Senior Localization Technical Program Manager
The Senior Localization Technical Program Manager at Mozilla will lead and scale localization initiatives across a diverse range of products. This role involves close collaboration with volunteer localizers, ensuring the sustainability and impact of localization efforts. The position is integral to Mozilla's mission of making the internet better for people by delivering high-quality, localized user experiences.
Key responsibilities include driving end-to-end localized product releases, defining testing and quality strategies, and setting priorities for localization bugs. The manager will coordinate with internal partners to handle localization requests, manage intake, scope, and execution with language service providers and external platforms, ensuring timely and quality delivery of localized content. Additionally, the role involves making informed trade-offs to optimize time-to-delivery, quality, and resource allocation, and partnering with engineers to design localization-ready features and improve tooling and workflows.
Candidates should have proven expertise in localization processes, workflows, and common industry formats used for software and web localization. Experience with online translation software, computer-assisted translation tools, and translation management systems is essential. The role requires the ability to read and navigate source code to identify internationalization and localization issues, and collaborate effectively with engineers to implement solutions. Proficiency with GitHub for version control and project management, as well as the ability to design workflows to automate or streamline repetitive localization tasks using scripting or other technical approaches, is also required.
Mozilla offers generous performance-based bonus plans, rich medical, dental, and vision coverage, and generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting. Employees benefit from quarterly all-company wellness days, country-specific holidays plus a day off for their birthday, a one-time home office stipend, an annual professional development budget, and considerable paid parental leave. Additional benefits include a quarterly well-being stipend and an employee referral bonus program.
Joining Mozilla means becoming part of a global community dedicated to building the internet as a public resource accessible to all. The company values diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, encouraging applications from all equity-seeking communities. Mozilla provides opportunities for professional growth and development, fostering a culture of exploration and mentorship.