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Airbnb Localization Manager Simplified Chinese 
China 
97201596

27.06.2024

A Typical Day:

  • Provide linguistic and cultural expertise in developing strategy to drive international growth, collaborating with both central and local teams
  • Provide linguistic and cultural consultancy, localization advocacy, and influence other teams in order to deliver the best possible user experience
  • Proactively engage with stakeholders in the market for cultural insights and influence product changes
  • Understand challenges in the localization process and lead language quality improvement initiatives at the language and team level
  • Take ownership of the strategy to help achieve excellence in translation quality across all platforms
  • Partner with translation and QA vendors to monitor and improve quality output of Simplified Chinese
  • Coordinate language feedback from both users and Airbnb employees
  • Develop and maintain linguistic and cultural standards and guidelines
  • Help with copywriting for content marketing initiatives
  • Proactively engage with internal and regional stakeholders to drive regional product initiatives
  • Understand and actively research the needs of Airbnb international users
  • Partner closely with the Language Lead to train vendor resources for optimized linguistic output
  • Work with Localization Program Managers and Linguistic QA Managers to ensure we ship top quality products internationally

Your Expertise:

  • 5+ years of experience managing language quality and localization programs at a strategic level
  • Fluency in English and rich knowledge of Simplified Chinese is a must
  • Proven experience in translation, localization and language quality management
  • Time management skills, ability to multitask, highly organized
  • Ability to show initiative and work independently, and drive initiatives at a strategic level
  • Passion for translations and languages
  • Experience using online translation software
  • Excellent presentation and communication skills
  • Experience in project/program management, partner/stakeholder management, with experience working across cross-functional teams and time-zones
  • Ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders across businesses and leadership levels with excellent communication/presentation skills