Chief Technology Officer

Job Description

Job Description

About the National Constitution Center

Join America’s leading nonpartisan civic education organization. Each year, we reach millions of learners, convene thought leaders of diverse ideological perspectives, host the nation’s highest profile civic events, and inspire lifelong civic learning across generations. Now is a defining moment to join our team. As America enters its Civic Decade—a historic period beginning with the nation’s 250th anniversary and culminating in the 250th anniversaries of the Constitution in 2037 and the Bill of Rights in 2041—we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reinvest in our civic institutions, renew our civic culture, and inspire Americans of every age to better understand our constitutional heritage and embrace the responsibilities of citizenship. If you’re ready to help shape the next chapter of America’s civic story, we invite you to join us. 

The National Constitution Center was established to serve as America’s constitutional home: a museum, civic stage, and national platform where people encounter the nation’s founding documents and ideals through scholarship, dialogue, and immersive learning experiences. Over time, the Center has intentionally expanded its reach nationwide, helping Americans engage with the Constitution and the foundations of democracy in meaningful and personal ways. 

Located in historic Philadelphia, the Center’s museum invites visitors from around the world to explore the ideas, debates, and principles that shape our constitutional democracy through dynamic exhibits and public programs. Through Town Hall discussions, convenings in communities across the country, and widely accessible podcasts, the Center provides trusted constitutional thought leadership while modeling rigorous, fair-minded, and civil dialogue across differing viewpoints. The Center is also home to leading interactive digital resources, including the Interactive Constitution and the Interactive Declaration of Independence, and continues to expand its online courses for learners of all ages. Its K-12 programs and educational resources now reach more than 94,000 teachers and 6.1 million students nationwide. 

Recognizing that civic learning extends beyond the classroom and depends on a shared civic infrastructure—including schools, communities, civic institutions, and families—the Center is expanding its intergenerational civic learning initiatives. These experiences bring together grandparents, parents, children, and community members through content-rich, relational, and joyful civic learning. 

In the decade ahead, the Center seeks to foster lasting connections that help Americans begin to connect constitutional principles to their own lives, communities, and responsibilities as citizens. Through these efforts, the Center aims to broaden access to trusted constitutional resources, revive habits of thoughtful discussion across differences, and create new opportunities for Americans to experience the Constitution as a shared source of ideas, principles, and civic responsibilities.

Position Summary

The National Constitution Center seeks a visionary, mission-driven chief technology officer (CTO) to lead the technology strategy that will support the Center’s next phase of national growth and innovation. Reporting to the president and CEO and working in close partnership with the chief content and learning officer, the CTO will translate the Center’s educational vision into scalable digital platforms, AI-enabled learning experiences, trusted knowledge infrastructure, and enterprise technology capabilities that expand constitutional learning for millions of people.

As a member of the executive leadership team, the CTO will play a central role in shaping how the Center delivers constitutional learning in an era increasingly defined by digital experiences and artificial intelligence. Working alongside the president and CEO and chief content and learning officer, the CTO will lead the development of the technology ecosystem that powers the Center’s educational platforms, museum experiences, public programming, audience engagement, and future innovations while ensuring the organization has the infrastructure needed to support continued innovation, operational excellence, and national scale.

The CTO will serve as a strategic adviser to senior leadership and the Board of Trustees on technology strategy, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, enterprise systems, and digital innovation. The successful candidate will help position the National Constitution Center as a national leader in the responsible application of technology and artificial intelligence to constitutional learning, public engagement, and civic education.

Responsibilities and Duties

Executive Leadership and Institutional Strategy

• Serve as a member of the executive leadership team and strategic adviser to the president and CEO. 

• Partner closely with the president and CEO and chief content and learning officer to develop and execute a long-term technology strategy aligned with the Center’s institutional vision, educational mission, and national growth objectives. 

• Translate organizational strategy into technology investments that advance constitutional learning, audience engagement, operational excellence, and organizational sustainability. 

• Advise executive leadership and the Board of Trustees on emerging technologies, enterprise risk, cybersecurity, AI, and technology investment priorities. 

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement across the organization.

Digital Product and Learning Innovation

• Lead the strategy, development, and continuous evolution of the Center’s portfolio of digital learning products and platforms. 

• Partner with educational, scholarly, museum, and communications leaders to translate the Center’s educational vision into engaging digital experiences that expand constitutional learning for learners of every age. 

