Localisation Project Manager at Wise

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

27 Apr, 26

Salary

65000.0

Posted On

27 Jan, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Localisation Best Practices, Budget Management, Vendor Management, Collaboration, Communication, Organisation, Cultural Sensitivity, Adaptability, Quality Monitoring, Process Improvement, Risk Management, Time Management, Team Coordination, AI Workflows

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Company Description Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. More about our mission and what we offer. Job Description About the Role As the Localisation Project Manager, you are the driving force behind the successful delivery of Wise’s localised content, ensuring our products and communications resonate effectively with global audiences.This is a dynamic, hands-on role where you will manage diverse localisation projects end-to-end, balancing time, cost, and quality. You will be instrumental in coordinating cross-functional teams and external partners, promoting best practices, and ensuring that Wise’s voice is accurately and culturally adapted across all target markets. Responsibilities Project Management responsibilities: runs and manages localisation projects for any content types and language set, within a time/cost/quality framework. Stakeholder Management: manages expectations and deadlines, and communicate across cross-functional teams regarding the status of projects, any risk involved, quarterly pipeline any opportunities to refine the workflow in order to optimise timelines or quality or project costs. Localisation best practices: promotes best practices and optimal workflows across stakeholders and project team, and ensures optimal use of workflows/tools/ processes Budget management: helps build quarterly forecast, monitors outsource spend and actual cost vs forecast and is able to predict and explain variance Vendor management: daily management of external resources and regular trending and monitoring of quality standards, timeliness and invoicing with them Collaborate with Localisation Managers to help refine internal operations and results via processes / methogologies / documentation Possible mentoring of more junior Localisation Coordinator(s) to level up their understanding and ability to handle complex projects/SHs/vendors/workflows or processes Requirements 2+ years of project or program management experience delivering cross‑functional localisation initiatives end‑to‑end (scope, schedule, budget, risk, stakeholders) In-depth knowledge of localisation industry and challenges/opportunities Solid experience of working with CAT/TMS tools & of implementing MT/AI workflows Ability to work in high pressure environment with concurring timelines and priorities and a variety of content types and stakeholders Adapts easily to change and is capable to flex their approach to make the best of project / SH requirements Comfortable working with limited supervision and ambiguity, with the ability to influence others and build trust Deep appreciation of cultural nuances and sensitivities Excellent communication and organisation skills Indicators of success Displays ownership in managing localisation projects and stakeholders Ensures variance between forecast and actual spend is kept within minimum variance and is capable of justifying delta Continuous improvement and refinement of localisation tools, workflows and processes Ability to monitor and show positive trend of our quality results internally or externally Additional Information For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive. We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers. If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs. Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram. Compensation: GBP45000 - GBP65000 - yearly

Responsibilities

The Localisation Project Manager will manage diverse localisation projects end-to-end, ensuring timely and quality delivery. They will coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners to adapt Wise’s voice for global audiences.