VP, Community

About The RoleOur client is a nonprofit public benefit organization with a mission to ensure that the Internet is a global public resource, open and accessible to all. Join the team and become part of the mission to promote openness, innovation, and opportunity online!Twenty years ago, this meant building a browser and protecting the open web. Today, it also includes making sure AI and data driven technology is more trustworthy. In order to focus on places where the company can impact the next era of their work, they are increasingly working on the topic of trustworthy AI.

For them, this means especially two things: human agency is a core part of how AI is built and integrated, and corporate accountability is real and enforced. TeamThis role is part of the organization's Executive team and reports directly to the Executive Director. The VP, Community will work across the organization to ensure community-centered approaches are deeply embedded into programs, advocacy, and decision-making. This is a newly created, high-impact leadership role that will shape how the company supports, stewards, and learns from its global communities.

As the VP, Community, you will…Co-create the company's community strategy in collaboration with internal teams and external stakeholders. Design and implement equitable systems for community participation, leadership, and input across programs. Develop mechanisms to surface community-defined priorities and ensure these are reflected in organizational strategy and resource allocation. Facilitate connections within and across the global community, supporting mutual learning and shared power. Create structures for healthy engagement, conflict transformation, and accountability within community spaces. Support staff across the Foundation in community-centered practices and develop tools and processes that help them succeed.

Here are some projects you'll likely work on in your first 6 months: Lead a cross-functional audit of the company's community infrastructure and identify opportunities to create more durable, inclusive, and scalable systems. Establish meaningful community health metrics and participatory evaluation frameworks. Partner with product and advocacy teams to co-design community pathways around initiatives — from participatory datasets to prosocial tech campaigns. Develop and facilitate a network of community collaborators to support key events. Your Professional Profile: Proven experience building, facilitating, or stewarding diverse communities or networks with purpose and care.

Strong track record in community organizing, developer relations, networked products, civic engagement, or a related field. Demonstrated ability to center justice, navigate power dynamics, and foster inclusive, equitable spaces. Experience leading participatory processes and evaluating community health and impact in meaningful, relational ways. Skilled in consensus building, conflict facilitation, and collaborative decision-making. Experience working with global networks across varied cultural contexts. Ability to align internal teams around community-centered priorities. We Are Excited To See Any Additional Experience With: Familiarity with privacy-focused communities or products. Comfort working across a federated or decentralized organizational model.

Appreciation of community participation guidelines and a commitment to open, transparent engagement. Experience building multilingual and accessible engagement environments. Salary and Benefits Information: The hiring company is dedicated to fair and equitable compensation for their staff. They aim to pay a competitive and market-based salary based on the responsibilities and requirements of the role. They do not ask for, or take into account, salary histories in their offer process. The starting salary ranges for this role are listed below. These four countries are where they most commonly employ staff. Germany: €163,281. 60 - €183,691. 02UK: £143,758. 80 - £161,727. 96Canada: $281,880. 00 - $317,113. 65US:

$208,800 - $234,899Some regions fall into a higher salary market and this is reflected in the example ranges below: London: £169,128. 00 - £190,268. 19New York: $261,000 - $293,623. 75Bay Area: $261,000 - $293,623. 75Benefits: Private Medical InsuranceExtended Sick LeaveGlobal Employee Assistance Program (EAP)Retirement Plan contributionsPaid Time Off: 20 days annual leave + sick days and your birthdayCompany Holidays + ShutdownWellness budgetProfessional Development budgetTop up program for Pregnancy and Parental leavesNote: “We are not the EOR (Employer of Record) for this position. Our role in this specific opportunity is to connect outstanding candidates with a top-tier employer.

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