Director of Audience, Insights, Research and Evaluation

We are the nation's art museum, home to a renowned collection of over 160,000 works of art from antiquity to today. Millions of people come through our doors each year—with even more online—making us one of the most visited art museums in the world. Located on the National Mall, admission to the West and East Buildings, Sculpture Garden, special exhibitions, and public programs is always free.

The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. This position is located in the Department of Visitor Experience and Evaluation (DD-VE) and reports to the Chief Experience Officer. The Director of Audience Insights, Research, and Evaluation leads the Gallery's audience, research and evaluation functions, ensuring that the Gallery develops a comprehensive understanding of its audiences and applies that knowledge to institutional strategy, decision-making, and continuous improvement. Duties for this position include. Works closely with the Chief Experience Officer developing and establishing long-range strategy/priorities for audience research and evaluation ensuring alignment with institutional goals and emerging needs. Leads cross-departmental insights initiatives, develops external research partnerships, and advances responsible methods and professional exchange. Synthesizes research, visitation, and market data into recommendations for institutional decisions. Prioritizes research requests and allocates staff capacity and funding according to institutional significance, audience impact, and available resources. Assigns work, evaluates performance, coaches staff, and oversees project-based contract personnel.

Qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. For information on qualification requirements, see Qualification Standards Handbook for General Schedule Positions viewable on OPM Website. It is your responsibility to ensure that you submit appropriate documentation prior to the closing date. Your resume serves as the basis for qualification determinations and must highlight your most relevant and significant experience as it relates to this job announcement. Be clear and specific when describing your work history since human resources cannot make assumptions regarding your experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Your resume must include the dates of all qualifying experience (from month/year to month/year) and the number of hours worked/volunteered per week.

This position does not have an education requirement.