Localization and Dubbing, Senior Manager

The role

The Senior Manager, Localization & Dubbing will lead the planning, production, delivery, and quality control of localized content and local-language dubbing across Asia & Mena. This role manages localization and dubbing workflows and works with various internal teams and external partners.

What you will do

• Develop and execute localization and dubbing plans across priority markets.
• Lead the planning and delivery of local-language dubbing for priority titles and markets.
• Coordinate dubbing workflows from prioritization through launch.
• Partner with Content and regional stakeholders to identify requirements.
• Establish and maintain quality standards for local-language dubs and localized assets.
• Lead quality-control processes for dubbing.
• Manage external localization vendors, dubbing studios, and production partners.
• Manage localization and dubbing projects from intake through post-launch review.
• Develop workflows, templates, quality checklists, and operating procedures.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and scale operations.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in localization, dubbing, content operations, media operations, post-production, language services, or a related field.
• Experience managing local-language dubbing, subtitling, translation, or other audiovisual localization programs.
• Strong understanding of dubbing production workflows.
• Demonstrated experience establishing or applying quality standards for localized content and dubs.
• Experience managing localization vendors, dubbing studios, agencies, translators, voice talent, or production partners.
• Strong project management skills.
• Experience working with Content, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, Legal, Customer Experience, and global teams in a matrixed organization.
• Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• High attention to detail.
• Comfort working across time zones and with globally distributed teams and external partners.
• Fluency in English is required.

Nice to have

• fluency or professional proficiency in relevant regional languages
• Knowledge and passion for anime, entertainment, and fan communities

Benefits

• Salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
• Flexible time off policies
• Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
• Health Saving Account HSA program
• Health care and dependent care FSA
• 401(k) plan, with employer match
• Employer paid commuter benefit
• Support program for new parents
• Pet insurance

About the company

Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community of over 100 million fans across 200+ countries and territories.