Senior Product Manager

Summary

Join the Wikimedia Foundation as a Senior 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, and using data to inform decisions. You will deeply understand community needs, establish product development processes, and prioritize new products and services. The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a distributed international team. This is a unique opportunity to build the future of the internet and increase access to free knowledge.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 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

• Developing a roadmap that balances short-term execution with long-term strategic goals
• Building alignment between stakeholders and the community to define and drive the product vision and strategy
• Owning the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to launch and iteration
• Using qualitative and quantitative methods to inform decisions, discover opportunities, and measure impact
• Deeply understanding our community needs, releasing features iteratively to deliver value and validate hypotheses
• Establishing and refining product development processes and best practices
• Bringing structured thinking to product discovery, prioritization, and decision-making
• Leading the prioritization of new products and services, as well as our product backlog
• Communicating trade-offs to drive product decisions and move the team forward
• Communicating 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

• The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 104,691 to US$ 161,585 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