Senior Localization Program Manager at Hellofresh

Work with HelloFresh in Warsaw and its HelloTech organisation, HelloFresh’s global technology backbone with more than 1000 people, building the digital products that power our end-to-end food experience. From meal kits and ready-to-eat meals to specialty offerings like pet food and premium meat & seafood, HelloTech creates the platforms that bring tailored food solutions to millions of customers every month. Our subscription-based, direct-to-consumer model relies on technology at every step, from customer-facing apps and personalization logic to pricing, forecasting, supply chain optimization, and initiatives that help reduce food waste. While our brands operate independently to serve distinct customer needs, they are united by shared platforms, data, and operational excellence built by HelloTech. HelloTech works in autonomous, cross-functional alliances, each owning a specific product or domain end-to-end. By working with our Warsaw office, you will help shape scalable, data-driven products used across our markets, working with a modern tech stack and international teams to continuously improve how people discover, order, and enjoy HelloFresh’s products, today and in the future. About the role: What's in the Box The service provider will contribute to the evolution of HelloFresh’s global reach by optimizing how digital products are adapted for international markets. This project scope involves the strategic alignment of UX localization with global business objectives, ensuring that the digital experience feels native to millions of users across 16 countries and six distinct brands. As an external expert, you will provide the technical and operational framework necessary to integrate localization seamlessly into the product development lifecycle, utilizing cutting-edge AI automation to drive efficiency and quality. What you’ll do: The Recipe • Refine UX Localization strategy: Collaborate with the Head of Content Design & Localization (primary stakeholder) to provide a specialized framework for localizing UX content in line with global goals. • Manage the Localization process: Lead the end-to-end service delivery for UX content localization, ensuring high-quality, culturally appropriate outputs from external copywriters and agencies. • Build AI-enabled localization workflows: Design and implement automated processes, including machine translation integration, LLM-assisted reviews, and automated QA checks to improve scalability • Cross-functional collaboration: Provide technical guidance to product managers, engineers, and designers to ensure localization requirements are integrated into early-stage product discovery and campaign development. • Vendor Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external translation vendors, ensuring service level agreements (SLAs) and quality standards are met. • Process Optimization: Conduct regular audits of localization workflows within tools like Lokalise and Jira to improve delivery speed and resource efficiency. • Quality Assurance: Establish rigorous testing systems for live environments to ensure linguistic accuracy and a consistent user experience across all supported languages. • Knowledge Sharing: Provide expertise and advocacy for localization best practices across HelloTech to increase organizational maturity regarding global product standards. What you’ll bring: The Ingredients • Extensive experience leading localization programs for high-growth consumer products. • Strong project management skills with demonstrated experience using Jira and localization tools like Lokalise. • Proven experience in managing professional service delivery from translators and translation agencies. • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple stakeholders and optimize complex localization processes. • Deep understanding of cultural adaptation and internationalization (i18n) best practices. • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; fluency in English is mandatory, while additional language proficiency is a significant plus. Above all, we are looking for individuals who will make HelloFresh better. We believe there are many different ways of developing skills and we love diverse experiences! So even if you don’t “tick all the boxes” but think you’d thrive in this role, we would really like to learn more about you. What we offer: The Toppings Global collaboration at scale: Collaborate with experienced engineers and product partners across HelloTech’s international teams, in a culture of active knowledge sharing. Technology with real-world impact: Build and operate modern systems at global scale, supporting 6+ millions of customers and complex supply chain operations. Technical/Product/Design leadership: Drive best practices and influence architecture/design, quality, and ways of working in an autonomous, product-led setup. End-to-end development/delivery: Drive decisions from problem definition to production, improving systems and enabling long-term scalability. Access to workspace at Warsaw Centre Point. The hub offers modern facilities including showers, breakout zones, outdoor space, cycle parking, and refreshments (coffee, soft drinks, and fruit). Are you the missing ingredient? If this sounds like a tasty opportunity, we’d be excited to hear from you. 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