Global Localization Lead

Verkada Inc.; San Mateo (CA); On-site; USD 155,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

Medical, vision, dental

HSA with employer contributions

Mental health support

Parental leave & fertility benefits

Paid holidays & flexible PTO

Professional development stipend

Wellness/fitness benefits

Job summary

Verkada Inc. is seeking an experienced Localization Manager to own end-to-end localization programs across product, marketing, and regional teams. You’ll drive vendor management, QA processes, and new language launches while ensuring culturally relevant content that lands with local audiences.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to refine workflows, scale translations, and monitor spend. Fluency in English required; additional languages a plus.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in localization management or related global content/marketing role
• Experience managing translation/localization vendors and multi-language programs at scale
• Hands-on with Translation Management Systems (e.g., Smartling, Lokalise, Phrase, Crowdin) and localization workflows for both product and marketing content
• Strong project management skills; manage multiple language releases and campaigns with deadlines
• Excellent cross-functional communication; partner with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales
• Understanding of i18n and l10n best practices
• Quality-first mindset with attention to linguistic and cultural detail
• Experience with AI-assisted translation and QA checks

Responsibilities

• Vendor management: Own relationships with translation vendors, manage SOWs, SLAs, and workflow
• Quality assurance: Maintain localization quality across product, web, and marketing content; run linguistic QA
• New language launches: Lead end-to-end process for launching new languages/locales with cross‑functional coordination
• GTM localization: Localize sales decks, case studies, and campaigns for international markets
• Website localization: Localized landing pages per language/region with appropriate layout and imagery
• Process improvement: Improve localization workflows and tooling to increase speed and quality
• Budget and reporting: Track localization spend, volume, and turnaround metrics
• Market research: Stay updated on regional nuances and requirements

Skills

Localization mgmt

Vendor management

Cross-functional collab

i18n/l10n best

English fluency

LLM post-editing

AI translation tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Smartling

Lokalise

Phrase

Crowdin

Job description

Verkada Inc. is seeking an experienced Localization Manager to own end-to-end localization programs across product, marketing, and regional teams. You’ll drive vendor management, QA processes, and new language launches while ensuring culturally relevant content that lands with local audiences.

You’ll collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Sales to refine workflows, scale translations, and monitor spend. Fluency in English required; additional languages a plus.