National Geographic Society

Manager

• Develop and administer learning, leadership development, and mentorship programming for Explorers funded through the new research and conservation program
• Design, produce, facilitate, and manage educational offerings aligned with the Explorer Capacity Development program
• Develop plans for in-person and online learning and community-building opportunities for Explorer cohorts
• Adapt existing capacity development offerings to meet target-audience needs
• Design and pilot engaging learning activities to support knowledge exchange within Explorer cohorts
• Create supporting materials and media, including rubrics, worksheets, slide decks, videos, and facilitation guides
• Apply inclusive design principles to promote accessibility of content and learning experiences
• Facilitate in-person and virtual learning sessions with Explorer facilitators and subject matter experts
• Facilitate Explorer online courses, including course cloning and edits, course communications, and facilitator support
• Facilitate mentorship and knowledge exchange opportunities, including mentor and mentee orientation and ongoing support
• Collaborate with the Explorer Community team to integrate Explorers into the broader community
• Organize and manage materials for in-person and online offerings
• Manage workshop and course logistics, timelines, participation, deliverables, participant feedback, contracts, and invoices
• Monitor and assess offering effectiveness to inform strategy and decision-making
• Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to meet timelines, align deliverables, and adapt offerings
• Support communication and relationship management with Explorers and the cross-departmental team

Manager, Explorer Capacity Development

General

• Support the Exploration Technology Lab’s operational execution of technology access and support programs from launch through close and follow-up
• Perform administrative and operational tasks, conservation technology research, and manage logistics, communications, and data infrastructure
• Support strategic development and adaptive management of Exploration Technology Lab programs and portfolios
• Conduct research, program planning, landscape analyses, and technology comparisons
• Identify emerging tools or methods and synthesize findings into actionable summaries
• Ingest, organize, maintain, update, and report program and field-collected data
• Create forms, reports, campaigns, and dashboards to visualize program impact
• Administer evaluation touchpoints and surveys
• Support hardware and material acquisition, shipping, expense reporting, and equipment tracking
• Schedule meetings, draft and distribute agendas, take notes, track action items, and manage project records
• Support administration of collaborators, independent contractors, and partners, including contracts and paperwork
• Support Explorer technology opportunity outreach from recruitment through active program involvement
• Collect, draft, edit, and distribute content and programmatic surveys
• Build distribution lists, coordinate with partners and stakeholders, monitor communication channels, and address routine questions
• Report to the Director, Product Development

Specialist, Exploration Technology Lab

Project Manager

• Develop structured, time-bound project plans for Advancement priorities, including campaigns, appeals, events, and donor initiatives
• Establish and manage project governance, intake, prioritization, and approval workflows
• Partner with Advancement VPs to set priorities, align resources, and balance the portfolio against strategic goals and capacity
• Maintain a centralized view of active and upcoming work
• Identify risks, constraints, and competing priorities and drive mitigation strategies and trade-offs
• Coordinate execution of complex, cross-functional initiatives, managing timelines, dependencies, and critical paths
• Engage stakeholders to maintain alignment, surface risks, and build confidence in delivery timelines
• Drive consistent, on-time delivery through coordination, follow-ups, and escalation
• Monitor project health, resolve issues, and sustain delivery momentum
• Improve delivery practices to increase efficiency, predictability, and quality
• Act as a central coordination partner across Advancement
• Clarify roles, responsibilities, and expectations to strengthen collaboration
• Manage Monday.com as the system of record for project tracking, workflows, and reporting
• Build and maintain executive dashboards with real-time visibility into progress, risks, ownership, and milestones
• Implement automated workflows and reporting
• Ensure platform adoption, data integrity, and scalability across Advancement
• Deliver actionable project reporting and insights to leadership