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 <domedonf...@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.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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