Senior Localization Program Manager

Duolingo; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 143.000 - 193.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Duolingo is seeking a Localization Operations role to turn high-volume localization work into scalable, durable systems. You will own end-to-end programs that align with product, engineering and design, driving launch speed, quality and efficiency.

You will lead automation efforts, own the metrics for your area and build strong partnerships to socialize best practices and workflows across teams.

Qualifikationen

• Experience crafting localization strategy and systems for features with product and engineering partners.
• Proven ability to lead localization programs in consumer apps across diverse markets.
• Ability to define goals, metrics and translate insights into scalable workflows.
• Strong communication skills to align stakeholders and drive decisions.

Aufgaben

• Drive automation and system improvements to scale localization from 0-to-1 and beyond.
• Own vertical metrics to improve strategy, decision-making and prioritization.
• Cultivate partnerships to develop localization strategy and roadmap.
• Establish workflows and tooling to increase throughput and quality.

Kenntnisse

Localization strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tooling

CMS systems

CAT tools

Effective communication

Tools

AI

CMSs

CAT tools

Jobbeschreibung

Our mission at Duolingo is to develop the best education in the world and make it universally available. It’s a big mission, and that’s where you come in!

At Duolingo, you’ll join a team that cares about finding innovative solutions to complex technical problems , running countless experiments (300+ at a time!) with our massive user base to make data-driven decisions, and educating our users and employees alike. You’ll have limitless learning opportunities, mentorship and collaboration with world-class minds, and a variety of projects with large scopes — while doing work that’s both fun and meaningful.

Join our life-changing mission to develop education for our half a billion (and growing!) learners around the world.

About the role

Join Duolingo’s Localization team within Scaling Operations to turn complex, high-volume localization work into durable, low-touch systems that scale across our 30+ UI languages. You’ll own the end-to-end programs that bring promising product ideas into long-term, scalable operations, improving launch speed, quality, and efficiency. Working closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, and language partners, you will help build the systems that keep localization in lockstep with Duolingo’s growth.

• Drive automation and system improvements to scale from 0-to-1 and beyond, leveraging technology to make localized content production simpler, more repeatable, and more transparent
• Own the metrics for your vertical to improve strategy, decision-making, and prioritization
• Cultivate relationships with key partners (marketing, product, design, engineering) to develop a localization strategy and roadmap for your area; develop and socialize best practices and ways of working
• Establish workflows and tooling that increase localization throughput and quality across our system.

You have

• Demonstrated experience crafting localization strategy and systems for new features and experiences, in collaboration with product, design, and engineering partners
• A track record of building and leading localization programs in a cross-functional consumer app environment
• Tech-savviness. You are proficient in managing and scaling workloads using technology, including AI, CMSs, and CAT tools
• Excellent communication skills; you influence without authority and align diverse stakeholders to drive decisions
• Comfort defining goals and metrics and translating insights into actionable engineering requirements and scalable workflow specifications

Exceptional candidates will have

• Hands-on experience in localization quality frameworks and ecosystems
• Familiarity with internationalization engineering concepts such as Unicode handling and message format in consumer apps
• Experience supporting international product growth in emerging or high-complexity language markets

Benefits

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Accommodations

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Duolingo is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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Salary Range

$142,800 — $193,200 USD

AI in Hiring

Duolingo uses AI technology to assist in our hiring process. We want to be transparent about how we use this technology and your rights. We use Greenhouse Software's Talent Matching feature to assist with reviewing applications for the skills and experience we have decided are important for this role.

How it works

• Talent Matching reviews your resume and responses to application questions to determine the extent to which your qualifications match the job requirements selected for this role. These requirements and their desired weighting are established by our recruiters in collaboration with hiring managers.
• All Talent Matching output is reviewed by our recruiting and hiring teams, who make the final decision on each application. Talent Matching does not automatically disposition any candidate or make hiring decisions.

Voluntary Self Identification

To fulfill our mission of developing the best education in the world and making it universally available, we seek exceptional talent for every role. We recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds. To help us evaluate our hiring process for equitability, we invite U.S. applicants to share their demographic information. Participation in this survey is voluntary and confidential. Participation will not affect any hiring decisions or outcomes.