Localization Project Manager

We're looking for an experienced Localization Project Manager based in Argentina, or anywhere in South America, who has the ability to work Monday-Friday 40 hours from 8am-5pm PST // 11am-8pm EST.

As a Localization PM on our team you'll work alongside a dynamic, fun, and talented team supporting our client,  a major sports apparel company. Our ideal candidate has 3 years experience in the localization industry and has a solid understanding of the localization process and the challenges it can bring. If you enjoy client facing project management, using agile methodology, have excellent business and communication skills, and are able to think creatively, independently, and proactively, we'd love to meet with you!

Role Responsibilities:

•  Manage globalization/localization projects, including kick-off meetings, design review, translations, linguistic QA, bug scrub, validation, and post mortem.  
• Consult on digital product requirements and UX designs by representing, implementing, and educating on localization/ globalization digital content best practices.  
• Discover new project scope, gather requirements, create plan and schedule, identify risks.  
• Coordinate schedules, LQA activities, including in-context UI testing, validation, bug resolution.  
• Manage multiple simultaneous localization and translation-related projects for Commerce in the Cloud and Commerce Web Experiences, Digital App’s, and related digital assets.  
• Maintain projects using industry best practices including, strategic implementation of TMS leverage, glossary maintenance, etc.
• Liaison with partners in Global markets to continually support an international team of linguists, language specialists, and brand partners.  
• Manage Kanban board and project management workflow using JIRA.
• Manages day-to-day activities, oversees project scope, schedules, and resources as well as ensuring the project is on track and meets its objectives. 

Qualifications:

• 2-4 years experience with localization project management, utilizing agile methodology
• Strong decision making skills: You make day-to-day decisions related to project execution, and you resolve issues within the project scope
• Natural Leader: You focus on managing your team and keeping project tasks on track.
• Communication master: You proactively keep teammates and stakeholders up to date, and you share your learnings, questions, and challenges with fellow team members.
• Comfortable with ambiguity: you're able to ask questions and find solutions in the face of limited information and resources
• Critical thinker: you always apply critical thinking to every request. You don’t simply run with what you are given.
• Supportive: You're eager to support the teams you are working with - How can I make their job easier?
• English proficiency, reading, speaking, and writing, is required

Who We Are:

Summa Linguae Technologies is a language and technology company that provides localization and data solutions. We help many of the world’s biggest companies make their products and services available in more languages, countries, and cultures across the globe. We have a diverse team of over 250 full-time team members working remotely or in one of our 8 global offices—located in Canada, the USA, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, India, and our company headquarters in Poland.

Summa Linguae Technologies embraces a diverse and inclusive work environment and treats all collaborators with respect and equality. SLT’s culture seeks to create a safe and welcoming space where everyone can come to work as their authentic selves every day. We are committed to keeping diversity and inclusion top of mind in our work, which encourages every collaborator to add value to the organization.

Compensation$9-$14 USD per hour