Manager of Localization Specialists

We’re looking for problem solvers, innovators, and dreamers who are searching for anything but business as usual. Like us, you’re a high performer who’s an expert at your craft, constantly challenging the status quo. You value inclusivity and want to join a culture that empowers you to show up as your authentic self. You know that success hinges on commitment, that our differences make us stronger, and that the finish line is always sweeter when the whole team crosses together.

Overview:
The Localization team’s mission at Alteryx is to deliver products and supporting documentation that look and sound local to users worldwide. As the Localization Manager, you will be at the forefront of this effort by owning and optimizing our localization processes. You will build internal partnerships and work cross-functionally with various stakeholders and the internationalization team to drive the implementation of best practices, ensuring successful launches and a seamless user experience for all our supported international markets. Can be based remotley in Czechia.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead a new team of culturally diverse localization professionals, fostering a positive culture of inclusion and respect, and creating a fun and collaborative work environment.
• Promote professional development for your direct reports. You will select and delegate projects, programs, and initiatives to your team members, and guide them through the experience and challenges to achieve successful outcomes.
• Set I18n and L10n priorities and roadmap for product releases and feature enhancements, as well as custom technologies needed for the localization process.
• Define and implement processes, workflows, and timelines to deliver content localized in 7 languages, for each release, for each product.
• Drive collaboration with Product Managers, Engineering Teams, Technical Writers, and other business partners on the localization needs, requirements, and best practices.
• Advocate for and represent the voices of our global users, providing guidance and support while being a unifying voice to localization initiatives in other areas of the business, such as Marketing, Community, Sales, and Enablement.
• Manage, select, and evaluate translation vendors to ensure the cost-effective delivery of high-quality localized content.

Qualifications:

• BA or equivalent experience required, preferably in Product Management, Translation, Linguistics, International Studies, Business, or related fields.
• 3+ years of localization management experience, planning, executing and optimizing projects and programs working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing a team of at least 3 professionals, preferably multicultural and highly diverse. Experience with larger teams preferred.
• Leadership skills. You know how to identify your individual contributors' potentials and coach them to take their skillsets to the next level. You give feedback frequently and find ways to motivate your team to learn and grow.
• Experience with project and translation tools and processes as well as strong understanding of translation technologies like translation memories and machine translation.
• 2+ years of experience working with software engineers and product teams, or experience with international customer-facing teams such as Sales and Support.
• Strong project management, problem solving, and interpersonal skills to build strong relationships across different teams and business units.
• Fluency in at least 2 languages, additional languages preferred.
• Ability to work across time zones with multiple development and product teams.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities independently

Additional Skills and Attributes:

• You are a team player and a team builder.
• You thrive in multicultural and diverse environments.
• You support and promote inclusion and diversity.
• Passionate about languages and technology.
• Culturally savvy, with a good sense of judgment for appropriateness of content for international audiences.

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Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.