Our Mission: Since the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, our organization has aimed to connect people to the natural environment and human history.

The Project Manager oversees the exhibition creation process, coordinating content development, design, graphics, production, and installation for in-house or traveling temporary exhibitions. The Project Manager is responsible for the ongoing management of various projects, with a particular focus on leading exhibition team meetings and ensuring that exhibitions are delivered on schedule and within budget. They act as a liaison between the exhibition team and other departments within the Museum and are the primary point of contact for external partners involved in these projects. Additionally, the Project Manager may act as the Museum’s spokesperson to the press and media for these exhibitions when necessary.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reinforce institutional goals for the project and make sure the team is responsive to these goals, which form the starting point in the conception of the project
• Facilitate the team process throughout the exhibition development, design, production, and installation phases
• Organize meetings and develop agendas, and ensure that all team members are aware of deadlines and specific deliverables
• Prepare team for process milestone presentations, or presentations for other stakeholders
• Document decisions and next steps, and notes when team members will bring deliverables back to team
• Help guide team to meet budgetary goals by tracking project spending
• Draft project-related contracts and work to ensure contract compliance
• Act as spokesperson for the team to outside groups, and serve as a conduit of information into the team from outside
• Facilitate communications between the team and non-staff community advisors giving input on exhibition projects. Ensures that the project incorporates the cultural advisors' counsel as much as possible into the project. Helps advisors understand the FM exhibition process, and the project's needs, limits, deadlines, and goals
• Coordinate logistics for travel and special meetings of stakeholders, when necessary
• Work closely with Exhibition Directors to best position the team’s work within the institution
• Facilitate positive interpersonal dynamics on the team; work as needed with individuals and the group to help eliminate roadblocks
• Help build team spirit and actively seek activities and opportunities for team building outside of the project
• Equally support all team members in their roles of design, production, development, etc
• Encourage communication between team members establishing, space for dialogue. When there are dissenting opinions, encourage team members to clearly articulate their differing points of view and work toward resolution. When needed, drive the team toward decisions to reach closure

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• At least 3 years of museum experience working on exhibitions, and a background in anthropology, art history, or related field is preferred
• Excellent communication skills (interpersonal, public speaking, and written) are required
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate diverse teams and experience working in a creative and multidisciplinary work environment
• Experience with creating and reviewing budgets, schedules, and contracts
• Demonstrated organizational, planning, and project management experience with exceptional attention to detail
• Embrace working with people of different cultures, nationalities, and localities
• Exhibit a positive, professional manner and maintain strict confidentiality at all times
• Experience with standard Office suite software (particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Microsoft Project (or other scheduling software)
• Experience with Google products, and other project management software such as Basecamp
• Valid passport is required
• Some travel may be required

Important Note: In order to protect the health and safety of our employees, guests and their families, the Field Museum is requiring all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Requests for exemptions from the vaccine will not be considered as given the nature of this position, we are unable to provide an accommodation for anyone who has not been vaccinated.

The Field Museum is an equal opportunity workplace and employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status, or any other protected class. We strive to create a working environment that is free of all forms of discrimination and one that promotes human dignity and mutual respect among all staff. We believe every member of our organization enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, to identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions.

The Field Museum strives to ensure that our career website and recruiting process are accessible to all. If you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access our online application, or if you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to accessibility@fieldmuseum.org.