At EasyPark, we love cities. We love them for work, for play, and everything in between. That’s why our vision is to make cities more livable! EasyPark Group is a global company and a true leader in its domain. There is a clear ambition to quickly grow in coverage and offer our services to more customers and partners.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of the EasyPark team as our first Localization Manager. You will play a key role in our future success and have a true opportunity to make a real impact and difference for our users and our business!

Firstly, a bit about the team

As a Localization Manager you’ll work out of our central Product Design team, together with some 20 UX designers, writers, and researchers. You’ll report to our UX Writing Lead, and work closely with partners and stakeholders across the organization.

The larger product organization consists of over 450 talented specialists within product, engineering, design and analytics, located in Stockholm, Amsterdam, Basingstoke, Tallinn and Atlanta. 

What you’ll be doing:

• You’ll be responsible for making sure that all EasyPark users across the globe get the same excellent experience, regardless of which language their device is set to. 
• This role is our first that’s dedicated to localization, so we’re looking for a trailblazer who’s motivated to organize and build our localization processes, and who has the necessary understanding of linguistic complexity to make it happen.
• You’ll keep in close contact with our product managers and your main focus will be on content and translations. But we’ll also rely on you for direction on matters like internationalization and local demands.
• You’ll be coaching our internal translators crew who work in different roles but set aside time every week to translate our products. They have excellent knowledge of our products and the local needs and quirks, but they need you to provide consistency, documentation, and keep it all together.
• You’ll also be liaising with our developers, driving standardization and cooperating around the translation management system and other localization matters.
• And, perhaps more than anything, you’ll be our localization champion throughout the organization, educating us and pushing our localization efforts forward.

Key responsibilities:

• Plan and execute localization roadmap through communication and collaboration with stakeholders.

• Provide glossaries, training, reference materials, and support for our localizers.

• Manage and resolve questions between multiple localization stakeholders (translators, designers, developers, product managers, local organizations etc).

• Manage, develop, and refine our localization tools and workflows.

• Be the champion for internationalization, culturalization, and localization. to ensure any cultural and technical localization issues are caught early.

• Engage and build relationships across the organization and evangelize localization and internationalization best practices

• Plan and manage localization schedules, collaborating cross-functionally to manage timelines

• Drive initiatives to foster innovation within strategic areas of focus such as internationalization, data, quality, tools and process optimization

What you’ll bring to the team

• 5+ years of experience in localization management

• Demonstrated knowledge of internationalization and localization standards

• Excellent communication skills  

• Fluent English, both written and spoken

• Solid understanding of app and web development processes

• Curiosity, organizational skills, and great attention to detail

• Passion for building relationships and working together in a diverse team across departments

• Experience of prioritizing and managing multiple projects simultaneously

• Patience and ability to continuously move things forwards, inch by inch

• Previous experience working with a Translation Management System (TMS) and other tools like, JIRA, Figma, and Confluence

We expect you to share a portfolio of your favorite projects, so we can see how you work and your track record of shipping excellent products across markets and languages.

This role is based in Stockholm,Sweden. 

What we offer

• Flexible ways of working: combine working from home with working from the office, whatever is agreed on within your team.

• Digital global onboarding: three days to indulge in learning & connecting with fellow new starters across the globe.

• Pension, insurances & health reimbursement: A competitive pension, in combination with the basic package of insurances

• Proactive health support: your wellbeing is important to us, which is why we offer proactive medical support, all depending on your need.

• Mental well-being support via Blue Call

• Wellness reimbursement: 5000 SEK/year

Life at EasyPark

We are a values-driven company with an international culture and a global presence. By providing an environment with space to grow and room for autonomy, we believe in encouraging and supporting our team members to take initiatives and act outside of their comfort zone. To have an open mind and embracing change is a part of our DNA. At EasyPark we are dedicated to maintaining an open culture where the voice of each person is heard, and we play as one team across the globe. Diversity is something we celebrate and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.