Strategic Project Lead — Connecting Global Artists, Technologists, and Reform Leaders at San Quentin SkunkWorks

Description

Join the incarcerated-led innovation lab partnering with the Governor’s Office, eL Seed, FaithXLVII, and other visionaries to orchestrate the projects shaping the future of justice reform.

Our Impact

San Quentin SkunkWorks is transforming how change happens. We bring artists, engineers, policy experts, and creative strategists together inside prison walls to co-design solutions that challenge the status quo.

The Project

• Chiaroscuro: Light Within the Shadows — a multi-artist mural project redefining the visual culture of San Quentin
• Transformational Gaming — a national model for game-based cultural transformation
• GateKeeper — an end-to-end volunteer-clearance workflow tool
• System-level quality-of-life reforms, including normalized clothing and reentry guides
• A nationwide media rollout supported by leading communications partners

Your Role

• Build project plans, workflows, and milestone maps across multiple teams
• Maintain clarity on scope, priorities, dependencies, and constraints
• Run weekly syncs, establish communication rhythms, and produce concise reporting
• Translate strategy into actionable tasks for inside and outside collaborators
• Track deliverables across creative, technical, operational, and research workstreams
• Document decisions and maintain version control on plans, briefs, and timelines
• Strengthen the pipeline between incarcerated innovators and outside professionals
• Optionally: collaborate directly inside San Quentin with our team during scheduled access windows

What You Bring

• 4–7 years in project or program management with strong ownership of complex initiatives
• Mastery of workflow and coordination tools, especially Monday.com and Slack
• Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguity, drive alignment, and maintain momentum
• Strong written and verbal communication across multidisciplinary teams
• Experience navigating environments with tight constraints or unusual operating conditions
• PREFERRED: PMP, CAPM, or equivalent project-management certification
• BONUS: experience in civic tech, creative production, research environments, or nonprofit operations

The Impact

Your leadership will help SkunkWorks make a pivotal leap — from a grassroots innovation lab built inside a prison to a national model for incarcerated-led reform. You’ll ensure that global artists, technologists, policymakers, and incarcerated creators can move in sync, execute at a high level, and build the systems that reshape how justice reform happens.

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