Project Manager, Content & Learning

SIMON WIESENTHAL CENTER • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $75,000 - $80,000

About The Position

The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is seeking a mission-driven Project Manager to oversee the development pipeline of content and learning experiences across the Education Division. This individual will steward the operational and cross-functional process that brings ideas to impact—ensuring educational content is strategically aligned, timely, and developed in partnership with key internal teams including the Director of Content & Learning, Content Specialists, and the Process & Operations Officer. This role is instrumental in shepherding the content-to-program process, tracking project timelines, managing workflows, and aligning internal stakeholders. A critical component of this position is serving as the primary liaison to Moriah Films, ensuring that documentary and media assets are thoughtfully integrated into educational programming and content strategy. This role is ideal for a collaborative and detail-oriented project leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, is skilled at managing team-based initiatives, and is deeply committed to the MOT’s educational mission to confront hate and inspire moral courage.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in project management, program coordination, or educational content workflows.
• Demonstrated success managing multi-stakeholder projects, ideally within museums, nonprofit, media, or educational environments.
• Familiarity with content development cycles (e.g., editorial, instructional design, media integration, or public programming).
• Strong organizational, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Comfort using project management tools (e.g., Asana, Airtable, Monday) as well as Microsoft Suite tools.
• Passion for the Museum of Tolerance’s mission and the power of storytelling to inspire social change.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Education, Museum Studies, Public History, Nonprofit Management, Film/Media Studies, or a related field.
• Experience working with film/media teams or in liaison roles across departments.
• Familiarity with Holocaust education, human rights education, or social justice programming.
• Experience implementing or supporting project frameworks like MOCHA, Agile, or logic models.
• Ability to manage deadlines with grace in high-stakes, multi-project environments.

Responsibilities

• Project Management & Process Stewardship Coordinate and track educational content development projects from planning through delivery, in close partnership with internal stakeholders.
• Lead weekly content team and biweekly senior education team meetings to communicate project progress.
• Develop and manage project schedules, ensuring milestones, reviews, and deadlines are met with a high standard of quality.
• Maintain project documentation, support alignment meetings, and identify risks or bottlenecks early.
• Partner with the Process & Operations Officer to implement and refine systems that ensure transparency, accountability, and process fidelity across the team.
• Manage relationships with external organizational partners and education contractors, coordinating content team input, scheduling meetings, and tracking deliverables to ensure timely reviews to final submissions Internal Collaboration & Stakeholder Coordination
• Serve as a key bridge between the Director of Content & Learning, Content Specialists, and program teams, ensuring ideas translate into executable products.
• Act as the primary contact for programs teams, supporting them in utilizing the program to content creation pipeline to propose new programs and request edits to existing programs.
• Lead collaborative planning sessions, project check-ins, and retrospectives to keep teams aligned and grounded in shared outcomes.
• Support evaluation, feedback integration, and process improvement across content projects.
• Conduct market analysis and best practices research to identify internal and external methodologies, identify gaps and opportunities, and collate findings into actionable reports.
• Moriah Films Liaison Act as the primary point of contact between the Education Division and Moriah Films, ensuring seamless integration of film assets into content development pipelines through timely coordination and delivery of key project materials including treatments, scripts, set design and vendor preferences.
• Track available and forthcoming Moriah documentaries and digital stories and work with the Content & Learning team to map opportunities for educational applications.
• Coordinate rights clearance, usage timelines, and versioning needs in partnership with both teams.
• Facilitate alignment meetings to support cohesive storytelling across film and learning platforms.
• Mission and Values Alignment Ensure all content projects reflect the Museum’s core educational pillars and stated mission
• Uphold the institution’s guiding principles of empathy, civic responsibility, ethical leadership, and historical accuracy.
• Help maintain fidelity to Holocaust pedagogy, trauma-informed practices, and inclusive design throughout the development process.

Benefits

• We value our people and offer a collaborative and engaging culture.
• As a SWC employee, you will enjoy work/life balance, generous time off and comprehensive benefits and programs.

What This Job Offers

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