Job Description

TO APPLY:

As of August 19, 2025, the search is being led by Katherine Jacobs of NPAG. Applicants who have applied prior to this date are currently under review. New applicants may submit their cover letter, outlining their interest and qualifications, along with their resume via NPAG’s candidate portal.

Summary:

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation is one of the nation's largest independent foundations. The Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world.

The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people, effective institutions, and influential networks building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. MacArthur invests in solving some of the world’s most pressing social challenges, including advancing global climate solutions, promoting local justice reform in the U.S., revitalizing local news, expanding who creates, uses, and benefits from artificial intelligence, and strengthening the well-being of Native communities. In addition to the MacArthur Fellows Program and the global 100&Change competition, the Foundation continues its historic commitments to the role of journalism in a responsive democracy as well as the vitality of our headquarters city, Chicago. The Foundation also maintains offices in Nigeria and India.

The Director of Knowledge, Records and Information Management (Director) is an operational leadership position newly created in 2025 to support the evolution of MacArthur’s knowledge sharing and learning culture.  The search to date has clarified focus on individuals with strong records management, change management, and emergent technology integration experiences in organizations of similar complexity who are excited to join the Foundation to modernize existing knowledge management practices and systems.  From this core work, the Director will contribute to the creation of operational pathways and structures that leverage and access MacArthur’s information and data assets across teams to further scale the Foundation’s ability to make data-informed decisions for strategic impact. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative strategist, skilled communicator, an initiator and implementor who can drive cultural change and foster a new data and knowledge mindset across the Foundation.

The Director will be responsible for developing, implementing, and operationalizing knowledge, records and information management strategies and best practices at a time of transformative change driven by the opportunities afforded through the use of artificial intelligence and other technologies. The Director will lead a small team and collaborate with stakeholders throughout the Foundation to ensure knowledge, records and information management work is efficient, effective and equitable in support of the Foundation’s mission and goals. This position plays a critical role in promoting a culture of learning, collaboration and innovation at the Foundation with and among programs and, i