Senior Director, Communications

Innovation and creativity come from the unique perspectives of a diverse staff. We value your perspective.

As science and technology increasingly shape our lives, the Museum of Science strives to equip and inspire everyone to use science for the global good while keeping up with the pace of change. Among the world's largest science centers and New England's most attended cultural institution, we engage nearly five million people a year – at Science Park and in museums around the world, in classrooms, and online.

The Museum's singular location connecting Boston and Cambridge puts us at the junction of some of the world's most influential academic institutions and industries, local and state government, schools, and the public. Trusted by each sector, we are ideally positioned to convene, inspire, and create meaningful experiences for all. Come join us on our mission to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone and living our vision for a world where science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us.

As Senior Director, Communications, you will own the Museum's earned media strategy and reputation, defining the stories we tell, the platforms on which we tell them, and the people we need to tell them with us. You will shape how journalists, civic leaders, funders, partners, and the public understand and talk about the Museum of Science at a pivotal moment in its history.

This is not a traditional museum PR role. The ideal candidate thinks like a brand builder and operates like a strategist, someone with deep Boston roots and a national network, commercial instincts, and mission conviction, and the creativity and speed to generate real cultural momentum. You will work hand in hand with the VP, Marketing and Brand, the Creative Director, Marketing, and the VP, Digital Content to ensure that earned media, paid campaigns, and brand creative are all pulling in the same direction to drive outcomes.

Own the Earned Media and Reputation Strategy

• Develop and execute a bold, integrated PR strategy that drives measurable outcomes: media coverage, brand visibility, attendance, membership, donor engagement, and institutional reputation, locally, nationally, and globally.
• Shape the Museum's public narrative and brand positioning through earned channels, ensuring every story, media hit, and public moment reinforces the Museum's identity as a world-leading science brand.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with journalists, editors, producers, podcasters, and digital outlets across science, culture, education, innovation, and entertainment.
• Set and track earned media KPIs, coverage volume, sentiment, share of voice, audience reach, and use data to continuously refine the strategy.

Lead the Public Science Common Launch

• Serve as the communications architect for the October 2026 opening of the Public Science Common, the most significant cultural venue launch in Boston in a generation, and the defining institutional moment of the Museum's 2030 vision.
• Build and execute a pre-launch communications plan that builds anticipation, earns national and international coverage, and positions the Public Science Common as a must-see destination before the doors open.
• Coordinate closely with the VP, Marketing and Brand, and the Creative Director to ensure launch messaging, brand creative, and PR campaigns are unified and mutually reinforcing, one story told many ways.
• Develop the post-launch media strategy that sustains momentum, drives repeat coverage and keeps the Public Science Common in the cultural conversation long after the opening.

Drive Executive and Institutional Thought Leadership

• Partner with the CEO and Co‑Chief Marketing & Digital Officers, Center leads, and museum science specialists to build and elevate their public profiles, securing speaking engagements, op‑ed placements, podcast appearances, and media opportunities that establish them as leading voices on science, education, and public engagement.
• Develop compelling, on‑brand narratives, speeches, op‑eds, talking points, keynotes, that translate the Museum's mission and ambition into language that resonates…