Product Manager

A globally leading consumer device company headquartered in Cupertino, CA is seeking an experienced Product Manager with deep expertise in modern localization and language technologies to support the evolution of their content and translation ecosystem. This role is designed for a specialist who can quickly assess current localization architecture, evaluate modern Machine Translation and AI-driven solutions, and guide Business and Engineering teams toward the right technology decisions and implementation approach.

• Assess current legacy localization and content workflow architecture and identify modernization opportunities.
• Evaluate emerging MT, LLM, and localization platforms and recommend how they can fit within the ecosystem.
• Guide Business and Engineering teams through buy vs. build vs. hybrid technology decisions.
• Architect end-to-end technology solutions for content management and localization, designing a more efficient, automated future state for global content distribution.
• Lead the exploration and validation of new language translation technologies.
• Lead project execution through the entire lifecycle, ensuring coordination of funding, release schedules, project status, issue resolution, and quality standards are met.
• Collaborate with Business teams, Engineering, and UI/UX to lead design reviews, feature prioritization, and scope negotiation to meet release schedules and deliver measurable business value.

• 5+ years of experience in localization technology, language engineering, or product/technology management in this domain.
• Deep knowledge of the localization technology landscape, including TMS platforms, CAT tools, and translation solutions.
• Strong understanding of Neural Machine Translation (NMT), Large Language Models (LLMs) for translation and adaptation, post-editing practices, and translation quality evaluation tools and methodologies (MQM, BLEU, human evaluation frameworks).
• Experience evaluating and comparing translation technology vendors and guiding buy vs. build vs. hybrid decisions in enterprise environments.
• Experience with content management platforms (ex: Adobe Experience Manager) and the content production lifecycle, specifically in the context of content translation and localization.
• Experience connecting CMS platforms to translation and MT providers through APIs and orchestration layers.
• Experience modernizing legacy localization workflows and migrating toward a service-based architecture.
• Expertise writing detailed business requirements and user stories intended for software engineering and UI/UX design, with a proven track record of shipping localization / translation management, content management or enterprise-grade tools.

Type: Contract

Duration: 6 months with extension