Remote Engineering Manager

Summary

Join the Wikimedia Foundation as an Engineering Manager to support and drive our work on Abstract Wikipedia, a project that aims to improve knowledge equity by enabling more people to share more knowledge in more languages.

Requirements

• Minimum of 5-7 years of work experience in Engineering Management, managing engineers of different levels from early career to senior staff level
• An established track record and prior success in working with a multicultural, distributed team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Excellent interpersonal skills–the ability to interact constructively and develop productive working relationships with management, peers, direct reports, and communities, including non-technical staff
• Experience with open source development methodologies and open source community
• Robust analytical, problem-solving, and conceptual skills with the ability to deliver on detail as well as strategy
• Must be comfortable with evolving requirements and priorities in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with your team and cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and delegate work, balancing project goals with technical requirements and team skillsets
• Driving execution–ensuring projects are on track, key performance metrics are being met, and work is being actively unblocked
• Communicating proactively on progress, risks, and outcomes to stakeholders
• Ensuring the engineering team is engaged and productive, and understands the big picture of the project and how their efforts contribute to it
• Coaching your team, conducting performance reviews, providing career guidance, and building a professional and inclusive work culture
• Managing risk and succession planning for the project, documenting and implementing lifecycle management and best practices for the software we build
• Interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and mentoring engineers with the goal of quickly making them productive and engaged members of your team

Benefits

Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture