French Localization Manager | Tech

Morgan McKinley; Dublin; Remote; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan McKinley in Ireland seeks a Language Manager for French to lead localization strategy and oversee multilingual projects. You will partner with stakeholders to ensure high-quality content that supports revenue and engagement goals.

You will champion language management practices, manage linguistic assets, and guide teams to deliver on KPIs. Remote setup with Ireland-based operations.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in a similar role.
• Experience in Sales, Client Services, Marketing or Advertising is a bonus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Languages or International Business.
• Experience with linguistic assets and LQA methodologies.
• Strong understanding of francophone business culture.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to improve localization performance with stakeholders.
• Manage multiple translation and localization projects and drive change management.
• Evaluate localization outputs and health of language programs.
• Analyze KPIs to spot trends and plan improvement projects.
• Build relationships across functions to align on gaps and priorities.
• Guide teams to meet service levels and key results.
• Collaborate with product management to optimize product experience.
• Deliver presentations to show business value and outcomes.

Skills

Localization management

LQA methodologies

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Languages or International Business

Job description

Contract

12 months - possibility to become permanent. Remote Setup. Based in Ireland. French speaker / English fluency required.

The Role

As a Language Manager for French, you will be responsible for localized content with the goal of supporting revenue and engagement outcomes and the business as a whole. You will preside over multiple projects to drive business results for your markets by championing a culture of accountability and consistent language management practices. You will develop and maintain a scalable localization management strategy for your market that aligns with established KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Identify opportunities to improve its overall performance by partnering with internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage and collaborate on multiple projects that create or enhance existing language management experiences and processes, antecipating the needs, risks, and obstacles and drive change management.
• Evaluate localization outputs to understand the overall health of the language program.
• Analyze operational metrics and KPIs to identity trends and opportunities for improvement and plan projects to address them for their market.
• Build and manage relationships across core and in-market functions to solicit feedback on the performance of your language management program and align on gaps and priorities.
• Guide internal and vendor project team members in executing on projects that ensure established service level objectives and key results are met.
• Collaborate with product management leaders and teams to optimize the product experience.
• Deliver compelling presentations and pitches to demonstrate business need, value-add, and project outcomes.

Required Skills

• 3 years of experience in a similar role Prior experience in or exposure to Sales, Client Services, Marketing, or Advertising would be a bonus.
• Bachelor’s degree in Languages or International Business;
• Experience in managing linguistic assets and LQA methodologies;
• Deep understanding of francophone business culture
• Exceptional at establishing and cultivating relationships with internal and external partners
• Successful at getting buy-in for proposals with a demonstrated ability to make metrics-driven decisions
• 2+ years of experience collaborating with stakeholders on cross-functional projects in an international environment