BAM seeks a strategic, operationally-minded, and experienced Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to join the senior leadership team.
Chief Administrative Officer
Position Profile
About the Opportunity
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) stands at an important moment of transformation and rebirth. Like many cultural organizations rebounding from the pandemic, BAM has been developing new practices and regaining momentum with its programming and its audiences. With its sustained capacity to program a broad array of distinguished artists, its commitment to engaging the public in a variety of artistic formats, and its ability to give life to captivating productions like this past springs re-imagining of A Streetcar Named Desire, BAM continues to possess remarkable opportunities to bring audiences together for both extraordinary and everyday artistic experiences. Alongside that accomplishment, BAM continues to fortify its staffing structures, operating systems, and administrative practices, across its four spaces. As our world evolves, BAM remains one of the most unique and impactful performing arts organizations not just in New York City, but across the country and globe.
To strengthen the infrastructure of this legacy institution and build upon its commitment to the people, both artists and arts workers, that make this organization successful, BAM seeks a strategic, operationally-minded, and experienced Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to join the senior leadership team. The CAO will be a trusted advisor and direct report to the President, another important liaison to the Board, and helpful counselor to the Senior Leadership team. They will oversee BAMs Human Resources, Facilities, Security, and Capital Projects departments. The successful candidate will also possess a passion for the performing arts, an admiration for BAMs history and its place in the national and local cultural landscape, and an excitement for the challenges of sustaining an organization of this scale in New York City.
The Chief Administrative Officer will be a strong manager, interested in both sustaining previously established practices and improving upon systems. They must be a calm, thoughtful, and steady hand, in times of crisis or conflict. A practiced diplomat and attentive listener, they will be a sounding board for many leaders within the organization and ready to help the organization through change and augmentations. The CAO will benefit from previous experience working with labor unions, as this is a large part of BAMs workforce. Finally, they will need to be both strategic, with a mind for organizational design and efficiency, and also adaptable, ready to be hands-on when necessary and communicative with a variety of stakeholders.
About BAM
A world-class home for adventurous artists, audiences, and ideas, BAM is North Americas oldest multi-disciplinary arts center, showcasing the work of emerging artists and modern icons.
For more than 160 years, BAM has been a thriving, urban multi-arts complex renowned for presenting an unparalleled roster of visionary and cutting-edge dance, theater, music, opera, visual arts, literature, and film engagements. Attracting more than 750,000 people annually to its home in Brooklyn, BAM provides a welcoming cultural stage and meeting place for global and local communities of all backgrounds. BAMs distinctive multi-theater campus is alive year-round with inspired new engagements and signature programs alike including the renowned Next Wave (one of the worlds most influential festivals of contemporary performing arts, founded in 1983), the iconic DanceAfrica, an acclaimed repertory film program, and literary, archival, educational and humanities programs. For more information, visit BAM.org.
Job Description
The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) will lead and integrate the organization's administrative and infrastructure functions, ensuring they are aligned with and support BAMs artistic and cultural mission. Reporting to the President and serving as a key member of the senior leadership team, the CAO will oversee Human Resources, Facilities, Security, and Capital Projects. This is a critical leadership role for a mission-driven, forward-looking leader who can strengthen organizational capacity, steward vital resources, and help shape a people-centered, future-ready workplace.
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The salary for this position is $275,000-]]> <
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