Head of Digital Collections Initiatives

Head Of Digital Collections Initiatives Under the guidance of the Director of Collections, the Head of Digital Collections Initiatives leads strategy for the Museum's digital collections ecosystem, coordinating cross-departmental efforts, and overseeing the development of systems, integrations, standards, and workflows that advance the Museum's digital transformation. The position manages and coordinates all aspects of the Digital Collections Initiatives unit, including the areas of digitization, digital asset management, and rights and reproductions, generating institutional revenue, managing the unit budget and supporting digital access to collections for internal and external audiences. The role ensures that the museum's digital assets are responsibly managed, widely accessible, and leveraged to support research, exhibits and public engagement. This position works closely with Collections, Curation and Exhibitions, IT, Communications, Education, and Institutional Advancement to align digital initiatives with institutional priorities, secure philanthropic support and strengthen the museum's role as a leading research institution. Essential functions include managing the day-to-day operations of the Digital Collections Initiatives unit, leading the strategic planning and governance of the museum's digital collections ecosystem, serving as project manager for digital collections initiatives, overseeing collections-related digital systems, overseeing the Museum's Rights and Reproductions program, advising the Director of Collections in developing annual departmental goals, collaborating with IT and internal stakeholders to ensure systems integration, leading the development of cross-departmental workflows for collections-related digitization, establishing technical standards, developing an institutional digitization strategy, overseeing digitization initiatives, expanding public access to digitized collections, developing and implementing processes for collecting and analyzing user feedback and metrics, participating in institutional committees, monitoring emerging technologies, developing strategic partnerships, and fostering a collaborative culture. Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in library and information science, museum studies, digital humanities, archival studies, or related field required, with an advanced degree preferred. Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible experience managing digital collections, digital asset management, or digital initiatives within a museum, archives, library, or cultural heritage institution is required. Experience leading complex, multi-year digital projects, supervising staff, developing workflows, overseeing digital collections systems, and knowledge of metadata standards, digital preservation standards, system integrations, and digital infrastructure is also required. Strong strategic planning, leadership and project management skills, excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills, ability to advocate for digital initiatives, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and commitment to accessibility, inclusion, and responsible stewardship of cultural heritage materials are also required.