Director of Program Management, Lokalise
Localization platform for agile teams
Job no longer available
Localization platform for agile teams
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To eliminate the hassle of localization by providing tools to automate, integrate, and better manage your translations.
Role
Who you are
- “Get things done” mentality that promotes a sense of urgency while promoting autonomy and accountability
- Be comfortable operating “hands-on” wherever and whenever required
- Excel in a fast-paced environment and be comfortable operating with unknowns and constant change
- Strong communication and project management skills, with the ability to tailor communication to different audiences, from individuals to leadership members
- Experience in tech startups or scaleups
- Strong experience with Agile software development methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
- Experience operating in a culture that thrives on continuous learning and improvement
- Excellent leadership and people skills, with a track record of building and developing high-performing teams
- Strategic mindset with the ability to align multiple initiatives with business objectives and drive successful outcomes
- Demonstrated experience in managing multiple complex initiatives simultaneously, delivering results within time and budget constraints
- Proficiency in data analysis and reporting (Amplitude or SQL is a plus)
- Understanding of business principles, resource allocation, and financial planning
What the job involves
- Support our Chief Product Officer and VP of Engineering in leading the Product and Engineering organization
- Collaborate with the team leaders to develop the product vision, strategy, and roadmap
- Lead the delivery of technical solutions to customer and business problems across multiple teams and functions, ensuring the appropriate sense of urgency
- Align priorities across the organization to ensure successful program outcomes
- Support the team in building realistic and comprehensive delivery plans, taking into consideration risks and challenges relevant to the delivery of the end-to-end technical solution
- Manage, visualize, and address risks, issues, and dependencies to facilitate successful delivery
- Track and monitor key performance metrics, identify areas for improvement, and provide regular insights and updates to drive continuous improvement
- Ensure effective communication with stakeholders within and outside the product and engineering organization
- Foster a culture of continuous discovery in delivery practices
Otta's take
Xav Kearney
CTO of Otta
Localization can be a headache for companies shipping products to new markets, involving lengthy manual work and often highly general tools like Excel. Add to that the complexities of updating localization strategies to align with new agile software development methods, and it can prove a real hurdle for companies looking to expand their global footprint.
Lokalise allows for localization to be centralized and knitted more tightly into the development process, anticipating pernickety issues like formatting errors thrown up if translations require more space in the target language. This is a substantial development on translation-only services, but it’s becoming an industry standard also offered by competitors like RWS and Memsource.
What will help the relatively young Lokalise compete is a 2,500+ strong customer roster, which includes major enterprises like Revolut, Virgin Mobile, and Starbucks. It’s helped Lokalise cause a stir in the industry, and with global expansion on the rise across all major sectors, it should help the company continue its already impressive growth going forwards.
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Company
Employee endorsements
Flexible working
"Working remotely means we manage our energy - not our time and so I find space for everything that matters to me while giving it my all at work...."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2023
$61.7m
LATE VC
Dec 2021
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $117.8m
Company benefits
- Coworking allowance
- Unlimited PTO and Work-life balance
- Health insurance
- Top-notch tech equipment to work with
- Parental leave
- Personal development budget
- Stock options
- Fun & close-knit team, on- and offline meetings (off-sites)
- Wellness benefits
- 100% remote async work
- Positive Impact (carbon-neutral company)
- Mental health support
- Full-time remote work
- Company events
- Budget for home office set-up
Company values
- Be direct and kind. Put yourself in others' shoes.
- Support one another. Thrive together.
- Build competence. Keep growing.
- Take ownership. Optimize for impact.
- Aim high. Stay down to earth.
Company HQ
Camden, DE
Founders
Nick Ustinov
(CEO)A serial co-founder and CEO, who has filled these roles at inbox.lv, Vide Infra Group, Double Coffee, Pozitel Telecom, and Roamerapp.
Petr Antropov
(CRO)Has been on the boards of Forticom (where he was also CFO), OK.RU, and Open Media Group, and served as MD at KBC Securities Ukraine. Went on to co-found Megogo.net and Roamerapp, then work in business development at Apply.
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