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 <jl...@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 > > Please Note: If I am emailing after hours or on the weekend, I am naughty. > Please do not respond until reasonable business hours in your timezone, > unless of course I am shouting for help ;-) > > > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. 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