Job Description
OB DESCRIPTION
At Reddit, our localization team is part of the Tech PMO Org. We’re looking for a contract localization project manager to support our team over the coming quarters in the delivery of a number of key projects.
You’ll work with product managers, engineers, and our external language service providers to plan and execute on a variety of localization projects, mostly in the area of product localization. You will take a proactive approach to providing localization and internationalization guidance and best practices to our internal stakeholders. You will work closely with our external partners to ensure the quality of all project deliverables, and ensure that we are releasing timely, high quality localized content.
Responsibilities:
- Manage localization projects and deliverables for all the products and teams that we support, including product, support and marketing
- Ensure effective execution of all translation, localization, and QA projects in collaboration with our third party language service providers.
- Provide consultation and support to product/project managers, designers, and engineers to ensure proper internationalization of products.
- Communicate proactively with stakeholders across different time zones to ensure effective cross-team collaboration.
Skills and Experience:
- 3 years of localization project management experience in the product space, preferably on the Client side.
- An excellent understanding of the end to end localization process for software products, and related content.
- Familiarity with CAT tools, and TMS systems such as SDL Studio, XTM Cloud and/or Smartling (preferred).
- Excellent organizational, time management and communication skills.
- Experience with Internationalization tools and techniques, e.g. pseudo-language testing.
- Highly organized and detail oriented, with a bias for action.