What are the responsibilities and job description for the Wikimedia Foundation is hiring: Manager, User Experience Research in California position at Wikimedia Foundation?
We’re hiring a UX Research Manager strongly committed to the principles of free knowledge, human-centered research, open source and open data, transparency, privacy, and collaboration to join the Research team. As our UX Research Manager you will be leading and supporting a small and talented team of design researchers and a program manager to oversee research that informs and advances Wikipedia’s product, technology, and design developments across more than 300 languages.
You’ll work remotely with the fully distributed Research team, with members currently spread between UTC 3 and UTC-7. You will be accountable for our UX Research function which serves stakeholders in the Wikimedia Foundation and the broader Wikimedia Movement. Within the Foundation, you will work closely with our Research and Decision Science, Design, and Product teams. Outside of the Wikimedia Foundation, you will coordinate work with the Wikimedia affiliates and understand, translate and triage the UX research community needs as part of the work of your team.
Here are some things we’ve worked on that might give you a better sense of the scope of work you will be accountable for and part of :
- Understanding Wikipedia administrators recruitment, retention, and attrition patterns and identifying the causes behind at least one pattern.
- Understanding non-editing participation by Wikipedia users.
- Develop deeper understanding of human and machine interaction in machine translation.
Note : This role reports to the Head of Research and requires working with senior leadership and stakeholders across the organization in different timezones. It is expected that the person who will join us in this role will be available for critical meetings and synchronous work between 15 : 00 to 19 : 00 UTC. It is further expected that the candidate is open to traveling up to four times per year.
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About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects. Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential to contribute something to our shared knowledge, and that everyone should be able to access that knowledge freely.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a charitable, not-for-profit organization that relies on donations. We receive donations from millions of individuals around the world, with an average donation of about $15. We also receive donations through institutional grants and gifts. The Wikimedia Foundation is a United States 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization with offices in San Francisco, California, USA.
As an equal opportunity employer, the Wikimedia Foundation values having a diverse workforce and continuously strives to maintain an inclusive and equitable workplace. We encourage people with a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
The Wikimedia Foundation is a remote-first organization with staff members including contractors based in 40 countries. Salaries at the Wikimedia Foundation are set in a way that is competitive, equitable, and consistent with our values and culture. The anticipated annual pay range of this position for applicants based within the United States is US$120,791 to US$189,762 with multiple individualized factors, including cost of living in the location, being the determinants of the offered pay.
For applicants located outside of the US, the pay range will be adjusted to the country of hire. We neither ask for nor take into consideration the salary history of applicants. The compensation for a successful applicant will be based on their skills, experience and location.
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Salary : $120,791 - $189,762
