The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for an experienced, collaborative, and entrepreneurial Product Manager for emerging markets to help engage and delight new readers of Wikipedia. In this role, you will work with the New Readers program to define product strategy and prototype, test, and build new features for mobile devices.

Product Managers at the Wikimedia Foundation work with researchers, engineers and designers to build features, products and services used by hundreds of millions of people around the world to learn and share knowledge.

As a Product Manager, you will:

Ideate and develop new mobile products to enable the growing mobile population in emerging markets to consume educational information.
Work with a highly talented team of engineers and designers to define, design, and build features that are designed for cheap phones on slow networks, in multiple languages
Understand the needs of users in order to prioritize new features and product enhancements for the development team using qualitative research and an understanding of local nuances in various markets
Release early and often, getting feedback from users to help improve features.
Use both qualitative and quantitative methods to measure the impact of features
Make a difference in the world!

Requirements:

Product Management experience with a mobile app or mobile web property in emerging markets
Experience launching and growing products in emerging markets
Experience working with multilingual products
Experience working in an agile software development environment
Demonstrated understanding of modern mobile technologies and industry trends
Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
Passion for participatory (vs. read-only) experiences on the web
Live in time zones GMT to GMT +5:30

Pluses:

Experience editing Wikipedia or contributing to other Wikimedia projects
Experience with open source software development
Familiarity with MediaWiki is a plus
Experience with delivering high quality and user friendly participatory design
Experience working remotely

The Wikimedia Foundation is…

…the nonprofit organization that supports Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge, free of interference. We host the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading, contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive. The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive financial support from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation 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 we encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply

Benefits & Perks *

Fully paid medical, dental and vision coverage for employees and their eligible families (yes, fully paid premiums!)
The Wellness Program provides reimbursement for mind, body and soul activities such as fitness memberships, baby sitting, continuing education and much more
The 401(k) retirement plan offers matched contributions at 4% of annual salary
Flexible and generous time off – vacation, sick and volunteer days, plus 19 paid holidays – including the last week of the year.
Family friendly! 100% paid new parent leave for seven weeks plus an additional five weeks for pregnancy, flexible options to phase back in after leave, fully equipped lactation room.
For those emergency moments – long and short term disability, life insurance (2x salary) and an employee assistance program
Pre-tax savings plans for health care, child care, elder care, public transportation and parking expenses
Telecommuting and flexible work schedules available
Appropriate fuel for thinking and coding (aka, a pantry full of treats) and monthly massages to help staff relax
Great colleagues – diverse staff and contractors speaking dozens of languages from around the world, fantastic intellectual discourse, mission-driven and intensely passionate people

* for benefits eligible staff, benefits may vary by location

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