Public Funding Coordinator (f/m/d)

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Company

hirify.global is developing laser-driven inertial fusion technology to deliver clean, sustainable energy at commercial scale.

What you will do

• Coordinate assigned public funding projects end to end, from opportunity assessment and applications through financial administration, reporting, and close-out.
• Consolidate funding applications into workplans with clear responsibilities, deadlines, and required inputs.
• Maintain an opportunity pipeline covering eligibility, deadlines, and application requirements.
• Coordinate payment requests and financial reporting with Accounting, technical project owners, and project partners.
• Track and reconcile eligible expenditure, identify compliance risks and budget deviations, and maintain audit-ready project records.
• Work with Finance, Technology & Engineering, Global Corporate Affairs, project partners, and funding bodies to resolve issues and improve workflows, templates, data quality, and AI-enabled tools.

Requirements

• Practical experience in public funding administration, including funding opportunity assessment, applications, payment requests, reporting, financial documentation, or related grant-management activities; around five years of relevant experience is helpful, but hands-on capability is valued over a fixed experience level or qualification.
• Experience with German federal or state funding programmes, particularly programmes supporting research, innovation, or industrial development.
• Understanding of funding conditions, eligible-cost requirements, and audit-ready documentation, with the ability to translate them into practical project plans.
• Structured, hands-on working style with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, maintain accurate records, and follow up on missing information independently.
• Confidence working with spreadsheets and financial or project data, including consolidating inputs and checking accuracy and completeness.
• Fluent German and English, with the ability to explain funding requirements clearly to colleagues, project partners, and funding bodies.
• Ownership and sound judgment, including independently resolving routine issues, communicating risks early, and collaborating across teams without formal authority.

Nice to have

• Experience in a public-funding consultancy, research organization, public administration, startup, or scale-up.
• Familiarity with financial or ERP systems such as NetSuite and interest in improving workflows through data and AI-enabled tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role in an early-stage, growing clean-energy technology company with an international, collaborative environment.
• Career development opportunities, ownership from day one, and stock options.
• 30 vacation days per year and a retirement plan covering 20% on top of private pension contributions, plus loyalty incentives.
• Office equipment including a Windows or Apple laptop, keyboard, mouse, and headset; Darmstadt office canteen, snacks, and drinks.
• Regular team events, flexible commuting support through NAVIT, and access to gyms, fitness studios, and wellness services through Wellhub.