Senior Grant Strategist

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WVU Medicine is seeking an experienced, results-driven Senior Grant Strategist to lead enterprise-wide grant strategy and execution across the health system. This role is responsible for identifying, developing, and submitting high-value grant proposals that advance system priorities, including clinical program expansion, population health, workforce development, research infrastructure, innovation, and community impact.
The Senior Grant Strategist serves as the centralized owner of the grant development lifecycle, partnering with executive leadership, clinical and operational teams, finance, legal, government relations, compliance, research administration, and philanthropy to secure external funding from federal, state, foundation, and philanthropic sources. This position operates as a senior individual contributor role with a strong focus on funding acquisition, competitiveness, and execution.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Bachelor’s degree in public health, health administration, public policy, healthcare management, communications, or related field.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Five (5) years of professional grant writing experience, preferably within healthcare, academic medicine, public health, or large nonprofit organizations.

2. Demonstrated success securing federal, state, and/or foundation grant funding.

3. Experience managing multiple concurrent grant submissions under tight deadlines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION, CERTIFICATION, AND/OR LICENSURE:

1. Master’s degree in public health, health administration, public policy, healthcare management, or related field.

EXPERIENCE:

1. Experience working within an academic medical center or integrated health system.

2. Familiarity with federal funding agencies (e.g., NIH, HRSA, CDC, CMS, AHRQ), state funding mechanisms, and major health-focused foundations.

3. Experience supporting population health, workforce development, research infrastructure, or clinical program expansion initiatives.

CORE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The statements described here are intended to describe the general nature of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be constructed as an all-inclusive list of all responsibilities and duties.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Identifies and evaluates grant opportunities aligned with defined enterprise priorities, in coordination with executive leadership and subject matter experts.

2. Leads the end-to-end execution of grant proposals, including proposal planning, narrative development, coordination of required documentation, and submission.

3. Develops and maintains a centralized enterprise grant pipeline, tracking opportunities, timelines, internal approvals, submissions, awards, and reporting requirements.

4. Serves as the primary point of coordination during grant development among clinical leaders, researchers, operational teams, finance, legal, compliance, philanthropy, and research administration.

5. Coordinates closely with Finance to develop grant budgets and justifications and with Legal and Compliance to ensure regulatory and contractual adherence.

6. Partners with Research Administration to align proposals with institutional research policies, sponsor requirements, and internal review processes, as applicable.

7. Leverages existing program documentation, outcomes data, and published research—developed in collaboration with research and communications partners—to strengthen grant competitiveness.

8. Ensures all submissions meet funder guidelines, quality standards, and internal approval requirements.

9. Provides regular updates to leadership on grant activity, including submissions, awards, funding totals, and success rates.

10. Maintains awareness of evolving funding trends, sponsor priorities, and regulatory requirements to inform enterprise grant strategy.

11. Works closely with Government Relations to identify grant opportunities, support advocacy efforts, and align funding pursuits with legislative and policy priorities.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Ability to sit for long periods of time. 

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