Technology & Product Lead (20 hours/week)

Social Movement Technologies•Anywhere globally, not just, Remote

3d•$36,000 - $40,000•Remote

About The Position

Social Movement Technologies' mission is to provide organizing strategy, training and campaign support to build people-power for justice in the digital age. We're a nonprofit movement support group, driven 100% to meet the needs of social change groups. We're super lean - we do lots with little, just like most of the groups we work with. Increasingly, SMT is training and working with groups working on racial and climate justice that need support to ramp up online. SMT’s small but highly effective team has trained staff from over 6,800 groups and unions in its first 13 years, and worked with more than 240 groups on in-depth campaigns. This role works closely with the Operations Manager and other members of the core team to manage a range of tech tools for SMT's work. This job is for you if...You're excited about learning and diving into new tools and find it easy to get the hang of them; You thrive while juggling a variety of projects; you’re excited about building people-power movements for justice; you love helping things run smoothly and efficiently and being of service; You are motivated to make the team's work hum so that training participants and groups SMT supports have a great experience!

Requirements

skilled with WordPress (LearnDash plugin ideally, Google Suite, project management (either ClickUp or Asana), manipulating data in spreadsheets, experience setting up Zapier automations, AI tools to speed workflows
High attention to detail is a must.
Committed to and experienced with movement work
Experience working with or in Black/brown-led groups
Able to multitask and juggle multiple projects and communicate reliably about them
Friendly and encouraging, and able to convey this via email, videoconferencing, and phone
Super motivated to learn more and stay abreast of new tech developments
Able to schedule yourself reliably and be attentive to deadlines
Interested in this for more than a year or two. This is not a short-term in-between kind of position.
Experienced in project management, understanding how to manage a team and break down deadlines etc.
Technology management experience is important, as is the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment.

Responsibilities

Set up courses on website and set up registration process including setting up Zapier and other automations
Manage website edits and updates, including ensuring a website security plan is in order, working with website development & security team members
Manage SMT's tech stack and scan for ways to update and improve it to better meet needs
Over the coming year, help SMT move away from Google and other big tech platforms
Manage vibe coding/AI apps to make tweaks in apps we use
Research and compare tech products to meet the needs of social justice groups, with the possibility of sharing information in trainings