North America Regional Manager, Family History Dept, full-time

Job Description

The Regional Manager is the content, market, and experience manager who represents the family history needs and opportunities in his/her assigned geography. Managers develop and manage strategic relationships, lead efforts to represent minority communities, build relationships with content custodians, and negotiate for content that enables inspired family history journeys, and for members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to perform proxy temple ordinances for their deceased family members.

Region Managers professionally manage internal and external relationships with and are able to represent the unique needs of their areas in a scalable way that aligns with the Family History Department’s mission, purpose statement, and quality standards of inspiration, trust, kindness, effectiveness, and simplicity.

Responsibilities

• Identify and develop relationships with key leaders and organizations, in a specific regional area, to help provide access to content and build the family tree.
• Understand the regional market and family history needs of groups within a specified geographic region.
• Support local communities and local community events, by working through and with local Church leadership, coordinating with other Church departments such as Church Communications Department, and the Priesthood and Family Department.
• Negotiate with organizations for content that enables inspired family history journeys. This will also involve coordinating internally to determine the most effective way to provide access to genealogical data through acquisition or online resources.
• Support minority communities across North America and those from diverse demographics to gain access to materials to find their family members.
• Support FamilySearch Centers and Affiliate libraries to ensure members and community enthusiasts have adequate resources available to successfully add names to the FamilySearch tree of mankind.
  
  

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and eight years of experience or a master's degree with six years of experience and/or equivalent education and experience. Requires the ability to change the thinking or gain acceptance in sensitive situations. Requires advanced knowledge in function, product, technology service, strategy, and business complexities. Must possess previous management experience or supervisory experience either directly managing employees or in a project management role.

Qualifications

• Outstanding interpersonal skills.
• Must have strong negotiation skills.
• Ability to work proactively, both alone and in a group.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Strong organizational skills and detail oriented.
• Ability to prioritize multiple projects.
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field. 5 years of account or relationship management experience.
• Willing to travel as necessary.
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Project management experience.
• International experience a plus.
• General knowledge of family history research principles.
• Fluent in Spanish or another language.
  
  

Interpersonal Skills: Developed communication skills to exchange complex information. Sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to exchange complicated information.

About Us

Church employees find joy and satisfaction in using their unique talents and abilities to further the Lord’s work. From the IT professional who develops an app that sends the gospel message worldwide, to the facilities manager who maintains our buildings— giving Church members places to worship, teach, learn, and receive sacred ordinances—our employees seek innovative ways to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the world. They are literally working in His kingdom.

Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment. Apart from this, the Church is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in its employment decisions on any basis that would violate U.S. or local law.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, national origin, color, gender, pregnancy, marital status, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or other legally protected categories that apply to the Church. The Church will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities.