Here is what you will get to do:

Senior Management Functions:

1. Ensures clarity around the priorities and goals for the museum managed in accordance with the President/CEO direction and the Scottsdale Arts Strategic Plan.

2. Responsible for developing the division budget and ensuring fiscal compliance. Ensures compliance with finance policies regarding expenditures, payments, and request approvals that have a fiscal impact, etc.

3. Responsible for communicating goalsetting and results, fiscal operations, and key performance indicators related to division and organization to stakeholders, including members of Senior Management Team (SMT) members, City of Scottsdale, Advisory Council, Board of Trustees, etc.

4. Utilizes a high level of discretion in the management of the team, including oversight of personnel functions within the organizational guidelines. Works across functions with peers, managers, staff, and volunteers to ensure collaboration for shared goals.

5. Works in conjunction with senior management for strategy development and execution planning.

6. Responsible for setting, maintaining, and promoting a positive culture of inclusiveness and performance.

Divisional Functions:

1. Establishes and maintains the curatorial vision for SMoCA.

2. Provides direction and oversight and leads the museum’s research, collection management, and development strategy.

3. Oversees curatorial, exhibitions, collections, retail, and administrative staff while ensuring that all levels of staff understand goals, strategies, and budget considerations to create effective exhibitions and programming that achieve operational objectives.

4. Works collaboratively with SMoCA staff to determine the exhibition schedule.

5. Demonstrated knowledge of standards and museum best practices under AAM.

6. Oversee the reaccreditation process in collaboration with SMoCA staff and maintain ongoing best practices for museum management.

7. Works with SMoCA staff to maintain the museum’s active series of programs, events, and community initiatives that extend and deepen the visitors’ understanding of exhibitions, contemporary art, architecture, and design.

8. Strategic success in donor relations, fundraising, and grant writing. Works with the SMoCA Advisory Council to define the museum’s vision and goals.

9. Cultivate community engagement and elevate the museum’s presence, influence, and relevancy locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally while simultaneously providing greater museum access to a diverse constituency.

10. May develop and implement exhibitions in the museum, performing the duties of curator for an assigned exhibition.

11. Lead the museum’s diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility efforts to expand the perspective of the museum’s exhibitions and to amplify to the larger community.

Here is what you will need to be successful:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

1. Education: Master’s Degree in Art History, Arts Management, Museum Studies or related field; doctorate highly desirable.

2. Experience: Minimum 5-7 years progressive experience with proven senior leadership with demonstrated accomplishments in areas of fundraising and grant-writing, scholarly art publications, strategic planning, advisory board management, communications, and marketing, collections, and acquisitions, as well as strong curatorial experience with a proven record of exhibitions and publications.

3. Attributes:

• The capacity to manage and inspire others to achieve objectives while establishing a collaborative team structure with accountability.

• Strong interpersonal skills to be able to establish rapport, demonstrate genuine interest in people and ideas, and authentically communicate effectively to a diverse spectrum of people.

• Value diplomacy and tactfulness and the ability to exhibit respect for people as well as the capacity to deal with others equitably regardless of personal preferences, beliefs, or ideas to cultivate positive and dynamic relationships.

• Possess a deep passion and knowledge of contemporary art, with an eye towards identifying trends and emerging voices in the field.

• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written. Strong public speaking skills and the ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.

• Ability to analyze, read, and interpret common and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.

• Demonstrated ability to rebound from adversity and challenges and push past obstacles in a way that brings about change.

• Established knowledge of standards and best practices for accredited art institutions.

• Significant experience in patron cultivation and proven relationships with collectors, artists, galleries, and scholars.

• Excellent organizational abilities with strong initiative-driven method of work production.

• Experience managing and overseeing complex budgets.

• Enthusiasm for the arts and ability to articulate their value to a diverse community.

1. Work Environment: Primarily office environment, may be required to stand/walk for significant periods of the day.

2. Other requirements:

• Must be available to attend events and programs during evenings and weekends.

• Must drive for organizational purposes; therefore, must hold and retain a valid AZ license, appropriate proof of insurance, and have an acceptable driving record.