Program Manager - Localization

CNH; Sioux Falls (SD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CNH is seeking a Localization Program Manager to lead translation initiatives across CNHi products and platforms, ensuring high-quality, localized content aligned with business priorities and release schedules.

The role requires coordinating with internal teams and external vendors, managing budgets, timelines, and risk, and overseeing the translation lifecycle from planning to delivery. Strong analytical skills and ability to define KPIs and communicate progress to leadership are essential.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Coordination & Planning Manage translation efforts across platforms including Displays (Fred/Falcon, NGMA, Gen3), cloud applications (FieldOps web and mobile), and Construction Equipment.
• Facilitate coordination and decision‑making between internal teams (GPP, Translation, Engineering) and external partners to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and quality standards.
• Define translation priorities using analytics, KPIs, and business objectives.
• Establish success metrics and communicate progress to stakeholders and leadership.
• Manage budget and resource planning, including external vendor coordination.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to translation quality and delivery timelines.
• Conduct regular updates, alignment meetings, and escalation processes to ensure transparency.
• Oversee all phases of the translation lifecycle, including: Basic transaction cadence Verification process Terminology management Defect tracking and resolution Verification & Localized Translation Management.
• Align with GPP on vehicle, brand, and language priorities.
• Develop and manage test protocols and milestone timelines.
• Coordinate timing between internal and external teams to align with release schedules.
• Define and manage internal validation reviewer processes.
• Track goals and progress.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and resource allocations.
• Facilitate cross‑functional meetings to ensure alignment across engineering, UX, product, and localization teams.
• Provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders through reports and presentations.
• Oversee updates to the XTM translation system.
• Coordinate with translation, system, and engineering teams to resolve issues.
• Manage deliverables and timelines for development branches.
• Track projects using

Job description

About Us

At CNH, we're driven by a clear purpose: we serve and advance the people who feed and build a growing world. As a global leader in agriculture and construction, we create the equipment, technology, and solutions that help our customers work more productively and sustainably. Our success starts with our people, and we foster a collaborative culture where innovation thrives and every employee has the opportunity to grow. Grow a Career. Build a Future. If you're ready to make an impact and build a career with purpose, there's a place for you at CNH.

Job Purpose

The Localization Program Manager will lead and coordinate all aspects of language translation initiatives across CNHi products and platforms. This role is critical in ensuring high-quality, localized content for digital products, aligning with business priorities, customer needs, and product release schedules. The Program Manager is responsible for delivering all translation projects on time, within scope, and within budget, while managing cross-functional coordination across internal teams and external vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Coordination & Planning Manage translation efforts across platforms including Displays (Fred/Falcon, NGMA, Gen3), cloud applications (FieldOps web and mobile), and Construction Equipment.
• Facilitate coordination and decision‑making between internal teams (GPP, Translation, Engineering) and external partners to ensure alignment on priorities, timelines, and quality standards.
• Define translation priorities using analytics, KPIs, and business objectives.
• Establish success metrics and communicate progress to stakeholders and leadership.
• Manage budget and resource planning, including external vendor coordination.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to translation quality and delivery timelines.
• Conduct regular updates, alignment meetings, and escalation processes to ensure transparency.

Translation Process Management

• Oversee all phases of the translation lifecycle, including: Basic transaction cadence Verification process Terminology management Defect tracking and resolution Verification & Localized Translation Management.
• Align with GPP on vehicle, brand, and language priorities.
• Develop and manage test protocols and milestone timelines.
• Coordinate timing between internal and external teams to align with release schedules.
• Define and manage internal validation reviewer processes.
• Track goals and progress.

Project Governance & Stakeholder Engagement

• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, and resource allocations.
• Facilitate cross‑functional meetings to ensure alignment across engineering, UX, product, and localization teams.
• Provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders through reports and presentations.

System Integration & Updates

• Oversee updates to the XTM translation system.
• Coordinate with translation, system, and engineering teams to resolve issues.
• Manage deliverables and timelines for development branches.
• Track projects using