Grant manager

Neon Labs

Neon Labs

Legal, Sales & Business Development · Full-time
Remote
Posted on Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Neon(http://neon-labs.org) is an EVM on Solana, bringing Ethereum apps to Solana. Using Neon, developers can deploy their Solidity smart contract on Solana without any reconfiguration. This is a full-time, fully remote position. We have a preference for working on EU timezones.

Responsibilities

  • Creating the grants process. This includes working with your organizational teams to create workflows and a matrix of responsibilities at each of those workflow states that are needed to support the grantmaking process. You also work closely with grantees to make sure the process is mutually beneficial for them and the grantmaking organization.
  • Developing and distributing financial reports. Both funders and grantees need detailed financial reports that allow them to track progress.
  • Managing Documents. A key role of the grants manager is to not only distribute important documents but also to manage where the documents are stored and create an environment where those documents can be easily accessed.
  • Managing compliance. Making sure that your organization is following compliance standards in accordance with government regulations

Requirements

  • Minimum of 1 year of relevant professional experience: ideally in sales operations, management consulting, or other analytical work
  • Excellent communication skills; client-facing experience is a plus
  • Demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively across teams
  • Self-starter and ability to build programs from scratch: be ready to roll-up your sleeves and get things done
  • Excellent problem-solving skills. You should be able to take a complex problem and structure a solution with incomplete data and a lot of ambiguity.
  • Comfort in a fast-paced and cross-functional work environment. Love for startups, entrepreneurship, financial markets, and new technologies.
  • Experience in fintech, a startup environment, cryptocurrency, or decentralized finance (DeFi).
  • Fluent English

Compensation and Benefits

  • Working in one of the most prominent projects in the blockchain space, and the core project in the Solana ecosystem
  • Competitive salary
  • Exciting growth and educational opportunities

All applications are handled with complete confidence. We will be reviewing applications on a rolling basis and encourage candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Neon Labs is an equal opportunity employer.