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About the role
The Director of Strategic Growth & Institutional Funding operates at the critical intersection of business development and institutional funding. Your primary mission is to accelerate revenue growth by identifying, securing, and scaling funding sources that enable K-12 schools and districts to purchase our educational technology solutions.
What they're looking for
- Draft compelling proposals : Write highly persuasive, compliant, and technically accurate grant applications, concept notes, and RFPs tailored to K-12 buyers
- Align product to funding : Translate complex edtech product features into clear, impactful educational outcomes that match the specific goals of grant makers (e.g., Title I, Title II, IDEA, ARP, and private foundations)
- Build a turnkey toolkit : Create reusable grant toolkits, templates, and boilerplates that district partners can easily use to apply for funding independently to purchase our platform
- Monitor compliance : Track post-award reporting requirements and impact metrics to ensure high renewal and retention rates
- Identify funding pipelines : Research, track, and analyze federal, state, and private funding streams to identify new market opportunities for the sales team
- Build strategic partnerships : Develop and maintain relationships with state education agencies (SEAs), regional education service agencies (RESAs), and philanthropic organizations
More about this role
OUR MISSION
Prisms VR is a San Francisco-based team of educators, game developers, and engineers transforming K12 STEM education through experiential real-world problem-solving powered by the next generation of spatial computing. We utilize adaptive Virtual Reality (VR) to engage, inspire, and open pathways to creative problem-solving to rapidly improve engagement and proficiencies in Math and Science across our country and beyond. Our mission is to break down barriers to access and build STEM proficiencies at scale for all students, worldwide.
The Director of Strategic Growth & Institutional Funding operates at the critical intersection of business development and institutional funding. Your primary mission is to accelerate revenue growth by identifying, securing, and scaling funding sources that enable K-12 schools and districts to purchase our educational technology solutions. You will blend the persuasive narrative skills of a master grant writer with the commercial acumen of a business development executive to unlock federal, state, and private philanthropic funds.
- Draft compelling proposals : Write highly persuasive, compliant, and technically accurate grant applications,...
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