Lead Product Manager

Summary

Join the Wikimedia Foundation as a Lead Product Manager to contribute to Abstract Wikipedia, a project focused on expanding access to encyclopedic knowledge globally. This role involves developing a product roadmap, aligning stakeholders, managing the product lifecycle, utilizing data-driven decision-making, and deeply understanding community needs. You will be responsible for establishing product development processes, prioritizing features, and communicating effectively with internal and external audiences. This is a unique opportunity to build the future of the internet and significantly increase access to free knowledge. The position requires a minimum of 7 years of product management experience in software development and strong communication and collaboration skills. The work will be done remotely with a distributed international team.

Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of product management experience in software development
• A structured yet flexible approach to product development, capable of adapting methodologies to fit the needs of our team and organization
• Experience developing and refining product management frameworks, demonstrating a deep understanding of product strategy, execution, and decision-making
• Past success in breaking down ambiguous projects into clear tasks, with a bias toward action
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to clearly and proactively communicate plans and results to stakeholders and collaborators
• Excellent follow-up, attention to detail, time management, and project management skills
• Ability to interact effectively and develop productive working relationships with management, peers, and communities
• An interest in and ability to work remotely with a distributed team across time zones
• Comfortable with evolving requirements and priorities in a dynamic environment

Responsibilities

• Develop a roadmap that balances short-term execution with long-term strategic goals
• Build alignment between stakeholders and the community to define and execute the product vision and strategy
• Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and iteration
• Use qualitative and quantitative methods to inform decisions, discover opportunities, and measure impact
• Deeply understand our community needs, releasing features iteratively to deliver value and validate hypotheses
• Establish and refine product development processes and best practices
• Bring structured thinking to product discovery, prioritization, and decision-making
• Lead the prioritization of new products and services, as well as our product backlog
• Communicate trade-offs to drive product decisions and move the team forward
• Communicate a clear product vision to internal and external audiences

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with natural language processing, computational linguistics or knowledge management technologies
• Experience with multilingual products or platforms, good understanding of internationalization and localization
• Experience editing Wikimedia projects

Benefits

• Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture
• The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 129,068 to US$ 201,074 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay
• For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire
• We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants
• The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location