Project Manager (Contract) at Wikimedia Foundation

You are responsible for:

• Facilitating a shared understanding of objectives and key results across diverse sets of projects.
• Managing tasks and scheduling with several projects simultaneously.
• Ensuring work quality and delivery for agreed-upon timelines for each project.
• Interpreting needs and requirements, translating concepts into practice, identifying process improvement opportunities, quantifying results, and making recommendations to the team for future practices.
• Coordinating meetings, note-taking, briefings, and other activities across the team.
• Establishing and documenting project management standards for the team.

Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in project management.
• The ability to work across multiple time zones and with teams and individuals representing various cultures and communication styles.
• Excellent organizational skills in managing programs, projects, processes, calendars, and planning activities.
• The ability to drive projects independently with limited feedback on a daily basis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for risk mitigation and identifying task dependencies.
• Fluency in spoken and written English.

Qualities important to us:

• A methodical and detailed approach to work.
• Passion for encouraging continuous process improvement, knowledge sharing, and collaboration.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills for risk mitigation and identifying task dependencies.
• Effective and inclusive communication with diverse cultural and language communities.
• Passion for Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects. Understanding of free culture / free software / open source principles.

Additionally, we’d love it if you have:

• PMP or MSP certification
• Non-profit experience
• Tech sector experience
• Experience with the global Wikimedia Movement
• Experience with international or multilingual data landscapes
• Experience with international development, non-profit, or social movement research, and/or working with volunteers.