Localization Manager
Houston, Texas, Us
- Managed vendor and contractor relationships for localization projects- Managed dedicated localization budget for Enterprise Service Management products- Built configurations in our hosted instance of SDL Translation Management System- Analyzed monthly cost center reports to ensure quarterly spend is within allocated budget- Worked with product teams to plan the localization effort for on-premise, SaaS, and mobile applications- Established and expand relationships with in-country teams to review and assess translation quality- Managed wiki space for localization project information with internal and vendor contribution- Led the editing team in terminology creation, review, and management- Worked with current vendor to expand languages covered with post-edited machine translation- Hosted monthly "watercooler" meetings for team members to exchange ideas, ask questions, find solutions to nettlesome issues, and celebrate events great and small