[Remote] Manager, Localization - Americas

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Airbnb is the world’s largest community-driven hospitality company, connecting guests and hosts in meaningful ways. The Manager, Localization - Americas will lead a team responsible for driving international growth through effective localization strategies, ensuring high-quality user experiences across diverse markets. Responsibilities • Lead and motivate a team of Localization Managers, including team building, performance management, talent development, change management. • Provide linguistic and cultural expertise in developing strategy to drive international growth, collaborating with both central and local teams • Provide linguistic and cultural consultancy, localization advocacy, and influence other teams in order to deliver the best possible user experience • Proactively engage with stakeholders in the market for cultural insights and influence product changes • Understand challenges in the localization process and lead language quality improvement initiatives at the language and team level • Take ownership of the strategy to help achieve excellence in translation quality across all platforms • Partner with translation and QA vendors to monitor and improve quality output of Mexican Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese • Coordinate language feedback from both users and Airbnb employees • Develop and maintain linguistic and cultural standards and guidelines • Help with copywriting for content marketing initiatives • Proactively engage with internal and regional stakeholders to drive regional product initiatives • Understand and actively research the needs of Airbnb international users • Partner closely with the Language Lead to train vendor resources for optimized linguistic output • Work with Localization Program Managers and Linguistic QA Managers to ensure we ship top quality products internationally Skills • 8+ years of experience managing language quality and localization programs at a strategic level • 1+ years of direct people management experience; experience managing international direct reports a plus • Native/bilingual fluency in Spanish (Mexican) and English • Proven experience in translation, localization and language quality management • Time management skills, ability to multitask, highly organized • Ability to show initiative and work independently, and drive initiatives at a strategic level • Passion for translations and languages • Experience using online translation software • Excellent presentation and communication skills • Experience in project/program management, partner/stakeholder management, with experience working across cross-functional teams and time-zones • Ability to manage multiple and diverse stakeholders across businesses and leadership levels with excellent communication/presentation skills Benefits • Bonus • Equity • Benefits • Employee Travel Credits Company Overview • Airbnb is an online community marketplace for people to list, discover, and book accommodations through mobile phones or the Internet. It was founded in 2008, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is https://www.airbnb.com. Company H1B Sponsorship • Airbnb has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 186 in 2025, 176 in 2024, 160 in 2023, 270 in 2022, 250 in 2021, 274 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.