Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager
Exhibitions and Temporary Display
Full-time, 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Permanent
£48,144 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 3 July 2025

About the role:
The postholder will manage the successful delivery of all aspects of major exhibitions and display projects in the British Museum's world-class exhibition programme. Working with colleagues across the Museum, the role will oversee projects from inception to closure and evaluation, in line with the Museum's Exhibition Strategy and project processes. To deploy project management methodologies and standards to effectively manage budget, programme, risk, stakeholders, and quality measures.

Key areas of responsibility:
* To develop and manage multi-disciplinary project teams to work collaboratively to deliver exhibition and display projects to budget and programme constraints, and to ensure appropriate input of relevant stakeholders internally and externally.
* To develop and proactively manage project budgets, schedules, and objectives, ensuring issues and risks are appropriately monitored. To prepare schedules showing a project's critical path and key milestones.
* To ensure clear project objectives are developed, and to ensure mechanisms and processes are in place to maximise the effectiveness of the project, including the organisation and budgeting of loans-in.
* To contribute to the selection process of outside contractors and consultants for nominated projects, and to manage the contract to ensure successful delivery.

About you:
* Degree in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience.
* Project management qualification, or equivalent experience.
* Experience in managing complex public facing projects, involving multi-disciplined teams.
* Excellent organisation and communication skills.
* Ability to drive projects with multiple diverse elements.
* Demonstrated experience of leading and motivating teams, managing project delivery on time and within budget.
* Act as a mentor for more junior project managers, providing project management solutions through demonstration.
* Proven track record of building relationships across teams and departments, and externally with other organisations.
* Ability to lead, motivate, create and innovate.

About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

You can view a selection of our impressive collection of prints and drawings in our virtual gallery.

The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

* Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
* Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme (find out here what benefits a civil service pension provides).
* Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
* Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
* Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
* Professional and personal development opportunities
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.

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