About This Role
Leading the Hong Kong Palace Museum, this role involves developing overall strategy and programming to establish it as a prime destination for arts and culture. The director will oversee governance, steer collection and content development, and foster relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the Palace Museum and other international institutions.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development of the museum’s overall strategy and plan overall programming to achieve the mission and vision of Hong Kong Palace Museum (HKPM)
- Oversee the implementation of governance and other policies for HKPM and ensure they align with the vision and mission set by the Boards of WKCDA and HKPM
- Steer the collection and content development of HKPM with engagement with internal and external stakeholders, including the Palace Museum, the WKCDA Board, the HKPM Board, donors, and sponsors
- Develop a close working relationship with the Palace Museum as the collaborative partner of the HKPM and engage the Palace Museum in providing expert advice on curatorial matters, its collections, exhibitions, programming, and merchandise
- Undertake necessary discussion and conclude agreements with the Palace Museum on matters related to the arrangement of exhibitions, including the selection of artefacts, loan period, loan fee, insurance and indemnity arrangement, conservation of collections on loan, and intellectual property rights
- Develop the destination planning, events programming, education/learning programmes, initiatives for professional development, cultural exchange programmes with the Palace Museum, and publication programmes
- Foster collaborative partnerships with other national/international museums and stay abreast of best programme and management practices
- Actively steer the fundraising function of HKPM and cultivate relationships with major stakeholders for fundraising, including major gifts, donations, and sponsorship for special projects, operations, and development of HKPM collections
- Promote the museum’s vision, branding, and programmes locally, in Chinese Mainland, and overseas. Represent the museum at national and regional conferences or other events
- Collaborate with local and non-local partners to organise programmes (including education, audience-building, research, collection, and exhibition) as well as preparations for the displays of the collections in the museum building
- Formulate the HKPM budget and Key Performance Targets, and oversee their implementation; take a leading role in developing the positioning of museum shops and restaurants and identify opportunities for developing new revenue streams
- Partner with other functional teams in WKCDA to establish an effective and workable balance as well as optimised interfaces regarding facilities management, safety and security, front-of-house services, and other corporate services such as human resources, finance, legal, and marketing
