To reassure, no the Audiences department name is not changing its name
again, they only just created it :)
In doing recruiting, the Chief Product Officer is a better understood title
for the work, rather than Chief Audiences Officer.
Hope this helps,
Joady
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
One would certainly aspire to be on time and on
budget, but the reality of
complex engineering projects is that surprises happen. Developing a new
product isn't like building products on an assembly line where time and
cost are relatively easy to predict.
I think that looking for managers who are generally on time and on budget
with their projects is a good thing, but I also think that we should have
realistic expectations.
Pine
On Tue, Aug 8, 2017 at 11:54 AM, Rogol Domedonfors <domedonfors(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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.
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> >
> >
> >
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in
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