MoveOn.org–the preeminent people-powered progressive campaigning organization that has, time and again, deployed original technology in the service of making social change–is hiring a new CTO. Is this you?
Since our founding in 1998, MoveOn.org has been at the leading edge of figuring out how to leverage technology and scale to organize and empower millions of everyday Americans to make a difference in the big fights of our time — combating economic inequality, opposing unjust wars, pushing for action on the climate crisis, and more. MoveOn pioneered some of the first online tactics for progressive collective action — from online petitions to distributed event organizing tools to election calling technology to one of the earliest video-sharing tools. In recent years, MoveOn incubated https://www.upworthy.com (formerly MoveOn Media) to spread powerful and compelling progressive content, and developed MoveOn Petitions (formerly SignOn.org) to empower tens of thousands of members to run their own MoveOn-style distributed campaigns.
In the coming years, our members will wage campaigns to push back against the radical right and the corrupting influence of big money in our democracy. We’ll build independent progressive political power through the 2016 elections. And we’ll pioneer the next generation of people-powered organizing. NBD. Working together with our EDs and leadership across the organization, MoveOn’s Chief Technology Officer will vision and drive technology to serve MoveOn’s 8 million members. You’ll work closely with MoveOn.org Civic Action and MoveOn.org Political Action’s terrific, small (25-30 people), and tight-knit staff. For more on how the MoveOn team works, take a look at this historicMoveOn Way Document.
Responsibilities:
Our CTO must be an experienced technical leader with strategic vision, as well as the ability to get their hands dirty and code when required.
Visioning the relationship between MoveOn and technology and “how we tech” together with senior leaders in the organization.
Building and managing a team of 2-4 developers (the exact size and constellation of in-house staff vs. consultants will be on you to determine) to execute MoveOn’s mission.
Tech project management, prioritization, and execution across the organization.
Developing systems for tech training and tech support for the broader MoveOn staff.
Managing core tech infrastructure, contracts, and consultant relationships.
Developing systems for one-off tech development.
Visioning and executing further-afield, big tech development to help us re-conceive what “online campaigning” and “digital organizing” mean — helping build new tools and innovate new approaches to mobilizing, connecting, and engaging millions of regular citizens.
The ideal candidate will have deep experience working at the intersection of technology and social change, and working with diverse constituencies, and will be committed to serve the diversity of MoveOn’s base of members.
