Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Impress employers and recruiters.
Choose from hundreds of resume examples.
Target Resume Now
About the Role
Ruchman and Associates, Inc. (RAI) is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead daily operations, workforce management, and service delivery for a high-visibility federal museum. This role involves operational oversight in visitor services, education programming, IT/AV technical support, and surge staffing for a facility expected to host 300,000 visitors annually.
Responsibilities
- Provide overall leadership, quality control, scheduling, and risk management for all museum support functions.
- Direct daily operations across Visitor Services, Education & Public Programming, and Technical/AV Support.
- Manage staffing plans, shift coverage, and performance for a year-round operating schedule.
- Oversee recruitment, onboarding, and training of baseline and surge personnel.
- Support new hire onboarding including Tier 1 NACI background check.
- Maintain operational readiness and ensure rapid response to technical outages, exhibit issues, and visitor-flow challenges.
- Coordinate with USCG stakeholders, museum leadership, and contractor team members.
- Lead project phase in activities to achieve full operational capability.
- Monitor SLAs, produce performance reports, and implement corrective actions.
- Manage risk, safety stewardship, and crowd control strategies during peak visitor periods.
- Support event operations, VIP visits, and high-visibility public engagements.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in management, public administration, museum studies, business, or related field.
- 5–8 years of experience managing operations, programs, or staff in a museum, cultural institution, visitor-center, federal facility, or high-volume public attraction.
- Demonstrated experience supervising multi-disciplinary teams (visitor services, education, technical support).
- Proven ability to manage staffing schedules, shift coverage, and high-turnover roles.
- Strong background in quality assurance, risk management, and customer-facing operations.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Tier 1 (T1) / NACI Public Trust clearance.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, and conflict-resolution skills.
- Ability to support occasional extended hours during peak events.
Skills
- Quality control
- Scheduling
- Risk management
- Staffing
- Recruitment
- Onboarding
- Training
- Performance reporting
- Stakeholder engagement
- Conflict resolution
Location
- Onsite
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5-8 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Master's degree (preferred)
About the Company
- Ruchman and Associates, Inc. (RAI) is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
- RAI participates in the E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all persons hired.
Equal Opportunity
- RAI is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and will not discriminate against any application for employment on the basis of age, race, color, gender, national origin, religion, creed, disability, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military status, disability, or sex including pregnancy and childbirth or related medical condition or on any other basis prohibited by law.