The Wikimedia Foundation is looking for a contract Project Manager for the Communications department of the Wikimedia Foundation. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Program Management, you will work closely with the department’s project managers, multiple teams and departments on projects that support the Foundation's annual plan and its related strategies.

You will work alongside a small, strong, experienced team focused on effectiveness—a key annual plan goal. Your work will help to support and extend their capabilities. You will help to project manage cross-team initiatives, and support the team’s collective work, liaising with and across the Communications department’s teams, acting as a supportive project partner to writers, designers, marketers, PR/media, and movement communications specialists.

This is a remote position will ideally be located in the Eastern Standard Time zone working with colleagues in the USA, the UK, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Key Responsibilities:

Collaborating closely with the Senior Manager of Program Management and assisting the department’s project managers on various projects, initiatives, and campaigns
Assisting with negotiating project scopes, establishing project team norms, helping to define team roles and responsibilities and decision making frameworks, identifying stakeholders, scheduling regular project meetings, determining and clearly communicating roadblocks, challenges, and dependencies
Supporting healthy team dynamics and a culture that welcomes diverse perspectives while driving multiple, smaller projects to completion
Documenting project work and running retros to identify best practices that lead to dependable, successful, on-time completion
Tracking and reporting relevant qualitative and quantitative metrics
Ensuring individuals and teams understand their commitments to goals and to each other; upholding a culture of belonging and accountability
Helping project teams balance challenging work and workloads against the tendency toward scope creep and perfectionism

Skills and experience:

2+ years of experience in project management, or related roles
2+ years of experience working remotely with a distributed team
Experience using Asana, our project management software, and the Google suite
Strong project management skills: prioritization, organization, planning, time management, stakeholder management, facilitation, problem solving, and decision-making
Familiarity and comfort with different communication styles, experience with various cultures and projects crossing multiple time zones
Ability to anticipate risks, build relationships and trust, influence without authority, and effectively enforce accountability
Dependable and flexible interpersonal communications skills
Experience and comfort with ambiguity

Qualities that are important to us as a team

Mission driven—belief in the Wikimedia mission.
Openness and curiosity—interest in working on new and interesting communications problems in complex, public, and collaborative ways.
Team-oriented—naturally inclined toward collaboration and the belief that success includes everyone.
Intentionally inclusive—motivated by high standards, reflecting the values related to participation, equity, and diversity in global movements.
Resilience—commitment to working positively toward outcomes, willingness to change course when warranted.
Creativity—thoughtfulness in complex situations, appreciation of creative mentalities, work patterns, and approaches.

Contract Project Manager

Anywhere in the world

Remote

Mid-level

Wikimedia Foundation