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Posted March 24, 2026
Director of Maker & Innovation Lab
Pacific Science Center
Seattle, Washington
Salary Range: $112,000 – $120,000

Pacific Science Center’s mission is to ignite curiosity in every child and fuel a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking in all of us. We seek a mission-driven, visionary leader to serve as Director of the Maker & Innovation Lab (MIL), guiding the development and operation of facility that will extend the curiosity and exploration at the heart of scientific discovery to the creative problem-solving at the center of engineering, innovation, and design. From the outset, this role requires balancing the simultaneous demands of developing and operating the Lab, holding a clear, forward-looking vision while navigating day-to-day responsibilities. Development will be rooted in an iterative process of prototyping with daily visitors, “designing by doing,” ensuring that the MIL evolves responsively and creatively. This space will combine elements of a community makerspace with hands-on experiences for PacSci visitors, ensuring a dynamic and inclusive environment that fosters creativity and learning.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Guide the development and implementation of visionary plans and strategies for the Maker & Innovation Lab.
• Provide short- and long-term direction as a member of the Management Team.

Collaboration & Partnerships

• Build and maintain relationships with community partners to ensure MIL responds to community needs and occupies a meaningful niche in the Maker ecosystem.
• Work closely with cross-functional departments and teams, especially Fundraising, Exhibits Studio, Education, and Guest Services.

Program Development & Execution

• Lead execution of grant-funded projects, such as collaborations with Tribal Community Artisans and advisors.
• Model and promote collaborative efforts across internal teams and external stakeholders to create engaging guest experiences.

Team Leadership & Management

• Hire, supervise, and mentor staff and external vendors; actively support professional growth and development to build a high-performing, innovative team.
• Model collaborative leadership by fostering open communication, shared problem-solving, and cross-functional teamwork.
• Advocate for team resources and foster a culture of curiosity, inclusion, and calculated risk-taking.

Financial & Operational Oversight

• Establish departmental budgets and oversee grant management and reporting analysis.
  • Assist in developing attendance goals and strategies to ensure financial sustainability.

IDEA Commitment

• Champion Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) initiatives to attract and engage a workforce and partnerships that reflect the community we aim to serve.

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Posted March 17, 2026
Public Engagement Director
North Dakota’s Gateway to Science
Bismarck, North Dakota
Salary Range: $68,000

ARE YOU OUR NEXT LEADER?
We’re looking for a highly organized, strategic Public Engagement Director to lead North Dakota’s Gateway to Science’s partnerships, narrative, and visibility efforts. This role is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution—guiding messaging, building partnerships, shaping organizational storytelling, and ensuring NDGTS is visible and mission-aligned across community, media, and public channels. If you enjoy shaping brand voice, representing an organization externally, and collaborating with teams to translate strategy into compelling public-facing action, we would love to hear from you!

WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
Public Engagement Strategy & Visibility – approximately 40% of time
You’ll develop and lead a cohesive public engagement strategy that identifies priority audiences, opportunities, and timing throughout the year. You’ll determine where NDGTS should be visible and engaged, including specific community events, media opportunities, government relations, and strategic partnerships. You’ll be a central figure coordinating cross-departmental initiatives to ensure consistent messaging and intentional visibility. This role includes representing NDGTS at select events to build awareness, strengthen relationships, and advise leadership on public perception, audience engagement, and narrative considerations.

Organizational Narrative, Branding, & Messaging – approximately 40% of time
You’ll own and steward NDGTS’s overarching narrative, brand voice, and messaging framework across audiences and platforms. This includes defining messaging priorities that align programs, fundraising, marketing, and outreach efforts, and ensuring brand clarity and consistency across signage, exhibits, programs, advertising, media communications, and partnerships. You’ll serve as the internal resource for narrative alignment, guiding organizational storytelling to translate impact, relevance, and mission into compelling public-facing communications. You’ll collaborate with Development to ensure public-facing messaging aligns with fundraising priorities and funder expectations.

