Remote Lead Product Manager, Security & AI

Code4lib; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Lead Product Manager to shape the security and privacy strategy for Wikipedia’s platform in the AI era. You will lead a cross‑functional team of engineers, designers, data scientists, and volunteers, driving security interventions while communicating with communities.

This senior role emphasizes technical and security expertise over prior product management experience, with a focus on strategic product and platform decisions and a strong security culture

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of professional experience working in teams that build products.
• At least 2 years of that time in a security‑focused role.
• Experience driving significant security initiatives end to end in a senior technical or product role.
• Significant experience using AI‑based tools for security analysis and related tasks.
• Comfortable with command‑line tools and basic engineering tasks.
• Strong written and verbal communication across management, staff, and communities.
• Ability to manage a diverse range of responsibilities in a dynamic 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

Security leadership

AI in security

Security strategy

Communication

Technical depth

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Command-line

Job description

The Wikimedia Foundation is seeking a Lead Product Manager to shape the security and privacy strategy for Wikipedia’s platform in the AI era. You will lead a cross‑functional team of engineers, designers, data scientists, and volunteers, driving security interventions while communicating with communities.

This senior role emphasizes technical and security expertise over prior product management experience, with a focus on strategic product and platform decisions and a strong security culture