At Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. we help create, collect and distribute free knowledge. In 2004, volunteer Wikipedia activists founded the non-profit association Wikimedia Deutschland in Berlin, which now consists of over 110,000 members and 190 full-time staff.
Interim Technical Product Manager, Fundraising Technology (all genders)
Free knowledge leads to a fairer world. Wikipedia is the most important online knowledge collection of our time. The German Wikipedia alone records almost 1 billion page views per month for a total of 3 million articles. We - Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. - support the volunteers of Wikipedia and its sister projects, develop free software, such as Wikidata, and advocate for free access to knowledge, the opening of education and research, and more common good orientation in data policy.
For our Software Engineering Team, based in Berlin, we are looking for an Interim Technical Product Manager, Fundraising Technology (all genders), full- or part-time (24 - 40 hours / week), ideally starting 01.08.2026 for a limited contract until 31.01.2027.
This position is designed as a hybrid working model with quarterly presence in our Berlin office.
The Fundraising Technology (FUNtech) team develops and improves the software of Wikimedia Deutschland’s fundraising operations. This includes developing and maintaining the existing Fundraising app and infrastructure, as well as supporting the annual fundraising campaign.
Our Fundraising efforts fuel our continued work for the Wikipedia community, our large-scale software projects such as Wikidata and Wikibase, and our efforts to help secure access to free knowledge around the globe, to name but a few examples.
You will be the Technical Product Manager (all genders) for this team, collaborating closely with a team of engineers and across key stakeholders. You will also be a part of the Product Management team, and report to the Head of Product Operations.
What you’ll be doing:- You are responsible for roadmap ownership, delivery coordination, and cross-functional collaboration based on requirements from multiple stakeholder teams.
- You will be the interface between our Fundraising Technology team, the Donations and Members Data team and our non-technical Campaigns and Fundraising team and can translate their needs into work packages and clear action items for the engineering team.
- You will drive projects forward by using agile project management methodologies.
- You will occasionally be coordinating with external service providers.
- Strong experience as a Technical Product Manager in software-driven environments.
- Hands-on experience in using Agile / Kanban methodologies.
- Well-established interpersonal and external communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Experience with fundraising, CRM, or e-marketing technology, including payment systems, donor/customer databases, analytics, and legacy software maintenance, ideally in mission-driven or non-profit organisational contexts.
- Ability to operate autonomously in an interim setup, taking rapid ownership of existing products and processes, making pragmatic decisions, and integrating quickly into established teams.
- Experience working in distributed hybrid/remote environments.
- Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English and German.
Please send us your application documents (Resume & ideally a Motivational Letter) via our job portal until 21st June 2026. We kindly ask you to refrain from application photos and information on date of birth, marital status and parents.
Wikimedia Germany is committed to equal opportunities and does not discriminate on the basis of, for example, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or belief, political or other convictions, gender, age, disability, or sexual identity. We would like to address you in the way which feels most comfortable for you so please share your preferred name and pronouns if you wish.
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