Localization Manager, Italian

Airbnb
Milan
Workplace: HybridFull timeEUR 55,000 - 65,000 annuallyFunction: OtherSkills: ["Collaboration","Strategic thinking","Communication","Stakeholder management","Independent ownership"]

Own localization strategy for the Italian market, shaping how product, marketing, and business stakeholders deliver an authentic native experience. Partner with regional leaders and cross-functional teams to plan roadmaps, adapt global initiatives, and localize product naming and creative copy. Drive language quality improvements, coordinate feedback, manage translation/QA vendors, and uphold linguistic and cultural standards across all platforms. Based in Milan.

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Localization Manager, Italian

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Job Summary

Own localization strategy for the Italian market, shaping how product, marketing, and business stakeholders deliver an authentic native experience. Partner with regional leaders and cross-functional teams to plan roadmaps, adapt global initiatives, and localize product naming and creative copy. Drive language quality improvements, coordinate feedback, manage translation/QA vendors, and uphold linguistic and cultural standards across all platforms. Based in Milan.
Location: Milan
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with Country Manager and function leads to devise market business strategies aligned with Airbnb goals.
  • •Lead localization roadmap execution for the Italian market, adapting global strategies to local needs and feeding insights back to regional/global Localization leadership.
  • •Develop localization approaches using linguistic and cultural expertise to drive international growth and deliver a native user experience across platforms.
  • •Own localization of product naming and creative copy, coordinate language feedback, and maintain linguistic and cultural standards and guidelines.
  • •Drive localization quality improvements by holding translation and QA vendors accountable, reviewing vendor metrics and RCAs, and collaborating with program and linguistic QA teams to ship top-quality products internationally.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 55,000 - 65,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Annual BonusEquity

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years in product localization, owning localization strategy for international launches while driving language quality and content localization.
  • •Fluency in English and native knowledge of Italian.
  • •Experience building market strategies using thorough market research and data analysis.
  • •Strong understanding of UI/UX localization (placeholders, tags, smart counts) and localization tooling such as CAT tools, i18n libraries, CLDR standards, and LLM-based machine translation.
  • •Proven ability to manage projects/programs and multiple stakeholders across cross-functional teams and time zones.
Experience:Product localizationInternational launchesTranslation QA
Skills:CollaborationStrategic thinkingCommunicationStakeholder managementIndependent ownership
Languages:EnglishItalian
Tech Stack:LLM-based machine translationCAT toolsI18n librariesCLDR standardsUI/UX localization

Company Brief

Airbnb
Online marketplace that connects travelers with hosts offering short-term lodging, experiences, and long-term stays. Facilitates booking, payments, and reviews while providing tools for hosts to manage listings globally.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2008
WebsiteLinkedIn