Team Lead, Localization (1-year contract)

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United Kingdom
Consumer Web
The Role

At Playlist, life's richest moments happen when people step away from screens to move, connect, explore, and play. We're building the definitive platform for intentional living, connecting people with inspiring experiences in fitness, wellness, and beyond. With popular brands like Mindbody and ClassPass, Playlist empowers businesses and individuals, making it effortless for aspirations to become actions. Join us in reshaping technology's role to foster meaningful, real-world connections.

ClassPass offers thousands of fitness and wellness experiences worldwide, helping people lead active, balanced lifestyles. Our platform makes discovering and enjoying activities simple, personalized, and joyful—whether it's fitness classes, self-care sessions, a healthy lunch, or a new adventure. Join us in shaping healthier, more vibrant communities around the globe.

The Role You’ll Play
As the Team Lead, Localization, you’ll play a pivotal role in ensuring Mindbody and ClassPass resonate authentically with diverse communities around the globe. You’ll lead a team dedicated to bringing our products, web experiences, and communications to life in multiple languages, ensuring they connect deeply with users everywhere. This is a one-year contract covering someone on maternity leave. 
  • Own the end-to-end quality assurance process, ensuring localized content consistently meets high standards.
  • Develop and coach your team, empowering them to thrive, innovate, and deliver impactful translations.
  • Collaborate proactively with product, marketing, and engineering teams to identify localization opportunities and shape strategy.
  • Spearhead large-scale localization initiatives, from product launches to dynamic web updates, delivering seamless user experiences.
  • Drive optimization through continuous user research and testing, improving localized content effectiveness.
  • Lead vendor relationships, onboarding new translation partners, and refining workflows to accelerate market expansion.
  • Stay ahead of localization trends, integrating cutting-edge technology and AI tools into everyday workflows.
  • Implement cost-effective strategies that maximize the impact of localization investments, fueling global growth.
Experience You Bring
  • 5+ years guiding localization strategies, ideally within technology or digital-first environments.
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Smartling or other leading Translation Management Systems.
  • A proven record navigating diverse stakeholder needs, balancing priorities, and delivering successful outcomes.
  • Solid experience collaborating with web and app development teams to align localization efforts seamlessly.
  • Demonstrated success in independently leading complex localization projects, from planning through execution.
  • Skilled in developing linguistic assets, including Translation Memories, style guides, and glossaries.
  • Expertise optimizing translation workflows through Machine Translation (MT) and other AI-driven localization solutions.
  • Familiarity with Contentful, HubSpot, or another Content Management System (CMS).
  • Fluent proficiency in English and at least one other language.
Have we piqued your curiosity?

Sound like the role for you? We’d love to hear from you! Even if you’re not 100% sure about potential fit, we still encourage you to apply. We’re looking for the right person, not the perfect series of checkboxes.

Playlist is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We highly value diversity at our company and encourage people of all different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or other protected characteristics.

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