Media, Advertising, & External Partnerships – approximately 20% of time
You’ll set strategic direction and oversee advertising, media outreach, and other community placement efforts. You’ll guide messaging, positioning, and objectives across organic, earned, and paid media, including digital channels, press outreach, and public awareness campaigns. You’ll collaborate with the Marketing Coordinator and external vendors to plan and execute advertising and media efforts, identify and cultivate relationships with community platforms and media partners, and coordinate external engagements—sometimes serving as a spokesperson and sometimes advising others on messaging and communications strategy.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO

• Has experience leading communications, marketing, or public engagement at a senior level
• Can shape organizational narrative, voice, and brand strategy
• Excels at building and sustaining partnerships across diverse audiences
• Communicates clearly and persuasively, both internally and externally
• Can manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and cross-departmental initiatives
• Is comfortable with data—knows what’s needed, where to find it, and how to use it to inform measurable decisions
• Is adaptable, curious, and mission-driven

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
A bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations, nonprofit leadership, or a related field is preferred. Relevant professional experience can substitute for formal education; candidates with five or more years of demonstrated leadership in communications, public engagement, or partnership development qualify regardless of degree field.

OUR TEAM & VALUES
We love what we do—and we passionately pursue the mission with strategy, purpose, and a deep commitment to living our core values to support the team, visitors, and community. We bring joy to science by approaching our work with curiosity, collaboration, and a spirit of deliberate experimentation. We’re committed to building spaces where everyone feels a sense of belonging—from our team to the people we serve. Our team works together in a dynamic, supportive environment built on well-laid systems. Specialties aren’t siloed—they are collaborative, cross-functional, and strategically aligned to ensure we deliver the best possible experiences for our visitors and our team.

MORE DETAILS YOU’LL WANT TO KNOW
This position reports to the COO, is on the leadership team, and works closely with department leads. Other duties may be assigned as necessary but will remain within the reasonable scope of Public Engagement Director responsibilities. The salary for this position is $68,000, DOE. Benefits include health, vision, dental, Aflac, pet, and/or life insurance, a health savings account, employer matched IRA, and PTO.

READY TO JOIN THE TEAM?
To apply, email your resume and cover letter to gscience@gscience.org with the subject line “Public Engagement Director Application.” We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran status, or other differences. Need accommodation during the application process? Email us at gscience@gscience.org with the subject line “Job Application Accommodations.

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Posted March 10, 2026
Vice President of People & Culture
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
Portland, Oregon
Salary Range: $160,176

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is seeking a strategic, emotionally intelligent Vice President of People and Culture to lead our people systems for both paid and volunteer staff, reaching a diverse employee base and inspiring productivity. The Vice President of People and Culture is a senior executive leader responsible for defining and shaping an inclusive, high-performing organizational culture that enables OMSI to advance its mission and long-term vision across both paid staff and volunteers. Reporting to the President and CEO, the Vice President provides strategic leadership, clarity, a vision for talent strategy, organizational development, human resources, compensation, volunteer engagement, performance management, and people systems. This role ensures OMSI’s people practices are aligned with its values, strategic priorities, and commitment to equity, belonging, continuous learning, and organizational development.

The Vice President leads the design and implementation of enterprise-wide people systems
that support organizational effectiveness, inclusivity, and long-term sustainability, including
but not limited to workforce planning, performance management, compensation and
benefits, learning and development, and employee and volunteer engagement. The role
balances strategic leadership with operational excellence, overseeing compliant, integrated, and data-informed systems while guiding change management during periods of growth, transformation, and complexity. This role partners with leaders to build strong management capability, clarify roles and accountability, foster trust, transparency, and collaboration.

As a trusted advisor to the CEO and Leadership Team, the Vice President plays a critical role
in strengthening organizational health and future readiness. Using data, insight, and relationship-based leadership, this role advances equity and inclusion, improves staff and volunteer experience, and supports the development of leaders and teams at all levels to ensure OMSI is a great place to work. If you know an experienced people leader passionate about inclusive, high-performing organizations, please share.

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Posted March 3, 2026
Vice President of Visitor Experience & Earned Revenue
The Museum of Flight
Seattle, Washington
Salary Range: $161,000 — $258,000 depending on experience

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary Vice President of Visitor Experience & Earned Revenue to lead the Museum’s integrated growth strategy and shape the future of our audience engagement. This executive will unite creative experience design, marketing and communications, audience development, and earned revenue into a powerful, cohesive engine that drives attendance, deepens visitor connection, and ensures long-term sustainability. As a key member of the Executive Team, this leader will translate powerful aerospace storytelling into measurable growth and lasting institutional impact.

