• Lead cross-functional collaboration and team enablement • Manage and coordinate NewSchools’ full application and grantmaking cycle, including designing and managing clear workplans, timelines, decision points, and milestones to ensure a coherent, effective, and efficient funding process • Effectively convene and lead a cross-functional working group across Investment Teams, Operations, Finance, and Communications • Facilitate regular check-ins and reflection points to surface risks and resolve challenges throughout the funding process • Lead continuous improvement of grantmaking operations through after-action reviews, data-informed decision-making, and thoughtful change management that supports teams through evolving processes • Ensure our grantmaking cycle and processes reflect our core values and priorities. • Design and deliver a strategy-aligned, high-quality applicant and grantee experience • Partner closely with investment team members and key stakeholders to design and launch a strategy-aligned application that surfaces high-quality ideas • Collaborate with key team members to develop, test, and launch applications within Salesforce, ensuring functionality, clarity, and data integrity • Lead the development of clear application guidance, selection criteria, and internal decision supports to enable consistent, rigorous, and quality review and selection of ideas • Design and manage a transparent, fair and efficient applicant experience, including the development of support materials, communications, FAQs, webinars, and office hours in partnership with Communications team • Serve as a responsive, trusted resource for applicants and grantees, providing hands-on support throughout the application and award process, including technical troubleshooting and clear guidance • Enable clean grantmaking execution, compliance, and trustworthy Data • Serve as the process owner for grantmaking operations, strengthening systems, workflows, and feedback loops to improve effectiveness, efficiency, and user experience over time • Partner with investment teams to translate grant objectives, conditions, and milestones into clear, accurate, and compliant grant agreements, exercising strong judgment • Ensure grants are executed efficiently and in alignment with financial, legal, and board requirements, balancing rigor with efficiency and strong attention to detail • Act as a steward of high-quality grant data in Salesforce, holding a high bar for accuracy, completeness, and consistency while supporting teams to meet that bar • Contribute to timely, reliable reporting and data readiness that enables sound decision-making, accountability, and organizational learning • Develop strong training and capacity building materials to ensure the accurate completion of grantmaking operations across staff.