Senior Manager (Public Programmes)

The Senior Manager (Public Programmes) leads SAM's public programmes as a key platform for widening access to contemporary art practice. The role develops accessible, engaging and critically grounded programmes for broad publics, with a particular focus on youth, families and community groups. These programmes should connect audiences meaningfully to SAM's exhibitions, collections, commissions and institutional priorities, while expanding how contemporary art can be experienced, discussed and participated in.

Working closely with the wider institution, the role is responsible for advancing public access to contemporary art practice at SAM, with a particular focus on youth, families and first‑time museum publics. This means developing programmes that create meaningful entry points into complex artistic ideas without simplifying them, and that position SAM as a museum where contemporary art can be encountered through curiosity, participation, dialogue and shared...