Group Grants & Funding Manager
Posted 1 day ago by ELIRE Group
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The Group Grants & Funding Manager at ELIRE Group will lead the public funding strategy, focusing on securing non-dilutive funding opportunities across clean maritime, aviation, and defence sectors. This strategic and operational role involves identifying funding opportunities, managing consortium partnerships, and overseeing the delivery of awarded programs. The position is integral to advancing ELIRE's innovative projects and solutions in the maritime infrastructure and clean aviation sectors. The role offers a unique opportunity to shape high-impact programs while working in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define and execute the Group-wide grants and public funding strategy aligned to ELIRE’s commercial and technology roadmaps.
- Identify new funding opportunities across the UK, Europe, US, and Australia, including roles as lead applicant, consortium partner, or subcontractor.
- Track and assess opportunities across clean maritime, clean aviation, clean fuels, energy systems, and defence-aligned innovation programs.
- Lead the preparation of high-value grant and funding applications, including upcoming Clean Maritime Competitions, aviation and fuels programs, and defence innovation calls.
- Structure and manage consortia with industry, academic, and public-sector partners.
- Coordinate internal engineering, commercial, finance, and legal resources to support bids.
- Lead the mobilisation and strategic oversight of major awarded programs, including a £20m funding option with a leading London technology institute targeted for Q2.
- Act as ELIRE’s focal point for engagement with funding bodies, innovation agencies, and public institutions.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience leading and winning public funding or grant applications in the UK and/or internationally.
- Strong understanding of innovation funding landscapes (e.g. UKRI, Innovate UK, EU programs, defence innovation, US and Australian equivalents).
- Experience structuring and managing multi-party consortia.
- Familiarity with TRL frameworks and technology demonstration programmes.
- Highly organised and detail-driven, with the ability to manage multiple complex bids and programmes in parallel.
- Strategic thinker with a practical, delivery-focused mindset.
- Confident coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, commercial, and academic environments.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Industries: Maritime, Marine Infrastructure, Energy, Luxury, Maritime Transport, Ports
Remote working – 20 hours per month
Services for equity arrangement + attractive commission
Start and onboard immediately
Evolves to a paid role upon closing our next capital raise
Want to assist an exciting, innovative, and smart startup shaping maritime infrastructure and clean aviation, and are you passionate and determined to accelerate ventures?
As a group, ELIRE has accelerated rapidly over the last few months to position our ventures and world-first solutions, which are critical to accelerating the ecosystem's shift towards adopting new technologies.
ELIRE Infra has a long pipeline of exciting projects from London, UK, UAE, Australia, the Nordics and the Mediterranean.
Company Description
ELIRE Group is a global innovation and infrastructure platform operating across clean maritime infrastructure, energy-to-power systems, clean aviation, advanced fuels, and defence-aligned solutions. The Group works at the intersection of infrastructure, technology, and decarbonisation, enabling new technologies to advance through critical TRL stages and into real-world deployment. Following the successful award of £1m in UKRI clean maritime funding, ELIRE is scaling its public funding and grant strategy globally.
We are now seeking an experienced Grants & Public Funding Manager to lead this effort across the Group’s ventures.
Role Overview
The Grants & Public Funding Manager will own and lead ELIRE Group’s public funding strategy, identifying, structuring, and securing non-dilutive and blended funding opportunities across clean maritime, clean aviation, clean fuels, and defence-related programs. This role is both strategic and operational. The successful candidate will proactively identify high-value funding opportunities, shape competitive bids, assemble and manage consortium partnerships, and coordinate internal technical, commercial, and delivery teams to submit and win high-confidence applications.
About You:
Experience & Expertise
Proven experience leading and winning public funding or grant applications in the UK and/or internationally. Strong understanding of innovation funding landscapes (e.g. UKRI, Innovate UK, EU programs, defence innovation, US and Australian equivalents). Experience structuring and managing multi-party consortia. Familiarity with TRL frameworks and technology demonstration programmes.
Working Style & Capability
Highly organised and detail-driven, with the ability to manage multiple complex bids and programmes in parallel. Strategic thinker with a practical, delivery-focused mindset. Confident coordinating multidisciplinary teams across engineering, commercial, and academic environments. Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, scale-up environment with evolving priorities.
Desirable
Experience in maritime infrastructure, clean energy, aviation, or defence sectors. Exposure to large-scale (£5m–£50m+) funded programmes. International funding experience across multiple jurisdictions.
Why Join ELIRE Group
Lead a rapidly scaling public funding portfolio following major UK success. Shape high-impact programmes across clean maritime, aviation, fuels, and defence. Work at the forefront of infrastructure-enabled innovation and decarbonisation. Play a defining role in positioning ELIRE as a global platform for advancing next-generation technologies.
Applications are welcomed from experienced funding professionals ready to lead ambitious, multi-country programmes with real-world impact. The role will also oversee the mobilisation and delivery governance of major funded programs, working closely with appointed Project Managers to ensure compliance, performance, and impact.