Our client, a fortune 250 global company, is currently seeking a Localization Project Manager to work hybrid on-site out of their New Jersey office. This is an immediate need and will be a minimum of a six month contract.
In this role, you will work alongside a team of friendly, passionate, and creative localization experts to bring our products to international markets. You create product plans that ensure our localization offerings meet the demands of the Agile development processes.
We're looking for someone who excels when no two days are the same. Integrity, resilience, and pushing the boundaries are must-haves in this job. Whether you're in meetings with internal stakeholders, developers, or other product managers, you'll be the guiding voice that helps us clarify ideas so we can create truly global products. You stay close to localization market trends, anticipate our customers' next questions, and bring new ideas into the mix. You are technical and have passion for languages. You love evangelizing about localization and communicate with confidence.
You've worked with Agile teams and understand product delivery cycles and how to satisfy a diverse group of global stakeholders. You communicate progress to them and provide globalization consultancy using agile methodology. From concept to code, your voice will influence project success. As part of our team, you'll find exciting challenges, get opportunities to grow your career, and develop solid friendships as we delight our international users.
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
Here's what you can expect on a typical day:
- Scale. You'll join a diverse and dynamic team that is passionate about all things localization. You'll be a trusted technical advisor to help set strategy for the localization services and help scaling our different program pillars.
- Research & Requirements. You'll look at localization as a product with capabilities and features. You'll work closely with the director of localization to prioritize new features and enhancements. You'll keep abreast of the latest technologies, trends and best practices in the industry, always learning and researching to make our localization services better. You'll incorporate what makes sense into the roadmap based on our clients, the market, company goals, and what impact the future of tech will have on both products and localization alike.
- Relationships. You'll create strong alliances with diverse stakeholders and ensure everyone is in this together and communicates most appropriately. You'll collaborate across multiple teams with developers, other product managers, and UX teams, to name some, to continually drive innovation and make localization the best it can be.
- Measurement. You're a data guru. You have experience measuring the localized product effectiveness, reporting outcomes, driving priorities. You have experience with collection, analysis, and visualization of large dataset from various sources to measure localization ROI, track trends, etc.
- Variety of work. There is no typical day. You could be working with development teams to automate localization processes , rolling out machine translation workflow to more project teams to realize efficiencies or administer our centralized translation management system.
- Presentations. You'll speak to internal and external vendors to communicate and defend ideas while answering critical questions pertaining to all aspects of globalization.
- Experience. You have experience in the localization industry where you worked on vendor and client side in addition to product management skills.
TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE:
- You'll have a Bachelor's degree in computer science, localization management OR equivalent.
- You'll have 3-5 years of experience in the localization field in a technical capacity, preferably on both vendor and client sides.
- You'll have 1-2 years of experience in product management
- Experience with internationalization best practice and tools (i.e. globalyzer)
- Experience with XTM is required, other CAT tools a plus
- Multilingual; a plus
- Project Management and Localization Project Management Certifications; a plus
YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN:
- Deliver at epic scale. We deliver real user outcomes using strong judgment and good instincts. We're obsessed with the art of achieving simplicity with a focus on client happiness and productivity.
- Be surrounded by curious learners. We align ourselves with other smart people in an environment where we grow and elevate one another to the next level. We encourage our associates to listen, stay agile, and learn from mistakes.
- Act like an owner & doer. Mission-driven and committed to leading change, you will be encouraged to take on any challenge and solve complex localization problems. No tasks are beneath or too great for us. We are hands-on and willing to master our craft.
- Give back to others. Always do the right thing for our clients and our community and humbly give back to the community where we live and work. Support our associates in times of need through the company's Philanthropic Foundation.
Additional Perks:
- Excellent Market Rate/Salary
- Positive Work-Life Balance
- Competitive Benefit Packages Including Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance.
