Localization Program Manager
$82,700–$129,800 year
On-siteSan Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Manage end-to-end localization into 29 languages, including launches requiring creative asset localization, terminology building, and testing. Monitor continuous localization operations to identify improvement opportunities while running and evolving quality processes that coordinate testing and build LQA workflows. Develop and maintain linguistic assets to improve translation quality output and influence upstream content operations for seamless, context-rich translations. Build localization metrics reports tracking turnaround, quality scores, and cost per word. Work remotely from San Francisco, Irvine, or Seattle with a base salary ranging from $74,200 to $142,800 annually. Join a lean team of senior professionals operating as strategic partners to Product and Engineering to bring global users a native experience.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of localization project/program management experience
- Experience managing stakeholders and cross-organizational dependencies
- Experience with enterprise localization tools, translation management platforms (Smartling, memoQ, Phrase or similar), and developing and maintaining linguistic assets and workflows
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication
- Native speaker of one additional language
- You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA
Desired Qualifications
- An analytical mindset, with the ability to visualize data, connect the dots, and turn localization insights into decisions that drive business and tooling outcomes
- Native French, German, Chinese or Japanese preferred
- Experience designing and implementing scalable localization processes and technical automation
- Track record of building localization programs from scratch or through transformation
- Experience evaluating MT/LLM quality in production workflows
- Solid understanding of localization metrics and data manipulation
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