Summary
The Vice President of Visitor Experience & Earned Revenue is a senior executive leader responsible for shaping and advancing the Museum’s overall growth strategy by integrating creative experience design, audience development, marketing, and communications, and earned revenue into a unified and sustainable growth model. This role holds direct accountability for earned revenue performance and attendance growth and serves as Executive Sponsor for the Museum’s Experience strategy. The Vice President ensures that exhibits, programs, events, and visitor-facing experiences reflect compelling storytelling, creative excellence, and emotional resonance. These efforts drive repeat visitation, deepen audience connection, and strengthen long-term relevance. As the enterprise leader over creative exhibit design, marketing, and communications, and earned revenue functions, this role aligns strong director-level expertise into a cohesive, high-performing system. The Vice President establishes shared strategic priorities, resolves tradeoffs, and ensures these areas operate as an integrated growth engine. As a member of the Executive Team, this role partners across the organization and serves as the Museum’s Board-level subject-matter expert on audience growth, experience performance, and earned revenue sustainability.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.
Experience, Exhibitions, & Creative Strategy

• Provide executive leadership for the vision, development, and lifecycle of permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibits, as well as visitor-facing programs and experiences.
• Serve as Executive Sponsor for the Museum’s Experience strategy, ensuring compelling, inclusive, and emotionally engaging experiences across physical and digital platforms.
• Champion creative excellence and storytelling as primary drivers of visitor connection, relevance, and repeat visitation – ensuring experiences tell clear, human-centered stories of aerospace innovation.
• Partner with Curatorial, Collections, Education, and Operations leadership to align content, creative direction, audience appeal, and operational feasibility.
• Advance an Experience Master Plan, aligned with the Campus Plan, which reflects audience behavior and experience design best practices.
• Apply financial discipline and audience insight to experience investments, ensuring alignment with audience growth, inclusion, earned revenue performance, and long-term sustainability goals.

Earned Revenue Strategy & Growth

• Hold organization-level accountability for earned revenue performance, approximately $12M annually, ensuring sustainable growth aligned with mission and long-term financial health.
• Define and oversee a comprehensive earned revenue strategy across admissions, retail, simulators, private events, premium experiences, and related revenue streams.
• Establish strategic frameworks for pricing, product mix, portfolio management, and revenue optimization while balancing access, mission impact, and financial return.
• Partner with Finance to align multi-year forecasts, capital investments, and revenue targets with institutional strategy.
• Evaluate and prioritize growth opportunities, partnerships, and business models based on financial return, strategic value, operational feasibility, and audience impact.

Marketing, Communications & Audience Development

• Define and oversee the Museum’s integrated marketing, communications, public relations, and digital strategies, ensuring brand clarity, emotional resonance, and measurable contribution to audience growth and earned revenue.
• Establish and oversee a cohesive brand, storytelling, and communications strategy across all channels, ensuring consistent positioning, emotional resonance, and measurable contribution to audience growth and earned revenue.
• Provide executive oversight of content strategy and audience communications to ensure alignment with visitor experience and institutional priorities.
• Allocate resources and guide internal teams and external partners to maximize return on marketing investment.
• Build and evolve internal marketing capabilities aligned with growth and experience objectives.

Data, Analytics & Decision-Making

• Champion the development and use of visitor, attendance, and revenue data to inform strategy, investment decisions, and performance evaluation.
• Advance data maturity by establishing clear performance frameworks, measurement practices, and audience research capabilities to inform strategic decisions.
• Establish clear performance metrics and dashboards to track marketing effectiveness, visitor behavior, experience performance, and earned revenue outcomes.
• Foster a culture of learning and experimentation grounded in data and evidence.

Executive Leadership & Board Engagement

• Serve as a key member of the Executive Team, contributing to enterprise-wide strategy, planning, and decision-making.
• Establish shared strategic priorities and resolve tradeoffs across experience development, marketing, and earned revenue to drive cohesive institutional growth.
• Serve as the Museum’s executive subject-matter expert on audience growth, experience performance, and earned revenue sustainability.
• Inform campus planning and long-term capacity strategy by providing insights on audience demand, earned revenue potential, and visitor behavior to support data-driven decisions about space, programming, and infrastructure.
• Support and engage with the Board of Trustees and relevant committees, including presenting earned revenue results, visitor trends, experience initiatives, risks, and opportunities.
• Represent the Museum publicly, including media engagements, community partnerships, and speaking opportunities, as appropriate and in coordination with the CEO.

