Localization Project Manager

🎓 Master's degree required 💼 >3+ years experience as a Software Localization project manager 📍 Paris 🏠 Office + remote work (2 optional remote working days per week) 💰 Between €45,000 and €55,000 per year, depending on past experience 🌍 Lucca is getting global! The required level in English and French is C1 and knowledge of other languages would be a valuable asset for this role. 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗮𝘁 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗮 Lucca provides HRIS SaaS solutions to boost employee efficiency and engagement. We address the main areas of administrative and HR management: time and activities, annual reviews, employee pulse surveys, expense reports, etc. Our products are being used by more than a million people in various businesses, including the upscale Accor hotel chain and the surf brand Rip Curl, as well as in rapidly expanding international companies like Novo Nordisk, Nexthink, and Michel&Augustin. In the realm of stern management tools, we are driven by the conviction that software should not be grey, ugly or boring. That's why we focus on the design and user experience of our products. In 2022, Lucca celebrated its 20th anniversary and embarked on its internationalization journey by establishing subsidiaries in 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 and 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗮. International expansion continued with the opening of our 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰. In 2023, the Localization team was created to meet our global expansion requirements. Our product software interface is currently available in 𝟳 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 (French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese) and our Sales and Customer Success teams support our clients in 4 languages. We aim to 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 to our end-users and improve the availability and quality of 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 and 𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 translations to provide the best possible experience for our growing client base across countries. Localizing our software in new languages is a priority as more clients operate globally. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺? You will work in the Localization team, which is part of the Internationalization team. The Localization Team is composed of Emilie and Ludivine who are handling business content requests, Clara who is in charge of product localization, Natalia our L10N engineer and Frédéric, our Head of Localization. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴? With the aim of progressively improving language availability and quality at Lucca, you will be in charge of the 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁. You will shape our global voice, from setting up our TMS to integrating AI into our UI localization workflows and ensure our product feels local to every user, everywhere. 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 • Setting up the TMS and defining specifications for Product teams with our L10N Engineer • Project management • Query management • Managing linguistic assets: style guides, translation memories, term-base • Vendor management (LSPs and freelancers) 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗳𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 • Implementing AI driven translation and review workflows • Collaborating with the Business Content team (sharing linguistic assets) • Encourage Product teams to adopt localization best practices • Document processes