Job openings/Product Manager (Mobile)

YOU ARE ...

...passionate about delivering educational content to billions of people, and engaging millions in its development, by seizing the opportunity that ubiquitous mobile devices represent. You want to bring coherence and vision to Wikimedia's mobile development strategy, while giving passionate engineers the space and freedom to figure out the "how". You are a highly organized strategic thinker who combines a love for clear analysis and presentation of data with a strong intuitive sense of what is urgent, and what can wait.

You understand the emerging challenges that are specific to mobile development, and see the opportunities for rapid experimentation. You are excited by the opportunity to not just work on an important website, but to carry Wikimedia's open source and free knowledge values into the mobile space, promoting the wider adoption of those values to counter the trend towards walled gardens.

Job Title

Product Manager - Mobile

Reports To

VP of Engineering and Product Development

Job Purpose

Articulate the mobile product vision and manage the development backlog for all mobile software development at the Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation has a small engineering team dedicated to mobile development which collaborates with the Global Development department to support mobile outreach in key strategic areas like Brazil, India, and Northern Africa. The Product Manager of Mobile will be responsible for setting the priorities for the engineering team, informed by input and research from within the organization, Wikimedia community feedback, and audience feedback.

Job Summary

Duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Work with Wikimedia Foundation, community members, researchers and partners to gather requirements and develop mobile roadmap
• Continually act as an advocate for a coherent, user-focused product vision for Wikimedia's mobile software development
• Prioritize and support development of mobile-focused reading and contribution features across all Wikimedia projects.
• Lead/collaborate with engineering/analyst/research and design teams by setting priorities, brain-storming approaches, managing deliverables and evaluating findings
• Drive decisions and advise on selection and improvement of mobile infrastructure
• Act as outward ambassador for the team, patrolling mailing lists and attend meetings on behalf of engineering/research focused team members
• Engage with the external app community to identify research and partnership opportunities
• Translate qualitative and quantitative research into concrete, prioritized requirements
• Design effective team communication channels that provide a large amount of focused productivity while still allowing the team to be acceptably responsive to each other and everyone else
• Be an open source advocate, and help the mobile web to become more open
• Help keep team spirits high and drama low

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years experience as a product manager or software engineer, including minimum of 2 years experience in the development (as product manager or engineer) of mobile technologies.
• Experience with web standards like HTML5, CSS, and jQuery and their advantages and limitation on mobile devices.
• Well-rounded knowledge of smart phones, feature phones, and developing international networks.
• Experience in agile and open source development methodologies is a major plus.
• Experience implementing organizational process change, with focus on continuous product delivery.
• Experience in developing a product roadmap based on qualitative and quantitative research.
• You must be comfortable in a highly collaborative, consensus-oriented environment.
• The ideal candidate will be creative, highly motivated, and able to operate effectively in multiple cultural contexts.
• Must have a strong affinity for the Wikimedia mission.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with use of wiki technology is a major plus.
• Experience with mobile app SDKs & stores is a major plus.
• Experience living or working outside of your home country is a major plus.
• Experience working with online volunteers is a major plus.
• Active participation as a Wikimedia volunteer would be an asset, though not a prerequisite.
• Demonstrated capacity to work with an open community in planning releases, publishing roadmaps and rallying development teams to meet publicly-stated milestones.
• Experience with community software development
• Sense of Humor