Airbnb is hiring a
Localization Manager

Summary

Join Airbnb's Localization team as a Localization Manager in China, where you'll drive international growth and deliver top-quality user experiences. As a strategic leader, you'll manage language quality and localization programs, collaborating with central and local teams to achieve excellence in translation quality across all platforms.

Requirements

• 8 years of experience managing language quality and localization programs at a strategic level
• Fluency in English and rich knowledge of Simplified Chinese 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

Responsibilities

• 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 Simplified Chinese
• 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