Principal Localization Product Manager at Welocalize Full Time

Job Duties/Responsibilities

• Contribute to the 1-3 year strategy for our SaaS platform and its AI-driven services.
• Partner with the internal teams to drive advanced solutions and new approaches to help support the client outcomes.
• Deeply understand and advocate for our clients’ business outcomes and needs.
• Evangelize the client perspective to the development team, ensuring they understand the end goals and context of their work.
• Maintain and champion a product vision, strategy, and roadmap that aligns with client success and company goals.
• Drive and own roadmaps consisting of themes and epics, ensuring alignment with client needs and business objectives.
• Work with stakeholders to identify and validate product features and capabilities.
• Develop and execute a plan to engage with stakeholders regularly to capture all product needs.
• Ensure requirements slated for development are internally consistent, well-described, and granular enough for implementation.
• Collaborate with UX/UI designers to ensure the software is clean, simple, usable, and consistent.
• Involve the development team in the product vision, share credit for successes, and create consensus-based schedules.
• During development, ensure the team understands the goal of each feature and that the implementation meets the spirit of the requirement.
• Demonstrate technology-based products and services for customers and Sales teams.
• Contribute to a culture of excellence, open communication, courage, and respect.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from a college or university in related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in localization/globalization services and/or software product management.
• Proven track record in building, deploying, and growing usage of B2B SaaS products/platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior executives, stakeholders, and users to define and manage product scope, strategy, and requirements.
• Strong quantitative skills demonstrated through data-driven decision making.
• Experience in fast-paced, growing corporate environments.
• Strong practical knowledge of MS Office and Atlassian tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence).
• Understanding of Lean and Agile methodologies.
• Self-motivated with critical attention to detail, deadlines, and reporting.

Key Competencies

• Enjoys researching and strategic thinking, with strong planning and execution capabilities.
• Excellent communicator, collaborator, and presenter.
• Highly collaborative personality; proactive and solutions-focused.
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills (including analysis, interpretation, and reasoning).