Grants Management Executive Director

Grants Management Executive Director

Collin College - McKinney, TX
Location: 3452 Spur 399, McKinney, Texas, 75069

Posted: Feb 23, 2026

Salary: $101,890.00 - $124,256.00 annually

Application Deadline: N/A

Job Summary

Lead and supervise all aspects of grant management services for the college district. This includes leading the grant writing teams, pre‑award deployment, activities, and post‑award close‑out. Oversee a grants portfolio of complex rules and regulations from multiple agencies, including subcontracts, federal, state, private grants, and cross‑institutional agreements. Serve as the authorized representative, information resource, and districtwide collaborator for grant‑funded projects. Interpret fiscal policies and procedures and administer college guidelines and sponsor regulations; guide staff and project leads on sponsor policies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Drive institutional growth by securing competitive federal, state, and private grants that advance the college’s strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with district colleagues, local workforce boards, economic development organizations, and grant professionals from other institutions of higher education to identify needs and create partnerships for grant project development.
• Create and foster relationships with federal program officers, state leaders, educational institutions, and key employers to position Collin College for competitive grant proposals; form innovative partnerships and gain national reputation in grant acquisition and deployment.
• Develop and execute strategies for obtaining grant opportunities, assisting staff to assemble grant teams, subject matter experts, and community members to submit timely proposals.
• Supervise, recruit, hire, and retain a qualified, highly productive grants management team to support expected grant activity.
• Ensure all finance and accounting functions—budget planning, funding, expending, financial reporting and analysis, auditing, and risk management—are managed in compliance with college, funding source, and state and federal standards.
• Prepare and maintain a dashboard of grant projects within the grant lifecycle.
• Consult with project/program grant managers on submission of grant extension requests, progress reports, financial reports, final reports, and other close‑out documents.
• Establish policies, procedures, and documentation, ensuring confidential records are kept per federal, state, college, and professional practices.
• Develop and maintain relationships with Academic and Workforce Divisions, Public Relations, Student and Enrollment Services, Continuing Education, and other district offices to ensure synergistic efforts for grant‑funded initiatives.

Supplemental Functions

• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Perform all duties and maintain all standards in accordance with college policies, procedures, and Core Values.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of all internal processes and up to date on external business activity
• Knowledge of training modes and methods
• Knowledge of college district operations application tools
• Knowledge of HR best practices, lean office practices, TQM fundamentals, federal, state, college rules and regulations regarding education, training, procurement, and grants
• Knowledge of budget development, district strategic goals/initiatives, program management, grant funding sources, and the business office fiscal procedures
• Business writing skills
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Listening skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Management skills
• Customer service skills
• Ability to identify knowledge gaps, analyze multiple data, synthesize customer needs and training expertise, transfer knowledge from classroom/lab to work environment
• Ability to lead, supervise, coach, and mentor
• Ability to research and write grants
• Ability to analyze data and perform needs assessments
• Ability to create evaluation instruments

Physical Demands, Working Conditions, and Physical Effort

Sedentary work. Occasional exertion of up to 10 pounds and frequent negligible force. Work primarily office environment, requires sitting most of the time, occasional walking and standing. Little physical effort required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Six (6) years of related grant experience and two (2) years of supervisory experience.

Preferred

Master’s degree from an accredited institution.

• Position is security sensitive; candidates will be subject to a criminal background check.

Job Description Overview

The above description is an overview of the job. It is not intended to be an all‑inclusive list of duties and responsibilities of the job as duties and responsibilities may change with business needs. Collin College reserves the right to add, change, amend, or delete portions of this job description at any time, with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made by Collin College at its discretion to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Compensation and Employment Details

Type: Salary
Employment: Full time
Hiring Minimum: $101,890.00
Hiring Maximum: $124,256.00
Compensation is determined based on experience.

Collin College is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by applicable law.

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