Jobs at Wikimedia Foundation

Implements and manages Wikimedia’s Sub-Saharan Africa grantmaking portfolio, including funding strategy, proposal review, organizational assessments, committee development, partner relationships, grant monitoring, evaluation, and learning. The role facilitates participatory decision-making, supports nonprofit capacity building, represents regional priorities, and collaborates with communities and philanthropic stakeholders. Remote work requires frequent cross-time-zone coordination and may involve 1–3 international trips annually.

Build and improve scalable, accessible Android applications for Wikipedia and Wikimedia users worldwide. Responsibilities include leading technical discovery and system design, implementing Kotlin and Jetpack Compose features, optimizing performance, developing testing and observability practices, managing delivery risks and scope, and collaborating with product, design, analytics, and engineering teams.

Leads external communications for Wikimedia Enterprise, including media relations, thought leadership, speaking opportunities, messaging, launches, stakeholder engagement, vendor management, and rapid-response communications. The role aligns Enterprise growth plans with Foundation communications priorities, develops marketing and press materials, and uses KPIs, customer insights, and coverage data to improve strategy and demonstrate business impact.

Build and improve scalable, accessible iOS experiences for Wikipedia. Lead technical discovery, system design, implementation, testing, observability, prioritization, and delivery of medium-complexity initiatives. Collaborate with product managers, designers, analysts, and engineers while managing scope, risks, tradeoffs, and documentation. The role requires strong Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, iOS architecture, and performance optimization experience in an autonomous, remote, cross-functional environment.

Designs and develops accessible, inclusive digital learning experiences for Wikimedia contributors worldwide. Partners with product teams, researchers, communities, and subject matter experts to identify learning needs, prototype solutions, and improve courses, multimedia, AI-enabled support, workshops, and embedded guidance. Uses learning science, user-centered design, analytics, feedback, and experimentation to strengthen participation and evolve the Foundation’s learning strategy.

Lead Wikimedia Foundation’s product security strategy, prioritize security and privacy engineering initiatives, develop platform interventions against threats, strengthen organizational security culture, and communicate with Wikimedia communities. The role partners with cross-functional and departmental leaders on information security, represents the Foundation to volunteers, and applies AI-based tools to security analysis, code review, and software engineering. Prior product management experience is not required, but strong technical, security, communication, and online-community experience are important.

Lead executive communications for the Wikimedia Foundation CEO, executives, and Board. Develop strategic messaging, speeches, talking points, blogs, social media, internal communications, and thought leadership. Advise senior leaders, manage media and speaking opportunities, prepare executives for crisis communications, build stakeholder engagement strategies, and collaborate across global communications teams. The role is remote-first, aligned primarily with Eastern Time, and requires occasional international travel.

The Head of Marketing will build and lead Wikimedia Foundation’s product and integrated marketing function. Responsibilities include developing go-to-market processes, leading multidisciplinary teams, coordinating audience engagement, overseeing brand, performance, paid, owned, SEO/GEO, app store, and lifecycle marketing, managing marketing technology and analytics, directing agencies and budgets, and aligning global campaigns across departments and audiences.