Wikimedia Product/vec

The Wikimedia Foundation Product staff and contractors build, improve, and maintain the software features of Wikimedia sites. Together with Technology, Product constitutes Product and Technology, one of the seven Wikimedia Foundation departments.

Important documents
On these pages you can read about our principles and best practices for our work:


 * Inclusive Product Development – documenting how we are guided by the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
 * Wikimedia Product Guidance – documenting how we work with the Wikimedia communities.

Structure of the department
Within the Product department, we have two types of teams:


 * Feature teams are the primary unit of work for building products. Some of them are put into groups to ensure closer work.
 * Functional teams include the people who provide services, such as management, analytics, or community relations, to the feature teams.

Feature teams


Functional teams

 * Design – focus on user experience design and research, information architecture, human-computer interaction, visual design, and usability experience.
 * Engineering Management – focus on technical practices and engineering mentorship.
 * Product Management – define what will be built and set the strategy for the problems the team focuses on.

Leadership

 * Selena Deckelmann: Chief Product and Technology Officer
 * Desiree Abad: Director, Product Platform


 * Runa Bhattacharjee: Director of Product, Languages & Content Growth
 * Sai Suman Cherukuwada: Director, Engineering
 * Marshall Miller: Director of Product, Core Experiences
 * vacant: Vice President, Product Design
 * Denny Vrandečić: Head of Special Projects