LATAM Spanish Language Manager

Meta•San Francisco, CA

22h

About The Position

At Meta, our teams working on cutting-edge technologies are dedicated to creating the next computing platform centered around people. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of innovation with groundbreaking research in emerging technologies to bring this vision to life. The Internationalization (i18n) team plays a crucial role in breaking down language and barriers to support this mission. Meta platforms are available in more than 100 languages, 88% of our users are from outside North America and we continue to expand internationally. The Language Management team under i18n at Meta is looking for an experienced Latin American Spanish language manager to join our team. As the Latin American Language Manager, you will be responsible for the localization quality of es_LA for our Meta products and content. This role will ensure that we deliver a great linguistic experience to our Latin American audience, and your background in translation or localization for consumer devices and gaming content will be essential in helping us achieve this goal. If you are committed to delivering high-quality localization on our products and ensuring a great user experience for our international audience, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

Native Latin American Spanish and business proficiency in English
5+ years of experience in English-to-Spanish (for Latin America) translation and product UI localization
Familiarity with the popular and social trends from Latin America
BS/BA degree

Nice To Haves

Cross-functional experience working with engineers, product teams and regional stakeholders
Experience in AI evaluations, annotations, and other related activities
Experience in AR, VR, smart home devices, or related technologies
Experience in hardware localization and testing
Experience in localization of gaming content
Experience in localization of online and mobile products
Experience in localization program and/or project management
Familiarity with CAT tools
Familiarity with digital marketing
Knowledge of additional languages other than your native language and English

Responsibilities

Reviewing, editing and/or translating high visibility UI content and high priority long form content of Meta family of apps and other core experiences
Designing and supporting LLM quality guidelines and evaluations
AI evaluations, trainings, and other related tasks
Performing localization screenshot testing to identify linguistic and functional issues
Working closely with product teams and performing hands-on linguistic testing on web and mobile devices
Collaborating with the Localization Program Management team to support product launches and drive the efforts to ensure end to end linguistic quality during the product launch cycles
Driving product and/or vertical-specific language quality initiatives
Collaborating with the Vendor Management team to select new translation vendors, drive vendor probation, and support their ramp-up
Closely monitoring vendor translation quality through our quality framework, and managing translation vendors' performance when needed
Driving or supporting cross-functional and/or team level quality framework at scale
Building and scaling stakeholder education programs for internal cross-functional partners and external vendors to ensure language quality from end to end
Maintaining the localization glossaries, style guides, and TMs (Translation Memory) for owned content & keeping them up-to-date and audience appropriate
Working closely with the in-country stakeholders to deliver market-appropriate translation
Performing other linguistic tasks as needed
Traveling domestically or internationally to other Meta offices and/or business sites as needed