication, guidance, or approval; support continuation and change requests, final reports, and closeout materials.
Maintain accurate project records in Salesforce and Google Drive, including folder structures, naming conventions, version control, and documentation standards.
Record campus participation, meetings, milestones, deliverables, decisions, risks, employer engagement, and follow-up activities; maintain calendars, trackers, contact lists, reporting schedules, and shared tools.
Support development of standard templates and processes for the Future Ready Graduates portfolio.
Track grant milestones, deliverables, campus participation targets, and intended outcomes; coordinate collection of implementation updates, data, feedback, and supporting documentation.
Work with evaluators and internal partners to communicate data requirements and ensure timely campus submissions.
Identify implementation barriers, promising practices, and success factors across institutions; help develop case studies, playbooks, implementation guides, employer-feedback resources, and other materials.
Support evaluation, synthesis, dissemination, and planning for scale; develop evaluation frameworks and data-collection instruments, templates, surveys, interview protocols, rubrics, dashboards, and reporting processes.
Design AI-enabled workflows to turn complex institutional data into actionable insights, scalable evaluation processes, and decision-making resources.
Coordinate across program, learning, development, finance, operations, communications, and campus-engagement functions; establish ownership, review processes, and deadlines for shared work.
Coordinate with the Business Operations & Finance Manager on budgets, campus stipends, contracts, and grant-related financial processes, and with communications staff on storytelling and dissemination.
Perform other duties as assigned in support of Future Ready Graduates and UIA’s student-success portfolio.