Airbnb · 1 day ago
Manager, Localization - Americas
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$60,000/mo - $75,000/mo
8+ years expAirbnb is the world’s largest community-driven hospitality company, connecting guests and hosts globally. The Manager, Localization will lead a team to drive international growth by providing linguistic and cultural expertise, ensuring high-quality user experiences across platforms.
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Responsibilities
Lead and motivate a team of Localization Managers, including team building, performance management, talent development, change management
Provide linguistic and cultural expertise in developing strategy to drive international growth, collaborating with both central and local teams
Provide linguistic and cultural consultancy, localization advocacy, and influence other teams in order to deliver the best possible user experience
Proactively engage with stakeholders in the market for cultural insights and influence product changes
Understand challenges in the localization process and lead language quality improvement initiatives at the language and team level
Take ownership of the strategy to help achieve excellence in translation quality across all platforms
Partner with translation and QA vendors to monitor and improve quality output of Mexican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese
Coordinate language feedback from both users and Airbnb employees
Develop and maintain linguistic and cultural standards and guidelines
Help with copywriting for content marketing initiatives
Proactively engage with internal and regional stakeholders to drive regional product initiatives
Understand and actively research the needs of Airbnb international users
Partner closely with the Language Lead to train vendor resources for optimized linguistic output
Work with Localization Program Managers and Linguistic QA Managers to ensure we ship top quality products internationally
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience managing language quality and localization programs at a strategic level
1+ years of direct people management experience; experience managing international direct reports a plus
Fluency in English and native knowledge of either Spanish or Portuguese is a must
Proven experience in translation, localization and language quality management
Time management skills, ability to multitask, highly organized
Ability to show initiative and work independently, and drive initiatives at a strategic level
Passion for translations and languages
Experience using online translation software
Excellent presentation and communication skills
Experience in project/program management, partner/stakeholder management, with experience working across cross-functional teams and time-zones
Ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders across businesses and leadership levels with excellent communication/presentation skills
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Employee Travel Credits
Company
Airbnb
Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.44BKey Investors
VERSO CapitalJP Morgan ChaseFirstMark
2020-12-10IPO
2020-04-14Debt Financing· $1B
2020-04-06Private Equity· $1B
Leadership Team
Brian Chesky
Co-founder & CEO
Nathan Blecharczyk
Co-founder / Chief Strategy Officer
Recent News
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