Zynga - Senior Localization Producer - London or Spain Based

• Cross-team initiatives, MT/AI Integrations • Drive AI Integrations: Be a key contributor to our MT & AI localization initiatives. Help shape the roadmap and coordinate integration, maintenance and improvements with both external partners and internal teams. • Drive AI Integrations: • Innovate Workflows: Proactively spot opportunities where new integrations with MT and LLM-based tools, or automation can improve localization and LQA quality, efficiency, and scalability. • Innovate Workflows: • Define Global Standards: Lead initiatives across the team to define, track, and uphold Localization/LQA standards and performance KPIs. Stay current on industry trends and make pragmatic recommendations. • Define Global Standards: • Champion Culturalization: Ensure development practices build in internationalization and a global mindset from the start, helping game teams see the value of excellent localization. • Champion Culturalization: • Assigned Games & Central Projects • Partner with Game Teams & Own the Localization Pipeline: Promote internationalization best practices, manage schedules, language requirements, project planning, translation and LQA execution, and overall international roadmaps for assigned new game launches and live service operations. • Partner with Game Teams & Own the Localization Pipeline: • Manage Budgets: Establish, maintain, and track localization budgets at project level. Escalate overspending trends and implement action plans to optimize costs. • Manage Budgets: • Drive LQA Strategy & Bug Resolution: Fully own the resolution of localization bugs. Track linguistic and internationalization issues cross-functionally to ensure rapid, prioritized fixes. Apply learnings to the internationalization and translation stages to help reduce LQA issues from the outset. • Drive LQA Strategy & Bug Resolution: • Optimize Resources: Compile and consolidate comprehensive localization material to optimize translation and LQA vendor pre-planning and delivery quality. Make informed decisions based on workload, scope, complexity and dependencies. • Optimize Resources: • Execute Daily Releases: Oversee daily international releases and handle cross-functional tasks with Game Studios as well as partner teams including Functional QA, Mobile Game Tech, Community, Publishing, and Marketing. • Execute Daily Releases: • Stakeholder & Vendor Management • Build Trust: Develop strong, trust-based relationships with game teams, studio leadership, central partners, and translation vendors. Influence stakeholders and gain buy-in without formal authority. • Build Trust: • Manage External Partners: Refine vendor processes, align expectations, set KPIs, and closely monitor inbound and outbound quality. • Manage External Partners: • Mentor & Guide: Train and mentor other Producers. Guide diverse teams through the localization journey, acting as a subject matter expert for game teams, internal team members and other stakeholders. • Mentor & Guide: