Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Fountain Group is a nationwide staffing firm recognized for its excellence since 2001. They are seeking a Junior Localization Project Manager to support multiple localization programs, working closely with engineers and vendors to ensure smooth workflows and high-quality outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Proactively monitor string/label drop cycles, coordinate with localization vendors, and track delivery across active repos and projects — flagging risks early and escalating as needed
- Serve as a localization point of contact for assigned product teams
- Support engineer onboarding to localization workflows and file handling best practices
- Follow through on open items end-to-end, including following up on unacknowledged PRs, pending vendor responses, and outstanding stakeholder decisions
- Support in-context testing (ICT) to verify translated strings render correctly in live product UIs
- Learn and work within existing TMS tooling, with opportunities to assist on tooling setup
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams (e.g., marketing) on localization touchpoints
- Manage LQA projects: select sampling, ensure timely linguist reviews, and route feedback to vendors
- Project manage quality initiatives such as glossary localization and translation cleanup
- Surface process gaps and flag them for senior team review
- Help troubleshoot localization bugs and contribute to ongoing quality improvement efforts
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Localization Management, Language Translation, Translation Technology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
- Familiarity with localization best practices and software/web localization workflows
- Familiarity with or exposure to vendor or cross-functional workflows
- Ability to ramp up quickly on new tools, systems, and processes
- Comfortable building working relationships with engineers, vendors, and cross-functional partners
- Comfortable working independently and managing multiple concurrent workstreams
- Detail-oriented and dependable
- Experience with a Translation Management System (TMS) and/or LLM-assisted localization tools
- Familiarity with i18n file formats and GitHub workflows (or eagerness to learn)
- Experience working in an agile/scrum environment
- Familiarity with ContentQuo or similar LQA tooling
- Exposure to process gaps identification and interest in proposing improvements
- Recent graduates of Localization or Translation programs welcome to apply
Benefits
- Our company offers our consultants a suite of benefits after a qualification period including health, vision, dental, life and disability insurance.
- Remote role, but must maintain Pacific working hours
- W2 Candidates only
Company Overview
The Fountain Group is a staffing firm that specializes in rendering contingent workforce solutions to various industries. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is https://thefountaingroup.com/.