Localization Leader: Global Strategy & Standards

Equinix; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 177,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

PTO & holidays

Job summary

Equinix is seeking a strategic Localization Leader to oversee translation and localization across our global organization. This role drives language standards, vendor governance, and continuous process improvements, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable localization solutions.

You will own the language strategy, collaborate across regions, and champion best practices to ensure quality and efficiency in translations for customer and employee content.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in localization, translation management or related field.
• Proven experience in localization, translation management or related field.
• Strong understanding of language tiering models and translation quality standards.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across teams.
• High emotional intelligence and ability to influence.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and driving process improvements.
• Familiarity with translation tools and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Own internal guidance on language sets, service levels, and translation quality.
• Periodically evaluate and update priority languages and language tiering models as Equinix expands into new markets.
• Reinforce and evangelize localization and internationalization best practices across the organization.
• Serve as an escalation point for functional and regional teams to resolve translation-related issues.
• Collaborate with the business to identify content that must be translated across the end-to-end customer and employee experience by language tier.
• Establish and disseminate style guidelines for translation tone and formality to vendors and internal reviewers.
• Address concerns raised by customers, regional teams, or translation reviewers regarding translation quality.
• Own and distribute the decision framework to determine mandatory languages and service level for all content across the company.
• Manage approved translation and localization vendors and tools for enterprise-wide use.
• Drive implementation and ongoing support with vendors, setup, enhancements to self-service capabilities, and integration points.
• Act as the business owner for translation systems, functionality, and interfaces.
• Track enterprise-wide spending and seek cost efficiencies through vendor and process strategies.
• Establish a Global Content Delivery pipeline for translated content company-wide.
• Collaborate with vendors and key stakeholders to utilize and continuously improve a self-service translation capability.
• Create and deliver training for cross-functional stakeholders on the translation strategy, standards, vendors, tooling, and processes.
• Understand cross-functional and regional needs, driving continuous improvement in localization and translation approaches.

Skills

Localization leadership

Translation management

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Emotional intelligence

Vendor relationships

Translation tools

Tools

Translation tools

Job description

Equinix is seeking a strategic Localization Leader to oversee translation and localization across our global organization. This role drives language standards, vendor governance, and continuous process improvements, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable localization solutions.

You will own the language strategy, collaborate across regions, and champion best practices to ensure quality and efficiency in translations for customer and employee content.