Localization Manager, Canada

@ Airbnb

About Airbnb

Airbnb was born in 2007 and has grown into the world’s largest community-driven hospitality company, connecting over 2 billion guest arrivals with more than 5 million hosts globally.

The Community You Will Join

Join a diverse and multicultural team that unites behind the mission to help anyone belong anywhere. Collaborate with content, design, marketing, and engineering teams to bring local authenticity to a global audience.

Your Role as Localization Manager, Canada

You will drive Airbnb’s international expansion in Canada by owning and executing localization strategy. You will work closely with Country Managers, Marketing, Legal, Business Operations, and other key stakeholders to:

• Develop market-specific language strategies for an authentic user experience.
• Drive localization of product naming and creative content.
• Collaborate on product updates and influence market-driven changes.
• Ensure high quality translation and QA through vendor management.
• Establish cultural and linguistic standards to maintain Airbnb’s tone and voice.

A Typical Day

You will partner with local and central teams to strategize business growth, coordinate localization initiatives, and monitor quality. Your tasks include managing multiple stakeholders, implementing quality improvement measures, and aligning product adaptations with market research.

Your Expertise

With 8+ years in product localization, you bring proven experience in strategic localization management, fluent English and native Canadian French skills, excellent project and stakeholder management, and the ability to work independently in a dynamic environment.

Location & Work Arrangement

This position is Canada-based and Remote Eligible. You must reside in a province where Airbnb Canada, Inc. is registered.

Key skills/competency

localization, strategy, stakeholder, quality, Canadian French, content, project, marketing, international, vendor