At Aviant, we enable autonomous parcel delivery by drone. After starting in the labs at MIT in 2020, Aviant has signed fifteen commercial contracts in Scandinavia, flown over 4,000 flights covering more than 40,000 km, built a robust team of 20 people, and managed to take a leading position in the European drone market. Due to solid commercial traction, we need someone to help us apply to and lead business initiatives.

We have recently launched Kyte, one of two live European drone delivery services. As grants and funding Manager on Aviant’s business team, you will have the opportunity to develop this transportation service. The role is flexible, with options to work hybrid or fully remotely. In addition, you will be a part of a real start-up team that is working to change the ways of home delivery and make society more efficient.

As a grants and funding manager, you will be responsible for applying to and leading all soft-funding initiatives. The work includes: finding the relevant projects to get involved with, leading the application writing, and gathering the relevant consortium. Once the projects have been initialized, you'll also be responsible for leading the initiatives. The work will require a high degree of collaboration with the rest of the organization to scope what development we can and should do and make sure the initiatives align with the overall strategy. The work will be done in close collaboration with the CEO and the rest of the leadership team.  

We are looking for a resourceful person who is comfortable with responsibility, has good writing skills, leads business initiatives, and is good at both collaborative and independent work. Our ideal candidate:

• Has previous experience with application writing (either tenders or soft funding applications). 
• Has led similar projects with budgets from $1 Million and up. 
• Good writing skills. 
• Familiarity with European funding programs and regulations. 
• Strong project management skills. 
• Ability to prioritize effectively, focusing  efforts on what matters most.
  

We seek enthusiastic top performers who wish to build something that matters. If this sounds like you, we hope that you apply!