Localization Product Strategist (Fixed-Term Contract)

Google•Sunnyvale, CA

4h•$140,000 - $205,000

About The Position

Localization (L10n) is part of gUP Operations, and the L10n mission is to empower everyone to get the most out of Google through a native user experience. In an industry increasingly driven by advanced AI and language models, the Localization team ensures Google's ideas and products look, feel, and sound natural to users globally. We collaborate with international Engineering, Product, UX, and Marketing teams to steer products through the localization process and ensure successful global launches. As a Localization Product Strategist, you will act as an advocate for global users and a consultant to internal teams, translating commercial business models into sophisticated linguistic solutions. Operating as a consulting group, you will build relationships with partner teams to establish needs, deadlines, and budgets, leveraging language and cultural nuances as core engaged differentiators. Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech’s role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers’ complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
8 years of experience in a technical project management or a customer-facing role.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or professional-level multilingual proficiency to in-depth search linguistic product strategy.
Experience in management consulting, technical sales, or partner management translating complex commercial models into solutions.
Experience leveraging machine translation, LLMs, and deep cultural nuances to create engaged global product differentiators.
Experience navigating ambiguous environments to implement scalable localization processes, drive technical automation, and mitigate future bottlenecks.
Excellent investigative and problem-solving skills combined with the ability to be directly accountable for budget management and long-term resource advocacy.
Ability to influence cross-functionally, align stakeholder objectives, and present compelling business cases to executives.

Responsibilities

Identify and lead outcomes for internal localization projects, driving the end-to-end localization of complex products from inception to launch while managing delivery, cost, and vendor execution.
Act as an advisor to manager-level product teams, educating them on the localization journey to align goals and ensure deep global cultural resonance.
Address complex localization issues requiring multiple approaches. Build scalable processes with systems-level foresight to anticipate issues and mitigate international business risk.
Build compelling business cases for product language expansion opportunities, provide clear recommendations, and present structured solutions to executives.
Identify workflow inefficiencies and drive repeatable solutions, collaborating with Operations and Engineering to deploy AI integration and automated operational scaling tools. Manage the product's localization budget, driving annual planning and advocating for resources based on long-term commercial objectives.