Director Localization and Internationalization, Design Platform

Director Localization and Internationalization, Design Platform London, England

Spotify
Full Time London, England 114838 - 150000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

    Product
The Platform team creates the technology that enables Spotify to learn quickly and scale easily, enabling rapid growth in our users and our business around the globe. Spanning many disciplines, we work to make the business work; creating the frameworks, capabilities and tools needed to welcome a billion customers. Join us and help to amplify productivity, quality and innovation across Spotify.

Location

London

Job type

Permanent
The Localization team at Spotify is responsible for Product and Marketing Localization. We operate in 74 languages within over 180 markets. This is a centralized team consisting of Localization managers and engineering capabilities. The team collaborates with a wide array of teams at Spotify solving actual translation needs or providing input and expertise on some of our automated aspects such as Podcast captions. We are looking for an experienced Localization Director who can lead and grow this team in accordance with our business needs driving measurable business impact.

What You'll Do

  • You understand the business opportunities localization brings to a global Enterprise.
  • You work closely with senior leaders to evaluate the impact of localization on the business.
  • You can manage exceptional Vendor relationships to provide a reliable service
  • You understand all budgeting aspects in regard to Localization
  • You can provide guidance and collaborate with the engineering team to establish excellence in our Internationalization Infrastructure
  • You will identify and grow leaders within your team, setting them up for success through mentorship and coaching
  • You will provide context, support, and mentorship as the team works toward our business objectives — you will inspire, not merely direct
  • You will report to our Design Platform Lead

Who You Are

  • You are an exceptional leader and have 10+ years of experience in Localization and at least 3+ experience of leading Localization in a global consumer-focused company
  • You have experience in working autonomously and driving team growth and vision
  • You carry a deep passion for linguistics and a variety of localization aspects
  • You have experience in working in multiple markets/regions and are humble towards the complexity and sensitivity of what that means.
  • Quality is at your heart
  • You’re a great communicator. You have the communication and influencing skills to help you work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders.
  • You thrive when developing great people and see others succeed
  • You want to make an impact and take on big complex issues

Where You'll Be

  • You will work out of the UK.
  • Find more information about our Work From Anywhere options here.

Our global benefits

Extensive learning opportunities, through our dedicated team, GreenHouse.
Flexible share incentives letting you choose how you share in our success.
Global parental leave, six months off - fully paid - for all new parents.
All The Feels, our employee assistance program and self-care hub.
Flexible public holidays, swap days off according to your values and beliefs.

Learn about life at Spotify


Spotify is an equal opportunity employer. You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what’s playing in your headphones. Our platform is for everyone, and so is our workplace. The more voices we have represented and amplified in our business, the more we will all thrive, contribute, and be forward-thinking! So bring us your personal experience, your perspectives, and your background. It’s in our differences that we will find the power to keep revolutionizing the way the world listens.

Spotify transformed music listening forever when we launched in 2008. Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the chance to enjoy and be passionate about these creators. Everything we do is driven by our love for music and podcasting. Today, we are the world’s most popular audio streaming subscription service.

Director Localization and Internationalization, Design Platform
Spotify

www.spotify.com
Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Ek
Unknown / Non-Applicable
5001 to 10000 Employees
Company - Public
Internet & Web Services
2006
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