Description

The Dean serves as an Executive Officer of the Gallery and leads the Center’s internationally recognized programs of fellowships, convenings, publications, and research. The Dean provides visionary leadership to maximize resources and ensure that the Center advances scholarship in art history, architecture, and related fields at the highest level of excellence.

Leadership, Vision, and Strategy

Provide sound leadership to facilitate ongoing research and foster Center programs, ensuring their continued excellence and relevance.
Position the Center as a visible driver of the Gallery’s leadership role in shaping how museums and the academy integrate research and public engagement in the 21st century.
Collaborate closely with curatorial, education, conservation, and digital teams to ensure the Center’s work informs and enriches the Gallery’s exhibitions, interpretation, and public programs.
Program Oversight and Research Advancement

Encourage and support modes of publication, symposia, and digital platforms that make cutting-edge research accessible to general audiences as well as specialists.
Design academic programs/scholarly meetings and lecture series that explicitly bridge scholarly work with public interest in the arts, history, and culture.
Guide the Center’s fellowship programs, including the recruitment and supervision of approximately 45 fellows annually.
Management and Executive Responsibilities

Manage and mentor staff with clarity and purpose, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
Ensure clear and proactive reporting to the Director on the Center’s priorities, performance, and impact. Clear executive summaries are also expected periodically for other senior leadership team members and the Board.
Establish and manage the Center’s budget of both private and public funds with accountability and transparency, maximizing the use of resources for public benefit
Representation and Engagement

Use national and international platforms to highlight the Gallery’s desired role as a future leader in connecting advanced scholarship to broad public discourse on the arts. Foster partnerships with peer institutions that amplify the Gallery’s profile as both a scholarly authority and a public-serving museum.
Represent the Center and the Gallery at national and international meetings, symposia, and committees of prominence.
Serve in leadership roles within scholarly and cultural organizations, advancing the visibility and influence of the Center.
 

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May be required to successfully complete a probationary period
Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant work experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to this job opportunity. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

Requirements

Qualifications

Commitment to the Gallery’s mission, vision, and values.
PhD in art history or a related field required.
Exceptional communication, diplomacy, and organizational skills, with the capacity to inspire confidence among colleagues, trustees, donors, fellows, and the public.
Wide international and national experience in university, museum, or cultural settings.
Extensive record of impact-driven publications and compelling research, resulting in  significant contributions to scholarship, public discourse, applied museum work, and/or recognition as a leader in the field.
Vision for new directions on the future of art-historical research.
Strong administrative experience, preferably leading an independent institute, museum, center, or a large university department.
Experience with personnel management, executive level reporting, fellowships, publications, academic programs/scholarly meetings, research programming, and budget responsibility.
Demonstrated ability to provide intellectual leadership and amplify community building, while fostering open exchange and rigorous debate.
Broad domestic and international scholarly reputation, with evidence of leadership roles on key committees, organizations, and boards.
Ability to communicate complex scholarly ideas to both specialist and general audiences.
Invested in intergenerational learning and exchange.
Boundless curiosity.
Agility and adaptability, both intellectually and socially.
Ability to speak and read more than one language.
Fundraising experience is a plus.