Senior Localization Team Lead — Remote & Growth

Hostinger; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

360 Growth

Home office budget

Wellness program

Team events

Job summary

Hostinger in Poland is seeking a Senior Localization Team Lead to guide a large in-house team and coordinate an on-demand freelancer network across markets.

You will translate business goals into localization plans, ensure quality and data-driven improvements, and own complex localization challenges including AI-human review models.

This people-first, strategy-forward role offers high autonomy and real impact as Hostinger communicates in every market it enters.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in localization, with at least 3 in a leadership role managing in-house linguists.
• Hands-on background as translator/editor/proofreader.
• Experience coordinating freelancers across multiple markets.
• Strong analytical instincts: read quality scores and OKR trends.
• Business-focused; connect localization to business outcomes.
• Fluent with cross-functional stakeholders: Marketing, Product, Engineering.
• Proficient with localization tooling: CAT tools, PM systems and AI platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of Localization Specialists, creating an environment of psychological safety, ownership and continuous growth through regular feedback, performance conversations and data-driven quality improvements.
• Manage and scale our external freelancer network, owning the full lifecycle from sourcing and onboarding to quality standards, communication and offboarding.
• Translate business goals into localization execution plans, bringing market insights into planning and acting as the bridge between Localization Specialists and Localization Project Managers.
• Validate strategic priorities against real team capacity and market realities, ensuring plans are both ambitious and operationally feasible.
• Take ownership of complex localization challenges without established playbooks, including new market launches, AI-human review models and other strategic initiatives.
• Identify recurring quality and delivery issues, uncover root causes and implement sustainable process improvements together with cross-functional partners.
• Investigate performance anomalies, drive resolutions end-to-end and protect the team from unnecessary operational noise.
• Evaluate, pilot and implement AI and localization technologies, partnering with language owners to build feedback loops that improve quality, efficiency and localization outcomes across all markets.

Skills

Localization

Leadership

Freelancer management

Analytics

Cross-functional

AI localization tools

Tools

CAT tools

Project management systems

AI platforms

Job description

Hostinger in Poland is seeking a Senior Localization Team Lead to guide a large in-house team and coordinate an on-demand freelancer network across markets.

You will translate business goals into localization plans, ensure quality and data-driven improvements, and own complex localization challenges including AI-human review models.

This people-first, strategy-forward role offers high autonomy and real impact as Hostinger communicates in every market it enters.