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.p...@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 <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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