Position Overview

The Localisation and Launch Project Manager is responsible for planning and driving delivery for specific launch waves across website go-lives and critical vehicle launches within the content operations programme. The role combines launch execution, cross-functional coordination and operational ownership of translations to ensure content is delivered accurately, on time and in line with market and launch requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain detailed plans, checklists and milestone trackers for assigned launch waves.
• Coordinate launch activity across DX content, development and market teams to achieve fixed go-live dates.
• Drive progress toward design, content and configuration freeze points for each launch wave.
• Run launch-focused stand-ups, status reviews and readiness sessions for assigned launches.
• Identify, manage and escalate risks and issues that could affect launch delivery or content readiness.
• Support go/no-go decision making through clear reporting on launch status, dependencies and blockers.
• Coordinate hypercare activities after launch and contribute to post-launch retrospectives and continuous improvement.
• Raise translation jobs with vendors or tools and ensure work is briefed accurately.
• Apply translation memories, glossaries and agreed localisation standards across content workflows.
• Track translation progress by market and language, ensuring status is visible and deadlines are met.
• Route translated content to market liaisons and stakeholders for review, follow-up and timely return.
• Ensure translated and localised content meets quality, brand and timing expectations for each launch wave.

Requirements:

• Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, dependency tracking, and risk and issue management across multiple workstreams, including content, development, and market teams.
• Demonstrable ability to build and maintain detailed plans, checklists, and milestone trackers, and to drive teams towards configuration and content freeze points.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills, including leading status reviews, readiness meetings, and supporting go/no-go decision-making.
• Hands-on experience with localisation and translation workflows, including raising translation jobs, managing vendors and tools.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to track translation progress by market and language and ensure deadlines and quality expectations are met.
• Ability to identify, manage, and escalate risks and issues, particularly those affecting content readiness, market approvals, and launch-critical dependencies.
• Familiarity with localisation, translation, and market adaptation processes, including terminology management and localisation quality practices.
• Experience working with regional or market-based operating models and multi-market stakeholder structures.
• Proficiency with productivity tools, such as CMS or web platforms and project management tools such as JIRA or equivalent for trackers.
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities, with the ability to build trust with market liaisons and central teams while balancing local needs with global-first plans.

Desirable Skills:

• Experience in global digital launch projects or multi-market website delivery, ideally within complex product industries such as automotive.

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We champion and welcome diversity in our workforce and ensure all job applicants receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender or gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, disability, or nationality. We are not only committed to increasing the visibility and recognition of talent from under-represented groups within our organisation, but the wider industry too. At the end of the day, we make sure we take time to look after ourselves, each other, and the planet, because we’re always stronger together. ITG have a number of community groups available to employees and exist to offer a safe space for like-minded colleagues, with shared interests to connect, socialise and check in with each other. These include Black ITGers Together, LGBTQ+ Together, Mens Health Together, Muslims Together, Neurodiversity Together, Working Parents and Carers Together and Women In Tech Together.