Lead Product Manager, Security & AI Risk

Social Impact Guide; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Lead Product Manager to drive product security strategy and strengthen our security culture across the Foundation and movement. This senior role emphasizes technical and security leadership, including AI-enabled analysis, and collaboration with engineers, designers, data scientists, and community teams.

The successful candidate will shape WMF’s information security posture, communicate with diverse stakeholders, and help protect a global platform while

Qualifications

• 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.

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.

Skills

Product management

Security focus

AI-based security tools

Command line proficiency

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Lead Product Manager to drive product security strategy and strengthen our security culture across the Foundation and movement. This senior role emphasizes technical and security leadership, including AI-enabled analysis, and collaboration with engineers, designers, data scientists, and community teams.

The successful candidate will shape WMF’s information security posture, communicate with diverse stakeholders, and help protect a global platform while