German Language Lead

Gaia, Inc.; Louisville (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Gaia, Inc. is seeking a German Language Lead to steer our German-speaking member experience across our SVOD platform. The role spans product, publishing, marketing and creative teams to ensure a localized, authentic user journey.

We seek a native German speaker with strong organizational, communication and collaboration skills, adept with AI tools, and passionate about Gaia’s mission. This is an on-site role in Boulder, CO and requires a valid US visa for work in the US.

Qualifications

• US citizenship or current US work visa is required.
• Native German speaker with deep understanding of the German media landscape.
• Experience with localization in digital product and media domains.
• Familiarity with AI-powered tools to accelerate innovation and execution.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the health of the German language business and represent it across Gaia.
• Advocate for the German market across product, publishing, marketing and creative teams.
• Quality assurance: ensure translated content is accurate and localized by region.

Skills

Native German

Localization

AI tools

Project management

Digital media

Content localization

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

CMS

Dubbing tools

Job description

Summary
Gaia enjoys subscribers in over 180 countries. We are available in English, Spanish, German and French. We are looking for a German Language Lead to drive our member experience in German speaking markets. This position is multi-disciplinary, spanning nearly every aspect of our subscription video on demand (SVOD) business. As the German Language Lead you will work with the product, publishing, marketing and creative teams to provide our users with an experience that feels local. The ideal candidate is a German native with a strong understanding of the German cultural landscape, highly organized, self-driven, an excellent communicator, fluent in modern AI tools, and passionate about Gaia’s content and mission of evolving the expansion of consciousness. This is an onsite role in our office in Boulder Colorado and requires a current US visa. At Gaia, soft skills are key to success. We seek candidates with strong interpersonal abilities - effective communication, teamwork, prioritization, and problem solving - who can adapt to change, manage conflicts with empathy, and collaborate well with diverse teams. While technical skills matter, we highly value those who build positive relationships, contribute to a supportive culture, and approach challenges with a solution-oriented mindset. If this sounds like you, you’ll thrive in our dynamic environment. Must be able to work on campus in Louisville, CO. Gaia subscribers strongly preferred Non-smoker

Responsibilities

• Overall health of our German language business. You will be the leader in terms of seeing our business uniquely from the perspective of the German language speaker, customer and market.
• Advocate for the German language business within Gaia and to collaborate across the many business functions required to support our German growth and success.
• Quality assurance in our German member experience; Validate all translated content and ensure content is contextually accurate and localized by region where appropriate.
• Publishing: prepare and schedule German content for release, using our CMS and other digital publishing tools.
• Determining content localization strategy (subtitling, dubbing and voice overs).
• Manage the German release schedule.
• Work closely with our Product and Engineering teams to deliver a quality experience. Scope includes product experience, content delivery and member communications.
• Work closely with the Customer Relations team to ensure consistent and high quality customer interaction and support for our German-language customer base.
• Work closely with the Marketing team to ensure all materials are accurate and available for promotional and customer acquisition needs.
• Work closely with the Content team to influence original German productions, evaluate German language content licensing, and ensure effective integration of localization workflow in content production and post production.

Qualifications

• US citizenship or current US work visa is required
• Native German speaker
• Deep understanding of the German conscious media and spirituality landscape
• Digital product and media experience
• Understanding of localization best practices
• Familiarity with, and/or affinity for Gaia content
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI-powered tools to accelerate innovation, decision-making, and scalable execution
• Comfortable regularly using English for written and verbal communications on a daily basis
• Strong project management skills
• Comfortable multitasking
• A demonstrated collaborator
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Self-starter
• Excellent time management and organization skills
• Must be able to work on-site in our Louisville, Colorado office
• Active Gaia membership strongly preferred
• Non-smoker