People Leadership & Culture

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing leadership team, providing clarity of priorities, accountability, and support for innovation.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, experimentation, learning, and shared ownership of results.
• Advance the Museum’s commitment to equity, inclusion, and belonging through audience-centered leadership and inclusive experiences.

Qualifications
Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, finance, sales, communications, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred. A combination of education and relevant experience may be considered in lieu of degree.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of senior leadership experience with direct responsibility for visitor-focused strategies, audience development, and earned revenue growth.
• Demonstrated success leading revenue-driven marketing, experience, and growth strategies in attractions, cultural institutions, performing arts, entertainment, hospitality, or similar visitor-centered organizations.
• Experience presenting to Boards or senior governance bodies on financial and strategic performance strongly preferred.

Knowledge

• Creative direction and storytelling leadership in cultural, entertainment, or mission-driven organizations.
• Earned revenue models in visitor-centered organizations.
• Consumer and visitor behavior, demand generation, and pricing strategies.
• Marketing, communications, and digital engagement channels.
• Experience design principles and lifecycle management for exhibits and programs.
• Financial concepts including forecasting, ROI, and performance measurement.
• Use of qualitative and quantitative research to inform decision-making.

Skills

• Strategic planning and execution.
• Financial information analysis and analytical reasoning.
• Data-informed decision-making.
• Executive communication and presentation.
• Cross-functional collaboration and influence.
• People leadership, coaching, and team development.
• Change leadership and organizational alignment.

Abilities

• Ability to evaluate and guide creative concepts and narrative development at an executive level.
• Ability to own and deliver complex, multi-dimensional outcomes.
• Ability to lead through influence rather than direct control.
• Ability to balance creativity with discipline and financial stewardship.
• Ability to operate effectively amid ambiguity, risk, and evolving priorities.
• Ability to engage credibly with senior leaders, Boards, and external stakeholders.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Leadership: Sets clear direction, makes tradeoffs, and aligns people and resources to achieve outcomes.
• Audience-Centered Thinking: Designs and champions experiences grounded in audience needs, behaviors, and inclusion.
• Creative & Experience Leadership: Elevates storytelling, design quality, and emotional resonance while aligning with institutional strategy.
• Revenue & Business Acumen: Understands financial drivers and uses them to inform strategy and decisions.
• Data & Learning Orientation: Uses data, testing, and learning to improve decisions and outcomes.
• Collaboration & Influence: Builds trust, aligns diverse stakeholders, and drives progress through partnership.
• Change & Innovation Leadership: Leads transformation thoughtfully, balancing innovation with risk management.
• Equity & Inclusion Leadership: Advances inclusive practices and experiences that reflect and welcome diverse communities.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• The schedule for this position is generally Monday – Friday; 9am – 5pm. Final schedule is determined by the Supervisor.
• May require working additional hours including evenings and weekends based on Museum need.
• Some travel may be expected for this position.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Able to lift up to 25 pounds with or without assistance.
• This position works in an office environment with long sedentary periods and repetitive wrist and arm movement.
• The ability to focus, bend, carry, reach to the side, front and overhead, push, pull, walk, stand, twist and squat are occasional requirements in a normal office setting.
• Onsite attendance is essential to perform some of the duties of this position; ability to move through physical Museum campus spaces including occasionally outdoors in variable weather.

Benefits
The Museum of Flight offers full-time employees a generous and comprehensive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, a 403(b) retirement plan with a 5% match after 1 year of service, Employee Assistance Program, as well as company paid life insurance, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, and long-term disability.

Paid-Time Off
Our paid time-off plans include 2 weeks of accrued sick (80 hours) leave and 5 weeks of vacation (200 hours) per year, 10 paid holidays, and 2 floating holidays.

Important Information
The Museum of Flight is committed to reflecting the diverse community around us. We continue to listen, learn, and implement change so that we can become a more inclusive organization that addresses bias and inequity, and better serves our communities. We highly encourage persons of color, members of marginalized communities, women, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ individuals to apply. Prior to hire and once an initial offer of employment has been made, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the position. The Museum of Flight is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, color, age, sex, religion, national origin, disability, veteran’s status, sexual orientation, or gender identity/expression. This organization participates in E-Verify.

