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Role: Localization Program Manager, T&P Localization Location: Fully Remote Duration: 6 Months Mandatory Skills: Must have at least 2-3 years of recent hands-on Localization project/program management experience. Job Description: Client is currently seeking a Program Manager (contract) to work on our T&P Localization team. We're looking for a team player who is passionate about languages and can learn new technologies fast to bring our products and content to our international customers. As a program manager on the T&P Localization team, you'll work with engineers, a range of product teams, and members of the localization team to ensure scalable, efficient, timely, and on-budget localization processes. You will use these processes to help you ensure that your ongoing localization releases deliver the highest-possible quality user experience for our international customers. You will engage with in-country stakeholders on initiatives such as linguistic reviews. You are collaborative and team-oriented, willing, and able to support a growing and dynamic localization team. You have a positive approach to problem solving and are not afraid to get your hands dirty in more technical issues, asking for engineering support as you need it. You have the flexibility and versatility to adapt to the challenges of a growing company with a diverse product set. Responsibilities: Work with other members of the localization team to continually improve existing product localization and delivery, with a focus on upstream ease of development Set up and optimize tools to streamline and automate localization handoffs and QA Support your assigned product team(s) to ensure that all releases are executed in an efficient and timely manner, and that all of the international customers get the best possible user experience in their language Ensure smooth and scalable localization handoffs and deliveries with the localization vendor and maintain regular communications with them to ensure that both sides are set up for success on an ongoing basis Manage all assigned technical localization projects, including UI localization, testing or similar Manage the QA process for your assigned product launches, perform bug fixing/troubleshooting, and look for ways to scale it all out Document your localization workflows and maintain an open communications channel with other localization team members so as to share ideas, best practices, and tools. Required Skills: 2-3 years of hands-on localization project/program management experience, together with a Bachelor's degree in a field related to language, management, localization, or technology, or equivalent experience Strong technical understanding of localization and internationalization Able to learn new technologies and tools fast Experience working with various common file types (XML, HTML, json, XLIFF) Experience with source control systems (such as Perforce and git), content management systems, and workflow systems Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English Proficiency in another language Proven ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment A passion for languages, high energy and positive attitude Translation Memory Tools, localization, translation and project management #LI-FRESH- ID: #43478039
- State: California Sanfrancisco 94102 Sanfrancisco USA
- City: Sanfrancisco
- Salary: USD TBD TBD
- Job type: Contract
- Showed: 2022-06-22
- Deadline: 2022-08-20
- Category: Et cetera