VP, Community

Summary

Join the Mozilla Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to keeping the internet open and accessible, and become part of its mission to promote openness, innovation, and opportunity online. This newly created VP, Community role will focus on ensuring community-centered approaches are embedded in Mozilla's programs, advocacy, and decision-making. The VP will co-create community strategy, design equitable participation systems, develop mechanisms to reflect community priorities in organizational strategy, and facilitate connections within the global community. This high-impact leadership position requires proven experience building and stewarding diverse communities, strong community organizing skills, and demonstrated ability to foster inclusive spaces. The role involves leading participatory processes, evaluating community health, and aligning internal teams around community-centered priorities. The successful candidate will work closely with the Executive Director and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Proven experience building, facilitating, or stewarding diverse communities or networks with purpose and care
• Strong track record in community organizing, developer relations, networked products, civic engagement, or a related field
• Demonstrated ability to center justice, navigate power dynamics, and foster inclusive, equitable spaces
• Experience leading participatory processes and evaluating community health and impact in meaningful, relational ways
• Skilled in consensus building, conflict facilitation, and collaborative decision-making
• Experience working with global networks across varied cultural contexts
• Ability to align internal teams around community-centered priorities

Responsibilities

• Co-create Mozilla Foundation’s community strategy in collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders
• Design and implement equitable systems for community participation, leadership, and input across Mozilla’s programs
• Develop mechanisms to surface community-defined priorities and ensure these are reflected in organizational strategy and resource allocation
• Facilitate connections within and across Mozilla’s global community, supporting mutual learning and shared power
• Create structures for healthy engagement, conflict transformation, and accountability within community spaces
• Support staff across the Foundation in community-centered practices and develop tools and processes that help them succeed
• Lead a cross-functional audit of Mozilla’s community infrastructure and identify opportunities to create more durable, inclusive, and scalable systems
• Establish meaningful community health metrics and participatory evaluation frameworks
• Partner with product and advocacy teams to co-design community pathways around Mozilla’s initiatives — from participatory datasets to prosocial tech campaigns
• Develop and facilitate a network of community collaborators to support Mozilla Festival and other key events

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with privacy-focused communities or products
• Comfort working across a federated or decentralized organizational model
• Appreciation of Mozilla’s Community Participation Guidelines and a commitment to open, transparent engagement
• Experience building multilingual and accessible engagement environments

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Extended Sick Leave
• Global Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Retirement Plan contributions
• Paid Time Off: 20 days annual leave + sick days and your birthday
• Company Holidays + Shutdown
• Wellness budget
• Professional Development budget
• Top up program for Pregnancy and Parental leaves