The Skirball Cultural Center seeks a Project Manager who will support day-to-day coordination of administrative, audio-visual, architectural, and engineering details for the Skirball Museum’s reimagined core exhibition. Slated to open in Spring 2029, this is a time-limited position that will run through Fall 2030. Requiring a high level of administrative experience and coordination, this position reports to the Project Director, Core Renewal. Working closely with the Senior Vice President of Operations and external exhibition designers, architects, engineers, and other specialty consultants, the Project Manager coordinates the integration of the renewed core exhibition with the Skirball Cultural Center’s existing operations. 

Please include a cover letter and references with your resume submission.

Starting salary: $85,000 DOE

Responsibilities:

• Provides administrative support to the Project Director, Core Renewal
• Serves as a communication and decision-making channel for the Project Director, Core Renewal. Keep them apprised of challenges, opportunities, schedule and budget slippage, and contribute to problem-solving.
• Documents and tracks all decision making and processes on integration elements for reference during and after the project.
• Contributes to the development of project timelines, deliverables, and budgets; monitors progress; and identifies risks and areas that require greater detail.
• Coordinates and schedules project milestones and related activities; assures timely communication and deliverables.
• Serves as project team coordinator, facilitating team-wide communication, meetings, and procedures. Supports alignment across team member activities, project management tools, and communications.
• Supports other exhibition development, research, administrative, and project management responsibilities as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

• 5+ years relevant experience contributing to and supporting capital projects with significant architectural, engineering, audio visual/interactive, and systems complexity/integration. (Senior Project Manager: 10 + years.)
• Strong ability to work independently; setting priorities, managing workflow to fulfill objectives, and proactively engaging and communicating with supervisor, colleagues, partners, and stakeholders. (Project Manager: demonstrated judgement to operate independently 25% of time; Senior Project Manager: demonstrated judgement to operate independently 50%+ of time)
• Extensive knowledge of museum standards and practices, including working knowledge of legal and ethical aspects of presenting religious content, personal and community stories, and material culture
• Exceptional track record of maintaining, communicating, and successfully managing complex schedules, critical deadlines, a wide range of producers and collaborators, and significant risks to schedule and budget
• Excellent interpersonal skills to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff, professional collaborators, and vendors in an environment that prioritizes belonging and inclusive community; ability to interact diplomatically with the public
• Strong commitment and ability to increase belonging, diversity, equity, and accessibility
• Exceptional written communication skills with demonstrated ability to conceive and produce high-level correspondence, project documentation, synthesize and communicate feedback from a wide range of stakeholders
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office
• Ability to travel (15-30%) and work weekends and evenings as appropriate
• Preferred: 5+ years relevant experience contributing to and supporting museum exhibitions, with an emphasis on film, video, interactives, multi-media, and other audio visual installations.