On 6 November 2012 11:23, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: >> The way we’d get there: >> >> I’m prepared to resign from my engineering management responsibilities >> and to focus solely on my remaining role as VP of Product, as soon as >> a successor for VP of Engineering has been identified. We would start >> that hiring process probably in early 2013. I’m recommending to Sue >> that we seriously consider internal candidates for the VP of >> Engineering role, as we have a strong engineering management team in >> place today. >> >> So realistically we'd probably identify that person towards the end of >> the fiscal year. > > Due to the nature of the foundation and to ensure continued growth and > prosperity I would be hoping that the foundation ensured both > positions became "vacant" and the person/s are chosen on the merits of > their applications to ensure the continued and best growth.
Hi K. Peachey, Generally speaking, the WMF posts and boards for every vacancy. (I think there's a policy document somewhere to that effect -- regardless, it's been our practice for years.) Sometimes we skip the posting & boarding process if there's a sufficiently compelling reason, but mostly we post and board every position. And so yes, indeed, we will post and board the head of Engineering vacancy, because it's a newly-created position, and it's vacant. We won't be posting and boarding the head of Product, though, because it is not a newly-created position and it's not a vacancy. Even though the responsibilities and scope of the role are shifting, it is an existing position, and it has an incumbent (Erik). Thanks, Sue _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
