Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience as a Bahasa Indonesian translator,
linguist, copywriter, writer, or editor. - Ability to communicate in Bahasa Indonesia and English fluently to fulfill core aspects of the role.
- MBA or Master's degree.
- Experience in program management.
- Experience in partner/stakeholder management while working with cross-functional teams and across time zones.
- Experience with video, creative, localization, journalism, public communications, or the online marketing/advertising industry.
- Ability to relate to ambiguity, work independently, and chart the direction of projects.
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About the job
Google is a universally recognized name. The Localization team helps Google's ideas and products look, feel and sound natural to users in their own countries. We collaborate with international Engineering, Product and Marketing teams to steer products through the localization process and ensure successful launches across the globe. Our team is an international collection of enthusiastic, creative and knowledgeable people who excel in a fast-paced, culturally diverse environment. You are an excellent communicator who plays a strategic role by building relationships with partner teams to establish needs, deadlines and budgets. You will flex your project management skills in order to ensure that our Localization process runs effectively and efficiently.
Google creates products and services that make the world a better place, and gTech's role is to help bring them to life. Our teams of trusted advisors support customers globally. Our solutions are rooted in our technical skill, product expertise, and a thorough understanding of our customers' complex needs. Whether the answer is a bespoke solution to solve a unique problem, or a new tool that can scale across Google, everything we do aims to ensure our customers benefit from the full potential of Google products.
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Responsibilities
- Develop a good understanding of market expectations for localization quality and how Google's products fit in the market, and create language strategy to enable native language experience to users.
- Become a critical partner for the Indonesia-focused teams with stakeholders in Marketing, Product, and Communications to enable native language experiences for Google's products for Indonesian users.
- Engage regularly with local stakeholders to understand their priorities, and share updates on language strategy and global localization services.
- Ensure Google's translation and review vendors deliver high quality translations that align with Google's language standards. Assess vendor metrics to identify issues/trends, and use metrics to drive improvements with local vendors.
- Create and meaningfully evolve Indonesian language guidelines (e.g., Style Guide, Terminology) and Indonesian language strategy for Google, taking into account input from users, stakeholders, and tech language industry trends.