Global Localization Lead

Verkada; San Mateo; On-site; PHP 9,669,000 - 11,541,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare premiums covered

Nationwide medical, vision and dental

HSA/FSA with employer contributions

Mental health support

Parental leave & fertility benefits

Flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Commuter benefits

Job summary

Verkada is seeking a seasoned Localization Manager to lead our end-to-end localization program across product, marketing, and regional teams. You’ll ensure linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and timely launches for all content, from UI strings to GTM materials, while coordinating with Product, Engineering, and Marketing.

You’ll drive vendor relationships, manage translations at scale, and own the localization workflow from scoping to go-live.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in localization management or related global content/marketing role.
• Proven experience managing translation vendors and multi-language programs at scale.
• Hands-on with Translation Management Systems (Smartling, Lokalise, Phrase, Crowdin).
• Strong project management skills across multiple language releases and campaigns.
• Excellent cross-functional communication with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales.
• Solid understanding of internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) best practices.
• Quality-first mindset with attention to linguistic and cultural detail.
• Continuous-improvement mentality for faster, cheaper, higher quality localization.
• Experience with AI-assisted translation and QA/workflows (LLM/MT post-editing).
• Fluency in English, plus proficiency in Korean or Japanese.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, linguistics, intl studies, marketing, or related field.
• Experience in B2B SaaS, hardware/IoT, or security is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own relationships with translation vendors; manage SOWs, SLAs, and workflows for quality, on-time delivery.
• Maintain localization quality across product, web, and marketing content; run linguistic QA and manage glossaries.
• Lead end-to-end language launches from scoping to go-live; coordinate with Product, Eng, and Marketing.
• Partner with regional marketing/sales to localize GTM materials for international markets.
• Customize and manage localized landing pages with design teams for each language/region.
• Evaluate and improve localization workflows and tooling to scale as markets expand.
• Track localization spend, volume, and turnaround-time metrics.
• Stay updated on regional nuances and market-specific localization requirements.

Skills

Vendor management

Localization

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

i18n & l10n

Quality mindset

Process improvement

AI-assisted translation

English fluency

Additional language (Korean/Japanese)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Smartling

Lokalise

Phrase

Crowdin

Job description

Verkada is seeking a seasoned Localization Manager to lead our end-to-end localization program across product, marketing, and regional teams. You’ll ensure linguistic accuracy, cultural relevance, and timely launches for all content, from UI strings to GTM materials, while coordinating with Product, Engineering, and Marketing.

You’ll drive vendor relationships, manage translations at scale, and own the localization workflow from scoping to go-live.