Senior Product Marketing Manager, Data & Platform
BoulevardFull Time
Senior (5 to 8 years)
Candidates must have a minimum of 5 years of product management experience with data or infrastructure products, including experience hiring and managing product managers. Expertise in data analytics, A/B testing, search, and data architecture is required, along with a strong understanding of modern techniques for handling high-scale data and knowledge of search technologies. Experience navigating privacy issues around data collection, retention, and distribution, and the ability to work with multiple stakeholder teams through lateral influence and collaboration are also necessary. Candidates must be available for critical meetings and synchronous work between 15:00 UTC and 18:00 UTC and be open to traveling internationally up to four times per year. Experience with open source, open data, or open knowledge communities is a plus.
The Group Product Manager will guide the development and evolution of the Wikimedia Foundation's data platforms, including data pipelines, data lake, experiment platform, and analytics tools. This role involves strategic decision-making and tactical execution for Data Products, Data Engineering, Search, and Data Platform Site Reliability teams. Responsibilities include ensuring the accuracy, usefulness, reliability, and accessibility of data products, defining and setting priorities and roadmaps for these teams, and managing the product lifecycle of their services and tools. The Group Product Manager will co-develop product strategy, provide leadership, make sound decisions, and manage and develop a team of product managers. They will also partner with user-facing product teams to leverage the data platform for product decisions and build derived-data products.
Operates Wikipedia and free knowledge projects
The Wikimedia Foundation operates Wikipedia and other free knowledge projects, aiming to create a world where everyone can freely access and share knowledge. It provides a platform for users to read, contribute, and share content, while also supporting the volunteer communities that help maintain these projects. The foundation is funded by donations from individuals and institutions, emphasizing its nonprofit status. Unlike many other organizations, it focuses on making knowledge accessible to all without charge, advocating for policies that support free knowledge initiatives. Its goal is to empower individuals to contribute to and benefit from a collective pool of knowledge.