• Develop and advance the technology roadmap supporting the Center’s flagship digital learning platforms, including Constitution University, AI-enabled constitutional learning tools, K–12 digital learning environments, the Interactive Constitution, and future educational products, ensuring they function as an integrated ecosystem serving students, educators, lifelong learners, scholars, and the broader public. 

• Lead a comprehensive redesign and modernization of the Center’s public website, reimagining the digital experience to better connect learners, educators, visitors, members, donors, and the broader public with the Center’s educational resources, museum experiences, constitutional scholarship, and public programming.

• Drive the continued evolution of Constitution University as a premier lifelong learning platform while helping develop next-generation digital learning experiences for K–12 classrooms and emerging AI-powered educational tools that expand access to trusted constitutional learning. 

• Establish product management, user research, and user experience practices that continuously improve digital offerings through analytics, audience insights, and iterative development. 

• Ensure all digital products reflect the Center’s commitment to rigorous scholarship, nonpartisanship, accessibility, and exceptional user experience.

• Evaluate emerging technologies and digital engagement models to identify opportunities that advance constitutional learning, public engagement, and institutional impact.

Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Infrastructure

• Develop and execute the Center’s enterprise strategy for artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. 

• Lead the development of trusted knowledge infrastructure that supports AI-enabled constitutional learning, digital scholarship, and future educational innovation. 

• Partner with scholars, educators, and technologists to ensure AI-enabled experiences are grounded in primary sources, rigorous scholarship, transparency, and multiple constitutional perspectives. 

• Establish governance frameworks for responsible AI, ensuring ethical, transparent, secure, and mission-aligned implementation across the organization. 

• Monitor emerging technologies and advise senior leadership on opportunities and risks affecting the future of constitutional learning and public engagement.

Enterprise Technology and Operations

• Lead enterprise applications, infrastructure, cloud services, cybersecurity, CRM, enterprise architecture, and technology operations. 

• Modernize technology platforms to improve scalability, resilience, security, interoperability, and organizational effectiveness. 

• Build enterprise technology capabilities that support a rapidly growing national educational institution. 

• Establish technology governance, architecture standards, policies, and operational practices that enable innovation while ensuring reliability and security. 

• Lead and develop a high-performing technology organization committed to service, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

Data and Audience Strategy

• Develop an enterprise data and audience intelligence strategy that supports fundraising, marketing, membership, museum operations, education, and audience engagement. 

• Champion data as a strategic organizational asset while ensuring strong governance, privacy, security, and stewardship. 

• Guide the continued evolution of CRM capabilities to support meaningful constituent relationships and data-informed decision-making across the organization.

Cybersecurity and Risk Management

• Lead the organization’s cybersecurity, privacy, business continuity, and technology risk management strategy. 

• Ensure executive leadership and the Board of Trustees maintain visibility into cybersecurity risks, resilience planning, and regulatory compliance. 

• Promote a culture of cybersecurity awareness and accountability throughout the organization.

Technology Investment & Partnerships

• Develop and manage the technology budget to maximize organizational value and mission impact. 

• Build strategic relationships with technology companies, consultants, educational partners, and service providers. 

• Evaluate emerging technologies and partnerships that strengthen the Center’s digital capabilities and long-term competitiveness. 

• Ensure technology investments deliver measurable organizational and educational outcomes. 

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, business administration, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and executive leadership experience. 

• Advanced degree (MBA, MS, or equivalent) preferred.

Required

• Executive leadership experience developing and executing enterprise technology and digital transformation strategies. 

• Demonstrated success translating organizational vision into technology strategy and digital innovation. 

• Experience leading cross-functional partnerships with executive leadership, product, education, content, design, research, and operations teams. 

• Proven experience overseeing enterprise technology, digital products, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, data, and AI initiatives. 

• Experience advising CEOs, executive leadership teams, and governing boards on technology strategy, organizational transformation, and enterprise risk. 

• Strong understanding of digital product development, user-centered design, enterprise architecture, and modern technology operations. 

• Outstanding strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, and executive leadership skills. 

• Deep commitment to transparency, accessibility, ethics, and the National Constitution Center’s nonpartisan mission.

Preferred

• Experience leading technology strategy within education, museums, cultural institutions, civic technology, nonprofit organizations, or other mission-driven organizations. 

• Experience developing AI-enabled products, knowledge management systems, digital learning platforms, or educational technology. 

• Passion for constitutional learning, civic education, museums, public scholarship, and technology that advances the public good.

Physical Demands

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working at a computer

• Standing and walking will be required on a frequent basis

• Some light lifting, twenty (20) pounds or less, may be required 

The National Constitution Center is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and encourage individuals who share our mission to apply.