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Senior Product Globalization Manager

About the Company

Our development philosophy is focused on sustaining developer happiness, maximizing iteration speed, and learning from player feedback. We know from experience it is sensible to ship games without crunch-time and have done so successfully.

Our team is comprised of veteran developers with key contributions to the development of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Guild Wars and Magic: Arena. We seek team members who are enjoyable to work with and who will enhance our efforts, as we believe creating great games is a group endeavor made better with trust between teammates.

We aim to build games that will be cultural touchstones, the measure by which other games are judged. We seek remarkable people to join our team, and offer a comprehensive compensation package.

About the Role

Do you enjoy working with folks around the world, and love solving the business and technical issues associated with developing games for many languages and cultures?

Yes? Awesome! Because we're seeking a person like you who has the management skills and technical acumen to guide our efforts launching our games globally.

Our team members have had key roles developing and publishing many well-loved, global gaming franchises, including Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Guild Wars, Aion, Tera, Magic: Arena, and Pokemon, and we aspire to build original new games with that level of global and cultural resonance.

As our Senior -- and only -- Product Globalization Manager, you'll oversee our efforts across a range of business activities including assessing international opportunities; planning launch schedules; selecting vendors & tools; contract negotiation; casting voice actors; overseeing sound recording & engineering; managing text & voice translations; designing globalized user interface features; overseeing quality assurance of localization; and working with our team to improve the experiences of players everywhere.

We aim to self-publish in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Oceania, and partner with publishers elsewhere, and seek a candidate with expertise in European languages, culture, and vendor-management in addition to English. Additionally, we'll partner in other parts of the world, and will look to you for your expertise in business negotiations, game localization, and partner relationship management.

Our games are online experiences that include native game clients for mobile, PC, and console; as well as game services accessed via web browsers, and we seek a candidate with previous experience in a senior localization role launching similar products.

To be effective in this role you must be able to

• Gather business requirements, develop project plans, and drive schedules
• Lead and coordinate efforts to develop localization solutions
• Work with development and publishing teams to define and streamline efforts
• Clearly communicate roadmaps, progress, and risks
• Manage and own all aspects of localization

Compensation and Benefits

• Equitable salaries
• Stock options in a venture-funded, early-stage company
• Fully-remote work with flexible work hours
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits (100% paid for employees / 50% paid for dependents)
• Two months parental leave after one year of employment (one month the first year)
• Long-term Disability Insurance -- for life
• Self-managed personal time off (guideline: 4 weeks annually) plus 12 holidays
• $6,000 annual stipend for continuing education, coaching and trade-show attendance
• $300 annual stipend for game purchases

We are a fully-remote company with no physical office and provide flexible days/hours. We have a preference for candidates within several hours of the Pacific Time zone to make meetings more convenient, as many of us are near Seattle.

We invite you to apply, and ask that you include your resume, cover letter and any other information you think represents your abilities. Any information you send will be used only for the purposes of evaluating your candidacy.