3544 Curator III, Museum Affairs Program Manager (164121)

City and County of San Francisco • San Francisco, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Curator III Museum Affairs Program Manager (SFO) (164121) Recruitment: PEX-3544-164121 Permanent-Exempt. This position is exempt from Civil Service Commission rules pursuant to the City and County of San Francisco, Charter Section 10.104, and incumbents serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. Specific information regarding this recruitment process is listed below: Application Opening : 3/16/26 Application Deadline : This job announcement may close at any time but not before 3/27/26 at 5:00 p.m. PT; interested applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. Salary Range : $104,728- $127,374 Fill Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) Hours: Full-time Recruitment ID : PEX-3544-164121 Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt, Category 14: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer. San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is a world-class, award-winning airport that served more than 54 million guests in Fiscal Year 2025. SFO offers non-stop flights to 60+ international cities on over 40 international carriers. The Bay Area's largest airport also connects non-stop with 80+ U.S. cities on 10 domestic airlines. As an enterprise department of the City & County of San Francisco, SFO has a workforce of approximately 1,900 City employees. In Fiscal 2021, SFO generated more than 28,000 direct jobs and $6.1B in business activity. SFO is more than an airport —we are a dynamic organization where employees collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders to support global travel, economic development, and public service. We are recognized as a leader in safety, environmental sustainability, and forward-thinking infrastructure, and continue to be at the forefront of transforming the travel experience. Our Vision, Mission, and Core Values shape our culture and operations as we continue to build a supportive, purpose-driven workplace where all employees can thrive. Our mission is to deliver an airport experience where people and our planet come first. Learn more about careers at SFO at flysfo.com , and follow us on Facebook , Instagram , YouTube , LinkedIn , Bluesky and Threads . Established in 1980 by the Airport Commission, SFO Museum’s mission is to delight, engage, and inspire a global audience with programming on a broad range of subjects; to collect, preserve, interpret, and share the history of commercial aviation; and to enrich the public experience at San Francisco International Airport. The Museum has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1999 and retains the distinction of being the only accredited museum in an airport. The Museum operates more than twenty-five sites throughout the Airport terminals, including fourteen galleries that exhibit a rotating schedule of art, history, photography, science, and cultural exhibitions. Among the sites is the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum, which houses a permanent collection of more than 150,000 objects related to the history of commercial aviation. For additional information about SFO Museum, please visit www.sfomuseum.org . As a team member of SFO, you will embrace SFO’s core values and SFO’s Racial Equity Action Plan . 3544 Curator III, Museum Affairs Program Manager Under the general direction of the Assistant Director of Museum Affairs, the 3544 Museum Affairs Program Manager supports colleagues in a wide variety of activities including exhibition scheduling and task management, resource and budget management, stakeholder communication, coordination of all aspects of Museum projects, and public engagement oversight. Projects include over 15 annual exhibition rotations, public art maintenance, public engagement, aviation collection acquisition, and special projects related to the Airport. This position works with all levels of Museum and Airport staff and has regular communication with outside individuals and organizations to support the Museum’s goals.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in the fine arts, art history, decorative arts, design, history, library science, museum studies, natural history, science, technology, or other closely related disciplines
• Five (5) years of museum experience.
• Applicants must meet the minimum qualification by the final filing date unless otherwise noted.
• One year full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40 hour work week). Any overtime hours that you work above 40 hours per week are not included in the calculation to determine full-time employment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in managing complex exhibition or program schedules and coordinating multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience in using project management software and museum-specific databases, such as Smartsheet, Claris FileMaker, and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Ability to navigate complex civic or municipal environments, including coordinating across multiple agencies and external stakeholders.
• Experience in developing and monitoring program budgets, processing invoices, and managing external funding sources.
• Knowledge of effective verbal and written communication practices and the ability to manage a high-volume workload with a calm, detail-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain all exhibition timelines using project management software; communicate timelines, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deadlines to staff; meet regularly with Assistant Director, Exhibitions, and Director and Chief Curator to manage the advance three-year exhibition calendar; coordinate monthly exhibition planning meetings.
• Supervise the Associate Curator of Public Engagement, including reviewing and editing social media contents; supporting the various public programming initiatives, conducting research on collections and exhibitions; facilitating opportunities for enhancing educational activities.
• Collaborate alongside key staff members to determine how Airport special project objectives interact with the Museum's goals; serve as a key point of contact across Museum teams and external stakeholders; develop schedules, track progress, budgets, and deadlines, and communicate regularly with stakeholders pertaining to the Museum’s involvement in Airport special projects.
• Coordinate regularly with the Museum Public Art staff to review schedules, budgets, meeting agendas, tracking documents, and other materials; participate in regular meetings with San Francisco Arts Commission regarding ongoing maintenance of public art.
• Meet regularly with the Museum’s Collection team to ensure that all aspects and communication of the various projects are thoroughly communicated and documented in concurrence with the exhibition calendar.
• Partner with Museum administrative staff to prepare contracts, documents, and Commission packages; liaise as-needed with Deputy City Attorneys.
• Perform other job-related duties consistent with the 3544 Curator III classification.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level