Project Manager: Exhibitions

Project Manager: Museum Exhibitions and Temporary Displays
Full-time

Hybrid (at least 3 days per week on-site in Bloomsbury, London)
Permanent

£41,723 per annum
Application deadline: Thursday, 9 July 2026

About the role

The British Museum is looking for an experienced, driven and collaborative Project Manager to help deliver an ambitious programme of exhibitions and temporary displays.

As Project Manager, you will support the effective delivery of exhibition and temporary displays from conception through to completion and evaluation. You'll take responsibility for smaller-scale projects while contributing to major exhibitions through managing defined workstreams, ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget, with high quality outputs. You'll apply best-practice project management methodologies while working closely with curators, designers, contractors, and stakeholders to develop engaging visitor experiences.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in delivering innovative, audience-focused and high-profile temporary exhibitions and displays, managing complex projects, and working with multidisciplinary teams across a leading museum environment.

About you

You'll be a confident project manager who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced cultural environment.

You will bring:

* Proven experience coordinating the delivery of public-facing projects, or complex workstreams within them, involving multi-disciplinary teams.
* Comprehensive understanding of project management processes including budget, risk, scheduling and stakeholder engagement).
* Excellent organisational skills and communication skills (both verbal and written).
* Able to lead and motivate diverse teams to achieve shared goals.
* Strong stakeholder management with strong negotiation and influencing skills
* High attention to detail and problem-solving ability.
* Ideally, you will have a project management qualification and have experience of coordinating and motivating teams to ensure project deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.

Key areas of responsibility

* Lead, manage and deliver small exhibition and display projects from inception to completion.
* Manage project budgets, timelines, risks, and resources effectively.
* Oversee defined workstreams within large-scale exhibition projects.
* Coordinate and motivate multidisciplinary project teams and external partners.
* Procure and manage contractors, designers, and specialist suppliers.
* Monitor project milestones, critical paths, and documentation.
* Prepare reports and contribute to evaluation and lessons learned processes.
* Provide line management and day-to-day support to Project Assistants within the department, including mentoring and development.

The Masterplan

The British Museum is undertaking its biggest transformation since its founding nearly 300 years ago. This physical and intellectual transformation includes large scale building and gallery transformation, new ways of connecting with audiences and different ways of working. As we look towards this exciting future, we remain guided by the words of our founder Hans Sloane - who dreamed of a museum connecting all arts and sciences, which would be accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Benefits

At the British Museum, we believe our people are at the heart of everything we do and have designed a benefits package that goes beyond the ordinary. Our full list of benefits can be found here, but we've outlined some highlights below:

* Free exhibition entry for you and guests, exclusive private views, ICOM and reciprocal museum access.
* 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays and 2.5 privilege days (and +5 days after 10 years).
* Peer support and allyship with five diversity networks for community.
* Learning and development through courses, mentoring and Athena as well as support for professional qualifications.
* Employee Assistance Programme available 24/7 for counselling, wellbeing support and more.
* Enhanced parental leave including maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave.
* Support for carers through Employers for Carers.
* Civil Service Pension Scheme with a secure, inflation‑linked defined benefit.

Our Values

Our values drive everything we do, from how we handle our objects to how we work in our team to fostering a culture where everyone feels heard and empowered:

* Care Deeply
* Embrace the Unknown
* Spark Curiosity
* Value Many Voices

These are a core part of how we recruit. Throughout the application, interview and selection process, we look for examples of how candidates demonstrate these behaviours in their own work and experiences. We encourage you to familiarise yourself with our values and reflect them in your application.

Additional details

At the British Museum, we are committed to a fair and inclusive recruitment process where every applicant has the opportunity to present their genuine strengths and experience in their own voice.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details

The Museum also adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants.

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