USD per year
Program Manager, Fellowships
at Mozilla Foundation Locations: Remote Canada; Remote US
Program Manager, Fellowships
Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit building a better technology future — powered by people, open by design, fueled by imagination. We deliver people-first alternatives to today’s extractive systems. We build side by side with developers, innovators and advocates, united in the belief that a better technology future is not only possible — it’s ours to create. Team The Imagination & Strategic Growth (I&SG) team is an executive function within Mozilla Foundation that treats imagination as a core institutional capability for technology development. Working at the intersection of culture, strategy, and long-term growth, the team shapes how creative intelligence becomes new technology, partnerships, and sustained investment. I&SG stewards the Foundation’s creative R&D program, Creative Futures, and the Fellowships program as flagship expressions of this work. The Mozilla Fellowships program is a high-impact leadership initiative that supports people carrying imaginative, boundary-breaking ideas into institutions, movements, policy spaces, media, and public life. Fellows advance more accountable and people-centered technology futures while embedded within host organizations and networks. The Program Manager, Fellowships serves as the operational backbone of this program — translating strategic vision into structured, well-executed program delivery across the full Fellowship lifecycle.
Job responsibilities
Here are some projects you'll likely work on in your first 6 months:
- Lead the next Fellowship recruitment and selection cycle, including refining selection criteria, coordinating review processes, and preparing materials for leadership and advisors.
- Manage cohort formation and oversee offers, contracting timelines, and public announcements in partnership with Legal, Communications, and the Grants team.
- Design and execute a strong onboarding experience for new Fellows and host organizations.
- Establish clear project management systems, documentation practices, and communication rhythms to support a seamless Fellowship year.
- Support planning for upcoming convenings and moments of visibility (including Mozilla-wide events such as MozFest).
As a Program Manager, Fellowships at Mozilla, you will…
- Own the end-to-end execution of the Mozilla Fellowships program across recruitment, onboarding, delivery, and alumni engagement.
- Shape structured, transparent, and equitable selection processes that balance rigor and creative ambition.
- Serve as the primary operational point of contact for Fellows and host organizations, resolving issues and ensuring alignment.
- Manage budgets, contracts, payment schedules, and reporting in partnership with Finance/Admin and the Grants team.
- Track milestones, deliverables, and impact signals, contributing to internal and funder reporting.
- Maintain strong project management systems across multiple stakeholders and overlapping timelines.
- Coordinate engagement between the Fellowship and other Mozilla Foundation programs.
- Support alumni continuity and post-Fellowship touchpoints.
- Collect feedback and document program learnings to strengthen future cycles.
- Integrate guidance from a team of Senior Curricular Advisors and program leadership into program design and Fellow experience.
- Operate with high autonomy,...
Mozilla is a global community-driven organization working to put control of the internet back in the hands of the people using it. They advocate for better products, hold governments and tech corporations accountable, campaign for privacy and open internet policies, build user-centric products like Firefox, and invest in technology including AI efforts.
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