Exhibitions Project Lead: High-Impact Museum Programs

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 81,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical

Dental

Vision

403(b) Retirement Savings Plan

Job summary

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco seeks a Project Manager II, Exhibitions to oversee and drive workflows for exhibition and display activity. Reporting to the Director of Exhibitions and Program Management, this on-site role requires strong leadership, prioritization, and the ability to balance multiple initiatives across departments.

The successful candidate will collaborate with Collections, Exhibitions, Design, Digital Experience, Marketing, and Education to realize

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with course work in museum studies, collections management, art history, or studio art, preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of success working in museum exhibitions project management capacity managing the work of creative or multidisciplinary teams, preferably in Exhibitions.
• Demonstrated experience in coordinating and/or managing projects and staff.
• Demonstrated experience managing domestic and international touring exhibitions and working with partnering institutions in co-organization and venue capacities.
• Experience with management principles, and oversight of teams.
• Proven time management skills with the ability to organize work, set priorities, and meet critical deadlines in a high-volume environment.
• Outstanding management and supervisory skills that support, lead, and motivate employees.

Responsibilities

• Directs project management for exhibition and display activities in close partnership with multiple stakeholders across the museum.
• Makes recommendations for a course of action or a series of options toward project goals while adhering to project schedules, budgets, quality, and safety standards.
• Implements project management frameworks for complex, multi-stakeholder, interdepartmental Exhibitions projects and programs.
• Manages workloads and workflows for all requests - develops schedules, identifies and negotiates resources, tracks progress, budgets, and deadlines, and communicates regularly within projects using project management software.
• Maintains the strategic calendar integrating collections and exhibitions programs, fiscal year, and multiyear planning objectives in collaboration with the Director of Exhibitions + Program Management and the Chief CED Officer.
• Develops and maintains visualization and communication of timelines, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deadlines in consultation with the Director of Exhibitions + Program Management.

Skills

Team Leadership

Project Management

Microsoft Office

Asana

Communication

Time Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in museum studies or related

Tools

Asana

Microsoft Office

Excel

Outlook

Teams

Job description

SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco seeks a Project Manager II, Exhibitions to oversee and drive workflows for exhibition and display activity. Reporting to the Director of Exhibitions and Program Management, this on-site role requires strong leadership, prioritization, and the ability to balance multiple initiatives across departments.

The successful candidate will collaborate with Collections, Exhibitions, Design, Digital Experience, Marketing, and Education to realize