Sierra Club

Localization Program Manager

Sierra Club$110K — $145K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of experience in localization, international operations, or project management.
  • Expertise in managing end-to-end localization programs across multiple languages and regions.
  • Strategic thinker capable of advising on market entry while managing detailed processes.
  • Familiarity with TMS platforms like LILT, Phrase, or Smartling and managing localization tooling.
  • Exceptional cross-functional collaboration skills across various teams.
  • Strong communication abilities in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

Responsibilities

  • Build and document processes for international expansion and localization.
  • Align localization priorities with country expansion plans and commercial timelines.
  • Own and communicate the localization roadmap to keep stakeholders updated.
  • Manage cross-functional workstreams including product UI, documentation, and digital campaigns.
  • Oversee translation vendors, ensuring quality and timely deliveries.
  • Establish a QA framework across localization projects to maintain consistency.
  • Coordinate with marketing and web teams on localization priorities for digital content.

Benefits

  • Flexible (unlimited) paid time off.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees and their families.
  • Life insurance and disability coverage.
  • Retirement plan options tailored to country of employment.
  • Parental leave and family-building benefits via Carrot.
  • Free lunches, snacks, and coffee at the workplace.
  • Discretionary benefit stipend for personal spending.
  • Unique offerings like free alphorn lessons.
Full Job Description
What you'll do

Sierra is rapidly expanding globally, and we're looking for a Localization Program Manager to build and scale our international localization efforts across every function - product, marketing, design, and sales. This is a high-impact, cross-functional role sitting at the intersection of operations, product, and go-to-market. You'll be accountable for our end-to-end localization program, acting as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on program manager as we enter new international markets and expand within existing ones.

International Expansion Strategy
  • Contribute to the the country expansion playbook: build and document repeatable processes, and coordinate execution across product, marketing, design, sales, and operations
  • Partner with GTM Ops to align localization priorities with country expansion plans and commercial timelines

Program Management
  • Own and communicate the localization roadmap across all workstreams, keeping stakeholders aligned on priorities and timelines
  • Drive cross-functional program management across product UI, product documentation, website, sales assets, and digital campaigns
  • Manage our translation vendors and tooling - including turnaround expectations, quality standards, and delivery - while continuously evaluating whether our tooling is set up to scale with us
  • Establish and own a QA framework across all localization projects, setting quality standards and ensuring consistency across markets and asset types

Marketing & Web
  • Coordinate localization rollout priorities with the marketing team and web producer across website, content, sales assets, and digital/search ads
  • Design and champion best practices for digital localization in partnership with the web producer and translation vendor

Product & Design
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design teams to define and integrate localization requirements into the product development lifecycle
  • Monitor and support internal localization systems and workflows, partnering with Engineering to troubleshoot issues, improve reliability, and maintain scalable translation operations
What you'll bring
  • 6+ years of experience in localization, international operations, or program/project management
  • Proven track record owning end-to-end localization programs across multiple languages and regions, ideally including building repeatable language or market launch processes
  • Strategic thinker who can zoom out to advise on market entry and zoom in to manage a process. You're equally comfortable in both modes
  • Experience working with TMS platforms (e.g., LILT, Phrase, Smartling) and a track record of owning and improving localization tooling and vendor relationships
  • Exceptional cross-functional skills. You know how to build trust, drive clarity, and move workstreams forward across Operations, Marketing, Design, Product, and GTM
  • Strong written and verbal communicator. Able to operate effectively in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Even better...
  • Background in B2B SaaS or AI/tech companies
  • Familiarity with Figma, Sanity CMS, or similar design and content systems
  • Experience building localization programs from scratch at a scaling company
Our values
  • Trust: We build trust with our customers with our accountability, empathy, quality, and responsiveness. We build trust in AI by making it more accessible, safe, and useful. We build trust with each other by showing up for each other professionally and personally, creating an environment that enables all of us to do our best work.
  • Customer Obsession: We deeply understand our customers' business goals and relentlessly focus on driving outcomes, not just technical milestones. Everyone at the company knows and spends time with our customers. When our customer is having an issue, we drop everything and fix it.
  • Craftsmanship: We get the details right, from the words on the page to the system architecture. We have good taste. When we notice something isn't right, we take the time to fix it. We are proud of the products we produce. We continuously self-reflect to continuously self-improve.
  • Intensity: We know we don't have the luxury of patience. We play to win. We care about our product being the best, and when it isn't, we fix it. When we fail, we talk about it openly and without blame so we succeed the next time.
  • Family: We know that balance and intensity are compatible, and we model it in our actions and processes. We are the best technology company for parents. We support and respect each other and celebrate each other's personal and professional achievements.
What we offer

We want our benefits to reflect our values and offer the following to full-time employees:
  • Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
  • Parental leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
  • Discretionary benefit stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
  • Free alphorn lessons

These benefits are further detailed in Sierra's policies, may vary by region, and are subject to change at any time, consistent with the terms of any applicable compensation or benefits plans. Eligible full-time employees can participate in Sierra's equity plans subject to the terms of the applicable plans and policies.

About Sierra Club

The Sierra Club is a nonprofit organization that promotes environmental conservation. It was founded in 1892 by John Muir and is one of the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the United States. The organization has over 3.8 million members and supporters and is dedicated to protecting the planet's natural resources and wildlife. The Sierra Club engages in a variety of activities, including lobbying for environmental legislation, organizing outdoor activities, and publishing a magazine. The organization is headquartered in Oakland, California.
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