Payrate: $25.00 – $26.00/hr.
Summary:
We’re looking for a junior-level Localization Program Manager (LPM) to join the Localization team on a contract basis starting Q2 FY27. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role supporting multiple localization programs across product and content surfaces. You’ll work closely with engineers, vendors, and cross-functional partners to keep localization workflows running smoothly and at high quality.
Responsibilities:
- Localization Operations:
- Proactively monitor string/label drop cycles, coordinate with localization vendors, and track delivery across active repos and projects — flagging risks early and escalating as needed
- Serve as a localization point of contact for assigned product teams
- Support engineer onboarding to localization workflows and file handling best practices
- Follow through on open items end-to-end, including following up on unacknowledged PRs, pending vendor responses, and outstanding stakeholder decisions
- Support in-context testing (ICT) to verify translated strings render correctly in live product UIs
- Learn and work within existing TMS tooling, with opportunities to assist on tooling setup
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams (e.g., marketing) on localization touchpoints
- Localization Quality Management:
- Manage LQA projects: select sampling, ensure timely linguist reviews, and route feedback to vendors
- Project manage quality initiatives such as glossary localization and translation cleanup
- Surface process gaps and flag them for senior team review
- Help troubleshoot localization bugs and contribute to ongoing quality improvement efforts
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Localization Management, Language Translation, Translation Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
- Familiarity with localization best practices and software/web localization workflows
- Familiarity with or exposure to vendor or cross-functional workflows
- Ability to ramp up quickly on new tools, systems, and processes
- Comfortable building working relationships with engineers, vendors, and cross-functional partners
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple concurrent workstreams
- Detail-oriented and dependable
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with a Translation Management System (TMS) and/or LLM-assisted localization tools
- Familiarity with i18n file formats and GitHub workflows (or eagerness to learn)
- Experience working in an agile/scrum environment
- Familiarity with ContentQuo or similar LQA tooling
- Exposure to process gaps identification and interest in proposing improvements
- Recent graduates of Localization or Translation programs welcome to apply
Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $25.00 – $26.00 /hr. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.
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