Indonesian Language Manager

Google; Jakarta Pusat; Hybrid; IDR 420,000,000 - 540,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Indonesia is seeking an Indonesian Language Manager to lead localization quality, language strategy, and stakeholder collaboration across Marketing, Product, and PR. You will shape guidelines and ensure native language experiences for Google’s products in Indonesia.

The role emphasizes partnering with Indonesian market teams, understanding user expectations, and leveraging AI to improve localization quality, while aligning with global language trends.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience within creative, localization, translation, journalism, public communications or the online marketing/advertising industry.

Responsibilities

• Develop a good understanding of market expectations for localization quality and how Google's products fit in the market, and create language strategy to enable native language experience to users.
• Be a critical partner for the Indonesia-focused teams with stakeholders in Marketing, Product and PR to enable native language experiences for Google’s products for Indonesian users.
• Engage regularly with local stakeholders (Marketing, PR and product teams) to understand their priorities, and share updates on language strategy and global localization services.
• Create and evolve Indonesian language guidelines and language strategy for Google, taking into account input from users, stakeholders, and tech language industry trends.
• Develop an understanding of the Indonesia market and user expectations for Indonesian language quality and how to use language to achieve market needs. Propose language studies and user insights to ever-improve this understanding.

Skills

Localization strategy

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

AI validation knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

AI tools familiarity

Job description

Indonesian Language Manager

Google

Jakarta, Indonesia

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience within creative, localization, translation, journalism, public communications or the online marketing/advertising industry.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience utilizing AI technologies, specifically in validating AI output (e.g., Human-in-the-Loop) or developing AI-based quality programs.
• Proficient in leveraging Generative AI to optimize localization quality processes and scale high-quality, culturally resonant content, coupled with a deep understanding of LLM limitations regarding linguistic/cultural nuance, bias, and factual accuracy.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the Indonesian linguistic and cultural landscape, including digital trends, pop culture, and local consumer behavior.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, and the ability to manage multiple stakeholders across businesses and leadership levels.

About the job

In gTech Users and Products (gUP), our mission is to advocate for Google’s users by creating helpful and trusted experiences across the product ecosystem. We achieve this by meeting partners and consumers where they are with support and help, representing their needs with our product partners and proposing fixes and features that elevate their engagement with Google's diverse product ecosystem. Additionally we provide a range of product services that ensure our products are optimized for every user, no matter where they are in the world (e.g., localization, digitization, partner integration, and more).
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Responsibilities

• Develop a good understanding of market expectations for localization quality and how Google's products fit in the market, and create language strategy to enable native language experience to users.
• Be a critical partner for the Indonesia-focused teams with stakeholders in Marketing, Product and PR to enable native language experiences for Google’s products for Indonesian users.
• Engage regularly with local stakeholders (Marketing, PR and product teams) to understand their priorities, and share updates on language strategy and global localization services.
• Create and evolve Indonesian language guidelines and language strategy for Google, taking into account input from users, stakeholders, and tech language industry trends.
• Develop an understanding of the Indonesia market and user expectations for Indonesian language quality and how to use language to achieve market needs. Propose language studies and user insights to ever-improve this understanding.

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