Localization Program Manager at Twitch — Seattle, WA
Full job description
### About Us
### About the Role
Twitch is a globally renowned brand with a dedicated following across the world. Localization is at the heart of our mission to connect creators with their communities on a global scale.
We're looking for a Localization Program Manager to own the operational core of our localization program — vendor coordination, content workflows, quality processes, and launch execution across 29 languages. You'll join a lean team of senior professionals who operate as strategic partners to Product and Engineering and focus on bringing global users a native experience. Strong performers can take on increasing scope over time.
You can work from San Francisco, CA; Irvine, CA; Seattle, WA.
### You Will:
- Manage end-to-end localization into 29 languages, including launches that require creative asset localization, terminology building and testing
- Monitor continuous localization operations while identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement.
- Run and evolve localization quality processes: coordinate testing, build LQA workflows and propose improvements based on data.
- Monitor and improve translation quality output by developing and maintaining linguistic assets
- Influence upstream content operations for seamless, context-rich translations.
- Build localization metrics reports (turnaround, quality scores, cost per word)
### You Have:
- 5+ years of localization project/program management experience
- Experience managing stakeholders and cross-organizational dependencies
- Experience with enterprise localization tools, translation management platforms (Smartling, memoQ, Phrase or similar), and developing and maintaining linguistic assets and workflows
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication
- Native speaker of one additional language
### Bonus Points
- An analytical mindset, with the ability to visualize data, connect the dots, and turn localization insights into decisions that drive business and tooling outcomes.
- Native French, German, Chinese or Japanese preferred
- Experience designing and implementing scalable localization processes and technical automation
- Track record of building localization programs from scratch or through transformation
- Experience evaluating MT/LLM quality in production workflows
- Solid understanding of localization metrics and data manipulation
### Perks
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Disability Insurance
- 401(k)
- Maternity & Parental Leave
- Flexible PTO
- Amazon Employee Discount
Job ID: TW9236
US, WA, Seattle - Annually
$82,700—$129,800 USD
US, CA, San Francisco - Annually
$81,600—$142,800 USD
US, CA, Irvine - Annually
$74,200—$129,800 USD
Required skills
- large language model
- cooking
- communication