Hybrid Funding Manager

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About the role

  • Funding Manager at Taikonauten in Berlin managing funding projects and driving innovation. Collaborating with management and external partners to ensure compliance and successful project execution.

Responsibilities

  • Management of our research and funding projects and identification of funding opportunities
  • Proactively identify regional legal regulations as well as suitable funding programs at EU, federal and state levels and assess their relevance
  • Manage the entire application process, draft compelling project descriptions for funding programs, and prepare required budget calculations
  • Serve as an interface between executive management, project leads, clients and other external stakeholders
  • Ensure compliant use of funds, complete documentation and smooth processes during project implementation
  • Maintain active contact with authorities and project sponsors and confidently represent our interests externally
  • Regular analysis of success metrics, such as funding decisions and qualification checks

Requirements

  • Practical experience in funding management, including related audits
  • Proven experience in funding administration and/or acquisition, specifically knowledge of AZAV, BAFA, INQA or ZIM and any applicable research allowances
  • Independent, structured working style and a high level of personal responsibility
  • Excellent analytical skills and the ability to concisely summarize complex issues
  • Business-fluent proficiency in German and English (C1/C2)
  • Strong AI skills using common AI tools such as Gemini and ChatGPT, experience building agents, and a curiosity for new technologies

Benefits

  • Passionate colleagues in an open company culture with flat hierarchies
  • Professional and personal development, supported and encouraged
  • Room for personal responsibility and the freedom to implement your own ideas
  • Flexible and family-friendly working hours
  • A passionate team actively shaping a socially and environmentally conscious future

Job title

Funding Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

No Education Requirement

Location requirements

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