Resilient Tech Initiative: Senior Grant and Project Manager
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an experienced Grant and Project Manager to steer and manage the implementation of the grant project that is providing the means for the incubation of a new independent organization dedicated to strengthening digital resilience under authoritarian conditions.
The Senior Grant and Project Manager will be working closely with the Project Lead - Strategy and Program, the Sovereign Tech Agency’s leadership, as well as other partners and stakeholders to ensure the effective and compliant implementation of the grant project within the Sovereign Tech Agency.
About the Resilient Tech Initiative
The Resilient Tech Initiative (RTI) is a new, independent European organization strengthening democratic resilience against digital authoritarianism. It is being incubated by the Sovereign Tech Agency, with support from the European Union.
During the incubation period, RTI will be established, its governance and operational structures put in place, and its initial team recruited. Once operational, the new entity will develop, implement, and evaluate its first funding cycle, building the evidence and experience needed to inform its long-term program design and future independent operation. RTI will fund the tools, infrastructure, and community networks that counter digital authoritarianism, enabling people to access reliable information, communicate safely, and coordinate civic action under and across authoritarian conditions globally.
The Sovereign Tech Agency GmbH is the employer for this role.
Resilient Tech Initiative: Senior Grant & Project Manager (all genders)
Sovereign Tech Agency
The Sovereign Tech Agency is dedicated to strengthening open digital infrastructure as a foundation of digital sovereignty, innovation, and public services. With a commission from the German Federal Ministry for Digital Transformation and Government Modernisation, we invest in critical open source technologies, develop public-interest programs, and build structures that sustainably strengthen the open source ecosystem, including the people and communities behind it.
Our work focuses on ensuring that the digital infrastructure societies depend on remains secure, resilient, and accessible. Through initiatives such as the Sovereign Tech Fund, we are helping shape how governments support and sustain critical digital infrastructure in the public interest.
As part of this work, the Sovereign Tech Agency is incubating a new independent organisation dedicated to strengthening digital resilience under authoritarian conditions, with support from the European Union. During the incubation period, the organisation will be established, its governance and operational structures put in place, and its initial team recruited. Once operational, the new entity will develop, implement, and evaluate its first pilot funding cycle, building the evidence and experience needed to inform its long-term programme design and future independent operation.
