Wikimedia envisions a world where the sum total of human knowledge is available to everyone.  The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit home of Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, and other free educational projects, serves as the hub of a global movement of hundreds of thousands of contributors collaborating to collect and share the sum of all human knowledge with the world. Protecting the privacy of Wikimedia readers, contributors, and donors is a key element of our work as an organization.

Our Legal team counsels Foundation engineers as they create tools and features for Wikipedia, secure the websites, and collaborate with volunteer developers to design and build the future of the projects. We are looking for an Associate General Counsel to support the Deputy General Counsel in leading key functions in the Legal team, with specific focus on further refinement of our privacy and product counseling workflows.

The Associate General Counsel will be a hands-on leader with significant management experience, who will help to oversee and develop a highly talented and collaborative team of lawyers and legal professionals. The Associate General Counsel will also work closely with the Legal department leadership team, the Foundation’s Senior Leadership and executive teams, and with external stakeholders. We are looking for expertise and experience leading teams that advise online platforms, with a particular focus on counseling technical teams, and providing guidance on matters relating to privacy and security. Candidates should have a track record of enabling successful cross-departmental collaboration, and developing both early career and more experienced lawyers. Additional relevant experience includes past direct work with online communities.