Programme Lead, Business, Client Relationship Management

Salary:£40,395 – £45,054

Contract type:
Temporary (January 2029)

Department:

Programme

We are Scotland’s design museum.

Designed for everyone, firing imaginations and sparking curiosity in design across Scotland and around the world.

At V&A Dundee we are on a mission to inspire and empower through design.

Design shapes our world, it's part of everyday life and it's everywhere. We are a museum with energy and have a vision of the future where everyone is inspired through design and recognizes its far-reaching impact in our lives.

We are a welcoming place for people of Dundee to explore design and to use as an everyday part of their city, as well as inviting visitors from around the world.

We are part of the V&A family of museums that celebrate creativity in all its forms from across centuries, for everyone.

The post will lead the delivery of a major national partnership project exploring the cultural and historical relationship between Scotland and cinema.

V&A Dundee and Screen Scotland (the Strategic Partners) are seeking a Programme Lead who will strategically drive the national partnership opportunities, manage stakeholders and oversee the operational aspects of the project's development. The post holder will play a pivotal role in shaping partnership agreements and external relationships, acting as the central point of contact between the Strategic Partners, the project's Creative Consultant and a growing network of partners and collaborators.

Internally, the Programme Lead will work alongside the curatorial and production teams to manage resource, timelines and budget, chair organisation-wide Project Team Meetings and support cross-organisational communications. They will join a small, focused team as the project moves from research and development into operational delivery, and will work with colleagues across the organisation as well as partner organisations, a reference group and external stakeholders.

We welcome applications from individuals currently working within the Scottish screen sector and would be pleased to consider secondment opportunities.

• Act as the central point of contact between the Strategic Partners.
• Liaise with the Strategic Partners to finalise the strategic partnership agreement, including roles, responsibilities and organisational commitments.
• Implement and facilitate a programme of strategic partnership planning and delivery sessions, supporting the project's development from research phase to operational delivery.
• Act as the main point of contact between the project's independent Creative Consultant and the Strategic Partners.
• Develop and oversee the agreement between the Creative Consultant and the Strategic Partners, including roles and responsibilities and the invoicing schedule.

• Work with the Strategic Partners to scope the full potential of the national partnership, assessing and defining potential partners, stakeholders and collaborators.
• Initiate partnership relationships and drive them from first introduction, through creative collaboration, to confirmed partnership agreement.

• Work with the Strategic Partners to develop and confirm project aims and objectives, KPIs and evaluation methodology.
• Act as the central point of contact across all partners, ensuring the coherent development of programme planning.
• Work with the Strategic Partners and wider partners to map potential project deliverables (e.g. cinema programme, conference, learning programme), developing a confirmed timeline and a clear programme of activity.
• Ensure organisational commitments to equality, diversity and inclusion are embedded through all stages of programme planning,…