On Jan 30, 2014 3:31 PM, "Fabrice Florin" <fflorin(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hello everyone,
After serving as product manager at Wikimedia Foundation for the past two
years, I
am now looking to transition into a leadership role focused on
community and people management.
I have discussed this goal with Erik and Howie, and they have invited me
to apply
for the new position of Director of Community Engagement (Product)
(1).
I look forward to interviewing for that job, to help build a stronger
partnership
between our community and product teams. I am also very
interested in developing effective governance tools that involve all our
users -- and in working on other strategic projects that can enable
positive change in our movement.
While I really enjoy my current work with the multimedia team, it's
likely to
become increasingly technical in nature in the next few years,
and a community engagement role seems like a better fit for my skills and
experience (2). I realize this new opening is a competitive search, and I'm
prepared to explore other opportunities at WMF and beyond if I'm not
selected for this job.
During this transition, I will work with Howie to recruit my successor,
and will
continue to serve as multimedia product manager until we hire that
person. If you know anyone that would be well suited for this role, please
contact us. A job description will be posted in the next few days.
I am glad to report that we now have a world-class multimedia team (3),
with a
clear vision for the coming years. I am confident that our team will
be successful in meeting its goals, now that it is fully staffed and up to
speed. And I can't wait to release Media Viewer, our new immersive
multimedia browser, later this quarter.
I am also proud of all that we accomplished with other teams during my
two-year
tenure as a product manager. Notifications are now helping
millions of users stay informed and work more effectively. Our Thanks tool
is used widely to share positive feedback throughout our community. Beta
Features now lets us test new software long before it's released. And we've
learned important lessons from our Page Curation and Article Feedback
experiments. Lastly, our new Roundtables program is helping us collaborate
productively with our community to plan and develop new products (4).
I'd like to thank all of our community and team members who helped make
these
projects possible, and look forward to many more collaborations with
you in coming years.
Regards as ever,
Fabrice
(1)
http://hire.jobvite.com/CompanyJobs/Careers.aspx?c=qSa9VfwQ&cs=9UL9Vfwt…
(2)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fabrice_Florin_(WMF)
(3)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multimedia
(4)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Roundtables
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Fabrice Florin
Product Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
fflorin(a)wikimedia.org
Twitter: @fabriceflorin
Wikipedia: Fabrice Florin (WMF)
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I really enjoyed working with you on the multimedia team over the summer.
Thank you for all the hard work you have put in to bringing the multimedia
team to where it is today.
Best of luck with the new opening.
--
Bawolff