Pine,
If you allow yourself to think that on time and on budget are optional,
then you will certainly not get them. I would expect the WMF to aspire to
deliver products that are fit for purpose, on time and on budget. I would
also expect the staff and, especially, management to be held accountable
for the extent to which they achieve those goals.
"Rogol"
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 7:30 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Joady,
Does the title "Chief Product Officer" mean that WMF intends to revert the
name of the Audiences department back to the Product department?
"On time and budget" is a goal that can be very difficult to achieve with
complex engineering projects that often encounter surprises. WMF has
experience with this with VisualEditor. I suggest that it would be good to
set realistic expectations for candidates.
Thanks,
Pine
On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 6:40 PM, Joady Lohr <jlohr(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
We are please to announce the upcoming launch of
the recruiting process
for
the Chief Product Officer.
As part of the process, we wanted to share the job description (below). A
big thank you to the Audiences & Technology teams for their
collaboration,
support and guidance in creating it.
We also wanted to out put a call, if you have any nominations or
recommendations, we'd love to hear from you. Just email me directly over
the next few days.
Thanks!
Joady
Job Title:
Chief Product Officer
Summary
The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a creative, collaborative,
forward-thinking Chief Product Officer to join our executive team. We’re
looking for a leader who is driven by our mission, animated by results,
informed by data, and passionate about superb user experiences. This may
be
you, if you have have a truly global worldview,
uncompromising commitment
to our values, and embrace transparency in your work and communications.
As Chief Product Officer, you will lead a nearly hundred person
department
that builds and supports products, features, and
services used by more
than
one billion users per month from every part of
the globe. As a member of
the Foundation’s executive team you will be a critical voice representing
our contributors, readers, and new users. Our vision is for “every human
being to share in the sum of human knowledge”, and our product experience
is essential to that vision.
As Chief Product Officer, we’d like you to do these things:
Lead
-
Work with the Foundation’s executive team to think and act in service
of
the future of the Wikimedia vision, projects,
contributors, and
readers
-
Serve as a compelling advocate for the Wikimedia movement, Foundation,
and values to users, contributors, donors, and partners
-
Develop and lead product strategy to support the Wikimedia projects,
communities, and partners
Produce
-
Deliver measurable user impact at global scale by working
collaboratively and effectively across internal departments and
external
partners
-
Develop, advance and deliver an effective product vision, including
expanding product usership, contributor health and retention, brand
awareness, and revenue growth
-
Build products to grow and sustain our content-building communities
while acquiring, delighting, and engaging readers
-
Foster a well-defined theory of change with qualitative and
quantitative
metrics to track and communicate impact
Manage
-
Build a sustainable system and culture for team members’ continued
professional growth and advancement
-
Manage, mentor, and recruit exceptional and diverse talent
-
Build strong and effective teams, developing departmental succession
planning across a broad range of disciplines (e.g., product
management,
design, engineering, data analysis)
-
Manage competing priorities, complex stakeholder relationships, and
finite resources in order to deliver measurable user impact at scale
Collaborate
-
Build and strengthen relationships with the Wikimedia community to
advance the mission of the Foundation
-
Identify and grow product partnerships that support our movement’s
aspirations
-
Work with our communities to understand their needs and motivations
We’d like you to have this experience and these skills:
-
10+ years in strategic-level product development roles
-
Proven record of leading high-impact global software product
initiatives
for millions of users with measurable success,
across multilingual
audiences, on time and budget
-
Experience leading multidisciplinary product development teams,
developing diverse talent pipelines, and creating systems for creative
and
sustainable internal workflows
-
Proven skills with modern forms of adaptive product planning, customer
discovery, product discovery, and product development processes to
deliver
software features that meet users’ needs
-
Experience collaborating on the development of product roadmaps which
feed into company strategy, including detailed technological
implementations
-
Significant experience navigating complex international organizations,
movements, or networks
-
A track record of building consensus among large, dispersed
stakeholder
groups in a highly collaborative, transparent
environment
-
Informed cultural sensitivities, intellectual curiosity, and a deep
passion for the Wikimedia mission
-
Experience with internet culture and policy issues, including: freedom
of expression, open culture/free culture, the free and open source
software
movement, online surveillance, privacy and security
And it would be even more awesome if you had the following:
-
The ability to work in a fast-moving, highly-diverse grassroots
environment, while effectively prioritizing and leading a variety of
activities
-
Significant skilled personal use of creative, collaborative, and
social
platforms
-
Experience working with nonprofit organizations is a plus
-
Fluency or familiarity with languages in addition to English are a
plus.
-
Having lived or worked outside your country of origin is a plus
-
Experience as a member of a volunteer community is a plus
--
Joady Lohr
Chief Talent & Culture Officer
Wikimedia Foundation
p. 415.839.6885 x6824
www.wikimediafoundation.org
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naughty.
Please do not respond until reasonable business
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