[Wikimedia-l] Chief Product Officer search and job description

Discussion:

Joady Lohr

2017-08-07 01:40:54 UTC

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. That's our commitment.* https://donate.wikimedia.org/
*Want to work with us?
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_the_Wikimedia_Foundation.webm>*

Pine W

2017-08-08 18:30:07 UTC

Permalink

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

Post by Joady Lohr
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
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.
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
-
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
-
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. That's our commitment.*
https://donate.wikimedia.org/
*Want to work with us?
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_the_
Wikimedia_Foundation.webm>*
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Rogol Domedonfors

2017-08-08 18:54:21 UTC

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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"

Post by Pine W
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

Post by Joady Lohr
We are please to announce the upcoming launch of the recruiting process

for

Post by Joady Lohr
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,

Post by Joady Lohr
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
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

Post by Joady Lohr
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

Post by Joady Lohr
that builds and supports products, features, and services used by more

than

Post by Joady Lohr
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.
Lead
-
Work with the Foundation’s executive team to think and act in service

Post by Joady Lohr
the future of the Wikimedia vision, projects, contributors, and

readers

Post by Joady Lohr
-
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

Post by Joady Lohr
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

Post by Joady Lohr
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,

Post by Joady Lohr
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
-
10+ years in strategic-level product development roles
-
Proven record of leading high-impact global software product

initiatives

Post by Joady Lohr
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

Post by Joady Lohr
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
-
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

Post by Joady Lohr
platforms
-
Experience working with nonprofit organizations is a plus
-
Fluency or familiarity with languages in addition to English are a

plus.

Post by Joady Lohr
-
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.

Post by Joady Lohr
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

Post by Joady Lohr
sum of all knowledge. That's our commitment.*
https://donate.wikimedia.org/
*Want to work with us?
<https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:This_is_the_
Wikimedia_Foundation.webm>*
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Pine W

2017-08-08 19:09:20 UTC

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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

Post by Rogol Domedonfors
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"

Post by Pine W
Hi Joady,
Does the title "Chief Product Officer" mean that WMF intends to revert

the

Post by Pine W
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

Post by Pine W
set realistic expectations for candidates.
Thanks,
Pine

Post by Joady Lohr
We are please to announce the upcoming launch of the recruiting process

for

Post by Joady Lohr
the Chief Product Officer.
As part of the process, we wanted to share the job description

(below). A