Staff Product Manager, Localization
Walmart
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Sunnyvale • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $143,000 - $286,000 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Drive globalization readiness across priority platforms within the Global Product organization.
- Define enterprise language and AI governance frameworks.
- Ensure multilingual and AI-enabled experiences meet defined quality, compliance, and launch standards.
- Establish risk-tiered localization and AI usage models based on product surface, regulatory exposure, and customer impact.
- Define and institutionalize multilingual launch readiness criteria.
- Partner with Product and Engineering to proactively identify and mitigate multilingual and AI-related risks.
- Own AI/MT output quality standards and acceptance criteria for customer-facing experiences.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Linguistics, or related field and 7+ years of experience in Localization Program Management, Localization Strategy, Global Product Governance, or related area; or equivalent experience.
- Experience embedding localization or internationalization standards into product development lifecycles.
- Experience working with AI/MT systems, LLMs, or automated translation evaluation methodologies.
- Experience defining LQA programs or governance models for AI-enabled or multilingual content.
- Familiarity with TMS platforms, translation automation, or CI/CD-integrated localization systems.
- Experience operating across multiple international markets and navigating regulatory or compliance considerations.
- Demonstrated ability to translate strategic standards into actionable product requirements and influence enterprise platform or infrastructure roadmaps.
- Experience driving cross-functional alignment across Product, Engineering, and regional market stakeholders.
Benefits
- Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage.
- Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance.
- Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting.
- Short-term and long-term disability.
- Company discounts.
- Military Leave Pay.
- Adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement.
- Live Better U education benefit program covering tuition, books, and fees.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
localization program managementlocalization strategyglobal product governanceAI/MT systemsLLMsautomated translation evaluation methodologiesLQA programsgovernance modelstranslation automationCI/CD-integrated localization systems
Soft Skills
cross-functional alignmentstrategic translationinfluencerisk mitigationproactive identificationquality assurancecompliance navigationactionable requirements definition
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in Linguistics