Senior Product Manager, Connection Team (Contract)

About the Role

The Connection team aims to provide contributors with moments of motivation, recognition, and connection, creating a more meaningful contributor experience. The team's main projects have focused on building software to help event organizers and participants collaborate with each other and understand their collective impact. With this foundation in place, the Senior Product Manager will help the team think more holistically about investing in the moments that create meaning for volunteers, motivating them to keep coming back.

As a contract position covering a parental leave, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on the Wikimedia community. The ideal candidate will be available for critical meetings and synchronous work between 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC and be willing to commit to a minimum of 4 months, with the potential to extend to 8 months.

What You Will Do

• Lead the product development process to define, develop, and deliver features that make the contributing experience more meaningful
• Discover and define new opportunities to set future key results with the help of the Group Product Manager
• Set priorities for a cross-functional product team of a designer, engineering manager, software engineers, and community relations specialist
• Collaborate with community ambassadors and volunteer community members around the world who participate in the Connection team's product development process
• Collaborate with fellow product managers to stay aligned on higher-level strategic priorities
• Coordinate and collaborate across other departments, such as Community Growth
• Release and iterate intentionally to provide incremental value and validate hypotheses
• Use quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate impact
• Work closely with the Group Product Manager to ensure alignment with Wikimedia's overall strategy

What We Are Looking For

• 3+ years of experience managing user-facing consumer web products
• Demonstrated success in launching new features
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Experience working in an agile or iterative software development environment
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Strong listening skills
• Ability to clearly communicate plans and results to stakeholders and collaborators
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in relevant work experience
• A desire to make meaningful contributions to knowledge equity, free culture, and open access

Nice to Have

• Experience with a two-sided platform or marketplace product
• Proficiency in multiple languages
• Experience working with remote teams

Benefits and Perks

• Opportunity to work with a global community of volunteers and contributors
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible working hours and remote work arrangements
• Access to a global network of professionals in the tech and digital marketing industries
• Competitive compensation package

• Be prepared to showcase your experience with cross-functional teams and agile software development methodologies.
• Highlight your ability to communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders and collaborators.
• Emphasize your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and provide examples of how you have promoted these values in your previous roles.
• Make sure your portfolio includes examples of successful product launches and feature development.
• Be prepared to discuss your experience with user-facing consumer web products and your ability to work with remote teams.
• Research Wikimedia's contributor strategy and be prepared to discuss how you can contribute to its success.
• Be prepared to provide specific examples of how you have used quantitative and qualitative methods to evaluate impact in your previous roles.