Localization Manager

Verkada

San Mateo (CA)

On-site

USD 155,000 - 185,000

Full time

3 days ago

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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

Who We Are

Verkada is transforming how organizations protect their people and places with an integrated, privacy-sensitive AI-powered platform that includes solutions for video security, access control, air quality sensors, alarms, intercoms, and visitor management. We’ve got serious momentum in the market: more than 30,000 customers (including 100+ of the Fortune 500), a $5.8B valuation, more than $1 billion in annualized bookings, and backing from CapitalG, Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures, Next47 and more. Physical AI is one of the most consequential technology shifts of our time, and Verkada is at the center of it. You can look at all kinds of communities to see our platform’s impact in the world. It's the retailer that uses our agentic AI to deter theft before it happens. The warehouse that uses AI-powered alerts to make sure its team is protected on the floor with proper PPE. The school that’s alerted to a threat in real-time and triggers a lockdown in seconds, not minutes. We’re rapidly scaling this impact: today, more than 2 million Verkada devices are deployed across 170+ countries.

About The Role

Verkada is looking for an experienced Localization Manager to support our end-to-end localization program. You'll be the connective tissue between our translation vendors, product, marketing, and regional teams, ensuring every piece of content, from UI strings to landing pages to sales collateral, is linguistically accurate, culturally relevant, and launched on time. This is a highly cross-functional role for someone who is an equal parts process-builder, quality champion, and hands-on project manager.

What You'll Do

Vendor management: Own relationships with translation and localization vendors, manage SOWs, SLAs, and day-to-day workflow to ensure high-quality, on-time delivery.
Quality assurance: Maintain and continuously check localization quality across product, web, and marketing content; run linguistic QA processes, manage style guides and glossaries, and resolve translation issues quickly.
New language launches: Lead the end-to-end process for launching new languages/locales, from scoping and resourcing through translation, QA, and go-live, coordinating closely with Product, Engineering, and Marketing.
GTM localization: Partner with regional marketing and sales teams to localize go-to-market materials (sales decks, one-pagers, case studies, campaigns, etc.) for international markets, ensuring messaging lands with local audiences.
Website localization: Customize and manage localized landing pages per language/region, working with web and design teams to adapt layout, imagery, and content as needed (not just word-for-word translation).
Process improvement: Continuously evaluate and improve localization workflows and tooling (e.g., translation management systems, automation, string handoff processes) to increase speed, quality, and scalability as Verkada expands into new markets.
Budget and reporting: Track localization spend, volume, and turnaround-time metrics.
Market research: Stay close to regional nuances, competitive localization practices, and market-specific requirements to proactively flag localization needs.

What You Bring

4+ years of experience in localization management, translation project management, or a related global content/marketing role.
Proven experience managing translation/localization vendors and multi-language programs at scale.
Hands-on experience with Translation Management Systems (e.g., Smartling, Lokalise, Phrase, Crowdin) and localization workflows for both product (software strings) and marketing content.
Strong project management skills, able to manage multiple concurrent language releases and campaigns with competing deadlines.
Excellent cross-functional communication skills; comfortable partnering with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and Sales.
Strong understanding of internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) best practices.
A quality-first mindset with sharp attention to linguistic and cultural detail.
A continuous-improvement mentality, always looking for ways to make the localization process faster, cheaper, and higher quality.
Experience with AI-assisted translation and quality workflows (e.g., LLM/MT post-editing, automated QA checks, AI-powered TMS features).
Fluency in English required, plus proficiency in another language, preferably Korean or Japanese.
Bachelor's degree in Business, Linguistics, International Studies, Marketing, or related field (or equivalent experience).
Experience in B2B SaaS, hardware/IoT, or security industries is a plus.

Employee Benefits

Healthcare programs that can be tailored to meet the personal health and financial well-being needs - Premiums are 100% covered for the employee under at least one plan and 80% for family premiums under all plans
Nationwide medical, vision and dental coverage
Health Saving Account (HSA) with annual employer contributions and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) with tax saving options
Expanded mental health support
Paid parental leave policy & fertility benefits
Time off to relax and recharge through our paid holidays, firmwide extended holidays, flexible PTO and personal sick time
Professional development stipend
Wellness/fitness benefits
Additional Information
- You must be independently authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this role, at this time.
Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

Estimated Annual Pay Range

$155,000—$185,000 USD

Verkada Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

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