Senior Localization Program Manager

Socket.dev; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 143,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Duolingo is seeking a localization leader to own end-to-end programs that scale content production across 30+ UI languages. You will partner with product, engi neering, design, and marketing to build durable, low-touch systems that improve launch speed, quality and efficiency.

Lead cross-functional localization initiatives, drive automation, and socialize best practices to deliver scalable workflows while measuring impact and aligning stakeholders to drive decisions.

Qualifications

• Localization strategy and systems for new features, in collaboration with product, design, and engineering.
• Proven leadership of localization programs in cross-functional consumer apps.
• Proficient in AI, CMSs, and CAT tools for scalable content production.
• Excellent communication; influence without authority across diverse teams.
• Ability to translate insights into actionable engineering requirements and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Drive automation and system improvements to scale localization from 0-to-1 and beyond.
• Own metrics for your vertical to improve strategy, decision-making, and prioritization.
• Cultivate relationships with marketing, product, design, and engineering to develop a localization roadmap.
• Establish workflows and tooling to increase localization throughput and quality across the system.

Skills

Localization strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

AI workflows

CMSs

CAT tools

Metrics-driven decisions

Stakeholder influence

Tools

CMSs

CAT tools

Unicode concepts

Job description

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.

You will

• 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

The offered salary is dependent upon several factors, including work experience, skills, and internal peer comparisons. The posted range is subject to change in the future. For this role, base salary is supplemented by equity compensation. We encourage you to talk with your recruiter for more information related to compensation for this role!

Salary Range

$142,800 — $193,200 USD

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.