Lead Product Manager, Security
Wikimedia Foundation
Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany +15 moreremotePosted 15 days ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Salary: US$ 133,121 to US$ 207,388 (for US-based applicants)
- Experience: 7+ years in product teams, 2+ years in security-focused roles
- Remote-first organization
- Prior product manager experience not required
Role overview
Wikimedia’s Product Safety and Integrity team is hiring a Lead Product Manager to apply experience with modern threats to Wikipedia’s security strategy in the AI era and drive a strong security culture throughout the Wikimedia Foundation and movement. This role focuses on product and platform strategy and is intended for someone with strong technical and security experience, including familiarity with AI in a security context, potentially transitioning from engineering to a strategic role. The role reports to the Group Product Manager, Safety and Security, and operates at a pivotal time as AI changes both security and how people access knowledge online, requiring ambitious planning and close collaboration with the communities the project serves.
Responsibilities
- Shaping the Wikimedia Foundation’s product security strategy, and strengthening our team and organizational security culture.
- Determining and driving the priorities of a team of engineers focused on security and privacy, and leveraging the support of a cross-functional team of designers, data scientists, community managers, and others across the Product Safety and Integrity team.
- Driving the design and development of technical features and interventions that make it easier for users to safely get things done, and that make it harder for bad actors to compromise the platform.
- Communicating strategically and candidly, in public and private settings, with community members about our work.
- Establishing strong working relationships with volunteers, acting as a representative and conduit between the Wikimedia community and Foundation on security and privacy issues.
- Partnering closely with leaders in other departments to shape WMF’s overall information security posture.
- Actively staying up to date on current developments in online security and privacy, including vulnerability research and development.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of professional experience working in teams that build products, including at least 2 years of that time in a security-focused role.
- Experience driving significant security initiatives all the way out the door, in either a senior technical or product management capacity.
- Significant professional experience at using AI-based tools to perform security analysis, and other technical tasks, such as code review and software engineering.
- Comfortable using and learning command-line-based tools as needed.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact effectively with all levels of management, staff, and communities.
- Capable of managing a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic and results-oriented environment.
Nice to have
- Belief that Wikipedia and its community model is a good thing in the world.
- Ability to be decisive and expeditious despite a complex set of stakeholders, including volunteers who perform critical work for the projects.
- Experience working with online communities, especially public ones.
Benefits
- Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture.
Additional details
- Prior experience in a product manager role is not required.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations and is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is an equal opportunity employer and values having a diverse workforce.
- The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based 40+ countries.
- The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$ 133,121 to US$ 207,388 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.
- The foundation neither asks for nor takes into consideration the salary history of applicants.
- Hiring is currently available in specific US States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia*, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico*, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming (*US Territory or Federal District).
- Hiring is currently available in specific Countries: Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya*, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore*, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
- Non-US employees are hired through a local third party Employer of Record (EOR) and must have current work authorization in their location (*citizens/permanent residents only).
- Applicants requiring assistance or an accommodation to complete any step of the application process due to a disability may contact the foundation at +1 (415) 839-6885.