The job description is posted at
https://openid.net/2020/11/17/openid-foundation-executive-director-job-description/
and referenced from https://twitter.com/openid/status/1328759681532055552. I
also made a personal tweet about it at
https://twitter.com/selfissued/status/1328760243505885184.
Please circulate this to your networks and personally reach out to those who
you'd love to have as our next executive director!
-- Mike (for the hiring committee)
From: Mike Jones
Sent: Friday, November 13, 2020 4:08 PM
To: '[email protected]' <[email protected]>
Subject: Updated ED Job Description
I incorporated suggestions from the review by George Fletcher (thanks George!)
and further simplified and targeted the language. Please review and send any
suggestions to me by Monday (or earlier). I plan to have a version ready for
us to publicly circulate by Tuesday morning.
A clean version is attached as well as one showing recent tracked changes. For
those without access to Word/OpenOffice, etc., I've also pasted the current
draft into the body of this message.
Thanks all!
-- Mike (for the search committee)
Job Title: OpenID Foundation Executive Director
The OpenID Foundation is seeking an Executive Director with the experience,
skills, strategic vision, and commitment to advancing the Foundation's open
standards initiatives. This is a unique opportunity to lead a well-respected,
member-driven, vendor-neutral, international standardization organization.
The OpenID Foundation Executive Director (ED) reports directly to the
Foundation's Board of Directors and interacts extensively with the entire
Board, Foundation contractors, Foundation members, and other organizations and
individuals advancing open digital identity and open payments initiatives
worldwide. The Executive Director has general oversight and executive
management responsibilities for the business of the OpenID Foundation, with a
strong emphasis on evolving the strategic mission of the organization and its
international outreach and growth. The ED represents the OpenID Foundation in
the international arena, is an advocate for open standards and adoption, and
develops new business opportunities to extend the breadth and depth the OpenID
Foundation's contributions to useful open standards worldwide.
Responsibilities:
* Advance the adoption of open standards-based secure digital identity and
payment systems worldwide.
* Provide strategic vision to develop, update, and execute the OpenID
Foundation's strategic plans.
* Establish, grow, and maintain global liaisons with members, other
standards bodies, industry groups, governments, and other strategic standards
and ecosystem contributors.
* Work with the Foundation's Board of Directors and community participants
to provide a high-quality environment to facilitate the development and
adoption of the Foundation's specifications and initiatives.
* Drive new business opportunities by expanding OpenID Foundation
activities relative to the standardization life cycle, including certification.
Identify and advance new revenue opportunities for the organization consistent
with its open standards mission.
* Drive new membership growth worldwide while maintaining high satisfaction
among the organization's current members.
* Ensure that the OpenID Foundation is well represented and influential at
strategic industry meetings and events by demonstrably meeting the needs of the
industry.
* Ensure that the OpenID Foundation is sensitive to the challenges of
working across many countries and cultures.
* Work closely with the Foundation's board and staff on overall
organization operations, including the development and management of the yearly
budget. This includes developing and reporting metrics assessing organizational
and operational health.
Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is transparent with high integrity leadership and should
have 5+ years Executive Director/CEO/CIO/COO/VP/executive management experience
and demonstrated experience with and knowledge of open standards development
and adoption. An ideal candidate will have direct experience with technology
standards bodies and will be a recognized contributor/leader in open standards,
with experience supporting a Board of Directors. While the OpenID Foundation is
based in the United States with its primary working language being English,
candidates living in other countries with knowledge of other languages and/or
experience of working in other countries and multinational organizations will
be strongly considered.
Additionally, strong business and communication skills, demonstrated experience
in delivering keynote presentations at conferences, and the ability to serve as
the OpenID Foundation spokesperson globally are required. Experience working
with non-profit and volunteer organizations is a plus. Recognition as a leader
in the international open standards community is strongly preferred.
A primary goal of the OpenID Foundation's Board of Directors in this leadership
transition is to encourage and identify as diverse a group of applicants for
the Executive Director position as possible.
To Apply or Recommend Candidates:
Those interested in the position should send a note to
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> and include a Curriculum Vitae
(CV). Suggestions for people to approach about the position are also welcomed
there.
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