POSITION OVERVIEW
The Grants Manager - Systems & Data) is the technical heart of HAA's grantmaking work. This role owns the SmartSimple grant management system from the ground up, including its architecture, compliance systems, and how it grows over time to support our mission of distributing roughly $16M in annual public arts funding across Houston's diverse creative community.
What makes this role unique is how it sits at the intersection of people and systems. You will work closely with external engineers and developers to turn the grants team's needs into real technical solutions, keep our data clean and audit-ready inline with the HOT (Hotel Occupancy Tax) Mandate, and show up as a genuine resource for the applicants and grantees we serve. The right person for this role brings technical depth and analytical instincts together with a real collaborative spirit. You are someone who can work through a complex system problem in the morning and sit with a grantee to help them navigate an application in the afternoon and feel good about both.
Below is a summary of the primary responsibilities of the Grants Manager (Systems & Data).
