Product Director, Common Voice (12 month Fixed-Term)

Product Director, Common Voice (12 month Fixed-Term) Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit building a better technology future — powered by people, open by design, fueled by imagination. We deliver people-first alternatives to today’s extractive systems. We build side by side with developers, innovators and advocates, united in the belief that a better technology future is not only possible — it’s ours to create. Team The Tech Platforms team stewards and evolves shared technology platforms that power Mozilla Foundation programs and enable effective, secure, and scalable ways of working. Within the Tech Platforms team, Mozilla Common Voice is the flagship intervention to mitigate bias within AI - in particular by making it possible for speakers of the world’s 7000+ languages, and traditionally marginalized demographic communities, to be represented in AI training sets, and meaningfully engaged in building AI. Mozilla Common Voice is a data crowdsourcing platform that supports 300+ communities around the world, and to which more than half a million people have contributed. The dataset is used by these communities, and also in technology and research organizations all over the world. The Common Voice work spans product development, platform engineering, data stewardship, privacy and compliance, and community engagement. The team collaborates closely with contributors, researchers, and partners across regions and languages to ensure the platform remains trustworthy, inclusive, and sustainable while supporting long-term impact and future growth. The Product Director, Common Voice is responsible for the overall success of the Common Voice project. This role is primarily accountable for product vision, roadmap, prioritization, and long-term direction, while also taking on interim community management responsibilities and providing engineering leadership and delivery oversight. Job responsibilities Here are some projects you'll likely work on in your first 6 months: Deliver the 2026 maintenance+ roadmap, ensuring platform stability, reliability, security, and progress on critical technical debt. Define and track success metrics aligned to 2026 goals and Tech Platforms objectives. Lead development of a proposed 2027+ product roadmap, including growth scenarios, resourcing implications, and strategic tradeoffs. Support the Common Voice project in funding proposals and partnership discussions as needed. Take on interim community manager responsibilities while the Common Voice team is re-scoped and shaped. Ensure continuity, trust, and responsiveness for the Mozilla Common Voice community during the transition period. Oversee community communications, contributor engagement, and language onboarding processes within resourcing constraints. Set clear goals, priorities, and expectations for engineering contributors in alignment with product objectives. Ensure effective collaboration between engineering, data, privacy, and infrastructure partners. As a Product Director, Common Voice at Mozilla, you will work on… Product Ownership & Strategic Leadership - 50% of time Serve as the accountable product owner for Common Voice, with responsibility for product vision, roadmap, and prioritization Deliver the 2026 maintenance+ roadmap, ensuring platform stability, reliability, security, and progress on critical technical debt Define and track success metrics aligned to 2026 goals and Tech Platforms objectives Lead development of a proposed 2027+ product roadmap, including growth scenarios, resourcing implications, and strategic tradeoffs Represent Common Voice project in funding proposals and partnership discussions as needed. Community Management & Stewardship (Interim) — 30% of time Take on interim community manager responsibilities while the Common Voice team is re-scoped and shaped Ensure continuity, trust, and responsiveness for the Mozilla Common Voice community during the transition period Oversee community communications, contributor engagement, and language onboarding processes within resourcing constraints Balance community needs with platform realities and clearly communicate priorities and limitations Engineering Management & Delivery leadership - 20% of time Provide direct people management and delivery leadership for Common Voice engineering staff and contractors Set clear goals, priorities, and expectations for engineering contributors in alignment with product objectives Ensure effective collaboration between engineering, data, privacy, and infrastructure partners Your Professional Profile: 5+ years of progressively senior Product Management experience, ideally within a small, agile team. Strong product judgment and experience setting direction, prioritizing work, and managing tradeoffs in a complex environment. Knowledge of linguistics or languages, with multilinguality a plus. At least a basic grounding in computational linguistics or NLP. Fantastic communication skills are required - the team and community are glob…