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Date: 20 Mar 2008
From:Loren Siebert <loren at siebert.org>
Subject:Meedan.net job

A colleague of mine sent me this job posting from Meedan.net, which is  
a non-profit aiming to create an online community for dialogue between  
the West and the Arabic-speaking world:

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Dear Friends,

We are pleased to announce that Meedan is in the process of searching  
for a talented Product Manager. Please find our position description  
below. Feel free to forward to any networks or persons that you feel  
would be a good fit for this position. We appreciate your support and  
thank you for your assistance!

Product Manager for Meedan

Meedan (pronounced "mee-DAN")-- www.meedan.net -- is a nonprofit  
social technology company. Our mission is to forward global  
understanding and tolerance by providing people and communities with  
advanced technologies to enable dialogue and the sharing of knowledge.

Enabling a global and linguistically diverse community of users to  
communicate and collaborate, Meedan is innovating social networking,  
social translation, and social media technologies. We are fortunate to  
have the support of IBM and their development team and a strong  
community of foundation funders.  With an initial focus on Arabic and  
English speaking communities, Meedan will be opening a public beta in  
mid-April.

Meedan is looking for a Product Manager who is talented, motivated,  
and eager to participate in a  'live' Web 2.0 project. This is a  
unique opportunity for an entrepreneurial spirit to join a great team  
with a start up vibe and a vision for changing the world through 'code  
and community.'

Location: San Francisco, CA

Responsibilities:

Product Management:

    * Work with program staff and tech staff to understand our user  
community or "market" and their needs, mapping to requirements.
    * Maintains Product Requirements Doc (PRD) and Market Requirements  
Doc (MRD)
    * Assists with technical architecture
    * Assists with usability and user interface design
    * Own and manage product schedule.
    * Works closely with the distributed development teams from IBM  
(New York/UK), Carrot Search (Poland), and Meedan (Portland/San  
Francisco).
    * Takes ownership and ensures proactive closure for problem  
reports that fall within or appear to fall within area of  
responsibility; works closely with internal customers to quickly and  
successfully closeout
problem reports.


Project Management:

    * Create, Communicate and Manage product deliverables and timeline.
    * Support and monitor schedule of iteration.
    * Manage bug tracking.  Address and assign new issues as they arise.
    * Works closely and actively with other team members to ensure  
that interdependent deliverables are accomplished according to schedule.

Ability to work with global/virtual team:

    * Works as a strong team player within the team, and where  
possible improves the knowledge and capabilities of all team members.
    * Assists other team members with their tasks when necessary to  
make sure the team's success.
    * Actively works with external teams to guide them in their  
adoption of Applications and ensure their success.  (IBM, Contactors  
and distributed programming team)
    * Other major areas of participation, dependent upon the  
candidate's experience and interests

Key Qualifications:
We are a fast-paced, small, nonprofit start-up that relies heavily on  
the unique skills of each team member.  Our team-members are able to  
work flexibly and respond to challenges across a range of project areas.

We are looking for an individual who possesses the following:
    * Excellent written and verbal communication skills
    * Proven Project Management and Product Management skills
    * Enjoys working in a entrepreneurial, collaborative environment  
and is a team player
    * Experience working with a distributed team (We are an  
international organization with teams in the US, Europe and MENA)

Minimum Position Requirements:
    * Bachelors Degree in a related area
    * 3 to 5 years experience in software development in Product or  
Project Management
    * 3 to 5 years experience in roles requiring excellent  
communication skills

Knowledge of the following technologies:
    * PHP
    * Ruby
    * Flash
    * JAVA
    * XML
    * Database design

Please send a cover letter and resume with salary requirements to afaur at meedan.net
For more information about our organization you can visit http://meedan.net

Meedan is a 501 c 3 Charitable Organization

-- 
Amber Faur
Operations Director, Meedan.net
1255 Post St. Suite 540, San Francisco 94109
phone.  415.885.9000
mobile. 707.364.4037
fax. 800.868.0069
email. afaur at meedan.net
skype. amber.faur

Connect With Your World
www.meedan.net
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Loren Siebert
LinguaStep
http://www.linguastep.com

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