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X The application window will be open until at least August 18, 2026. This opportunity will remain online based on business needs which may be before or after the specified date.
Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in a technical project management or a customer-facing role.
Preferred qualifications: - Advanced degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics, or professional-level multilingual proficiency to drive deep linguistic product strategy.
- Experience in management consulting, technical sales, or strategic partner management translating complex commercial models into solutions.
- Experience navigating ambiguous environments to implement scalable localization processes, drive technical automation, and mitigate future bottlenecks.
- Experience leveraging machine translation, LLMs, and cultural nuances to create engaged global product differentiators.
- Ability to influence cross-functionally, align various stakeholder objectives, and present compelling business cases to executives.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills combined with direct accountability for budget management and long-term strategic resource advocacy.
About the jobIn 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 linguistic solutions. Operating as a strategic 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.
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Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $140000 - $204000 (USD) 15% bonus target equity benefits
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Responsibilities - Identify and lead outcomes for internal localization projects, driving the localization of complex products from inception to launch while managing delivery, cost, and vendor execution.
- Act as a strategic advisor to product teams, educating them on the localization journey to align goals and ensure global cultural resonance.
- Address complex localization challenges 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 strategic recommendations, and present structured solutions to executives.
- Manage the product's localization budget, driving annual planning and advocating for resources based on long-term commercial objectives. Identify workflow inefficiencies and drive repeatable solutions, collaborating with Operations and Engineering to deploy AI integration and automated operational scaling tools.
