Localization Project Manager

Introduction

You are a project management professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, you can work autonomously and can manage to fixed-date delivery schedules. This role offers a unique opportunity to work cross functionally to drive regional expansion and localization activities behind physical and digital product launches from start to finish. You enjoy planning, scheduling, and setting expectations with a variety of stakeholders across the company. You are curious and always seek optimization opportunities to help iRobot achieve its global business objectives. You enjoy working with globally dispersed teams to plan, execute and deliver localized content across multiple initiatives.

What You Will Do:

• Support localization project management queue, including grooming requests from internal stakeholders, identifying, and bridging gaps, tracking deadlines, and driving projects to completion
• Support go-to-market plans for products launching globally in partnership with with product marketing team and go-to-market program manager
• Collaborate with internal customers and external agencies to ensure clear communication and status throughout product GTM life cycle, as well as execution to established SLAs
• Forecast in-market review cycles, review volumes and drive awareness on overall timeline
• Own translation quality, and manage linguistic assets (glossaries, style guides, etc,); ensure localization of core global brand and creative is accurate
• Actively engage with internal stakeholders to educate them on localization methodologies and best options for their needs
• Perform cultural consultations for new content, creatives, and design executions to tailor assets to local needs
• Serve as a first point of escalation for in-market teams, tasks with addressing concerns & troubleshooting issues
• Track project finances, call out cross-project dependencies and prevent risks
• Track root cause analysis of issues and set preventative actions in place
• Manage file upload and release on Digital Asset Management System

To Be Successful You Will Have:

• 1-2 years of project management experience in localization
• Bachelor’s in Localization, Education, Project Management, Linguistics, or related field is preferred
• Experience with various project types, from simple short (24h turnaround) to complex projects that span over months
• Experience working with multimedia, software and creative localization, including advertising
• Proficiency in localization technologies, tools, and workflows

Skills:

• A consistent "can do" attitude and ability to act quickly to rally individuals and teams around a common vision
• Adaptability and flexibility
• Ability to work cross-functionally with different teams, manage competing priorities and make fast decisions
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Familiarity with project management tools (Trello, Smartsheet, etc)

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or assume sponsorship of any additional employment visas at this time.