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Localization Project Manager
Location: Remote, must work EST hours
Duration: 12 Months
Pay Rate: up to $61.00/hour, DOE (W2 and benefit options)
Planet Interactive's FinTech client is looked for a Localization Project Manager to join the Marketing team. This role is a fully REMOTE 12 month contract assignment starting in April 2025!
The Globalization team is dedicated to expanding the Company's products and services worldwide. The mission is to build on the Company's success in the U.S. and deliver innovative, seamless, and fully localized experiences for international Sellers. The Localization Project Manager to oversee and enhance quality management strategy. This role involves managing key programs across quality planning, assurance, and control processes. It requires strong collaboration with the Globalization team and cross-functional partners to ensure the highest standards of quality. The ultimate goal is to measure, optimize, and sustain quality throughout the Globalization process, driving positive impact on company revenue.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Lead to manage a XM budget for SEM campaigns to bring in new sellers across all Company products in the US market
- Partner on strategy, execution and optimization for Paid Search and Shopping campaigns
- Collaborate on quarterly testing roadmaps and tactical plans to ensure internal KPIs are met
- Work with internal stakeholders on overall channel performance and align on creative, product, landing page tests and more
- Oversee weekly and monthly reporting of campaign metrics, goals, and other KPIs
- Use a process of testing to prove hypotheses and recommend performance optimizations such as improving campaign structure and targeting, search query mining, keyword expansion, LP testing, and improvement of bid management processes across Search and Shopping
- Research and use SEM industry trends and competitive analysis to inform marketing strategy
- Build excellent acquisition programs through partnership with Analytics, Data Science, and Product teams
Qualifications:
- 2-3 years of experience in the localization industry, with a focus on program management, vendor management, localization quality assurance, and delivering multi-layered projects involving cross-functional collaboration.
- Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to work independently with little supervision.
- Comfortable with data analytics, with extensive experience working with data management tools and advanced analytical platforms.
- Experience running QA programs, including Terminology Management and Style Guide creation.
- Experience working with quality measurement frameworks/models (e.g. DQF).
- Experience working with multiple TMS, CMS and other translation and content management tools.
- Ability to describe linguistic challenges, cultural questions and concepts to stakeholders.
- Meticulous attention to detail, flexibility and ability to excel in a fast-paced multicultural team.
- Strong communication skills paired with excellent presentation skills.
- Comfortable through ambiguity, with the ability to influence others and build trust.
- Nice to have: Experience with Machine Translation, MT quality evaluation and process automation.
Salary : $61