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Posted March 3, 2026
President and Chief Executive Officer
Utah’s Hogle Zoo
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salary Range: $250,000 commensurate with experience

Utah’s Hogle Zoo (Hogle Zoo, the Zoo), one of the state’s most iconic cultural institutions and a leader in animal wellbeing, seeks a new Chief Executive Officer to guide the Zoo into its next era. The Zoo reached a historic milestone in 2025 when it received a rare perfect score during its reaccreditation by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), becoming only the 10th institution to attain this achievement. With this achievement as a foundation, the next CEO will build on this momentum and commitment to exceptional care.

This is a moment of possibility for the organization. Operating in a crowded ecosystem that values family-friendly attractions, Hogle Zoo can solidify its place as the cultural organization for the state. The Zoo benefits from a talented, mission-driven team and a community that cares about the organization’s successful future. With important work already underway, guided by a strategic plan with broad buy-in, and an ambitious vision guiding the years ahead, the next CEO will have the opportunity to expand the Zoo’s impact, strengthen key partnerships, and elevate its role as a leader in conservation, education, and guest experience.

The CEO will steward relationships with state and county partners, maintain the Zoo’s excellent reputation for animal wellbeing, and ensure that Hogle Zoo continues to deliver meaningful, accessible, and inspiring experiences for more than 900,000 annual guests. The CEO reports to a highly engaged 21-member Board of Directors and leads a four-member executive team, which oversees a staff of 145 full-time employees and more than 80 seasonal employees. The new CEO must be an experienced and strategic leader with a deep commitment to the Zoo’s mission to create champions for wildlife and foster a world where people and wildlife thrive together. The successful CEO will build trust through transparency, amplify the Zoo’s existing strengths, and introduce fresh thinking and an innovative spirit, positioning the Zoo for continued success.

Utah’s Hogle Zoo has retained Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to support the search. Please submit all inquiries, nominations, and applications (including CVs and letters of interest) through the Isaacson, Miller website.

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Posted February 25, 2026
Chief Executive Officer
Science World
Vancouver, British Colombia
Salary Range: $275,000 — $325,000 (CAD), supplemented by a competitive total rewards package

Science World is one of British Columbia’s most iconic and beloved cultural institutions. From its instantly recognizable geodesic dome on Vancouver’s False Creek waterfront to its province-wide outreach programs, Science World inspires curiosity, advances STEAM literacy, and empowers learners of all ages through hands-on, imaginative, and impactful experiences. Guided by its mission – Through science and nature, we ignite wonder and empower dreams – Science World plays a vital public role at the intersection of education, innovation, and community engagement. As the organization enters an exciting phase of renewal, the Board of Directors is seeking an exceptional leader to serve as its next Chief Executive Officer. Reporting to the Board, the CEO will provide visionary, strategic, and operational leadership to advance Science World’s mission, financial sustainability, and long-term relevance. This is a rare opportunity to lead a high-profile, public-facing organization through a period of modernization and growth by strengthening earned and philanthropic revenue, evolving mission-based programming, delivering complex capital and technology projects, and positioning Science World for long-term success. The CEO will serve as the public face of Science World, building strong relationships with staff, donors, governments, partners, and the broader community, while fostering a culture of accountability, inclusion, and operational excellence.

Key Areas of Focus

• Strategic Leadership: Execute the current strategic plan through 2027 and lead the development of a new 3–5 year strategy beginning in 2028, aligning mission impact, financial sustainability, and long-term capital planning.
• Operational Excellence: Drive disciplined execution, clear priorities, and performance accountability across a complex, multi-year transformation.
• Financial & Fundraising Leadership: Strengthen earned revenue performance, ensure sound financial stewardship, and lead the evolution of fundraising to a sustainable long-term level.
• People & Culture: Build strong, trusting relationships across the organization; develop leadership capability; and unite frontline and management teams around shared goals.
• External Leadership: Act as a credible ambassador for Science World, deepening relationships with donors, partners, governments, and the community, and safeguarding the organization’s brand and reputation.
• Facilities & Capital Stewardship: Provide executive oversight of major facility, exhibit, and technology renewal projects and ensure long-term asset sustainability.

The successful candidate will be a proven, execution-oriented senior executive with strong operational credibility and experience leading complex, mission-driven, public-facing organizations. They bring high integrity, humility, emotional intelligence, and a visible, engaged leadership presence. They are a compelling communicator and relationship builder, with strengths in fundraising, government relations, and working with a committed Board or Directors.

If this is the next step in your professional career, please visit our website and submit your application to Allison Rzen and Shelina Esmail at www.pfmsearch.com.

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