Senior Localization Quality Manager

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Localization Quality Manager based in Brazil. This is a senior leadership opportunity focused on driving linguistic quality excellence across complex, global localization programs. You will shape quality frameworks, methodologies, audit processes, and governance standards while ensuring consistent delivery across enterprise-level accounts. The role combines strategic oversight with hands-on expertise in localization quality, language assets, and emerging QA technologies. You will serve as a senior escalation point for complex linguistic issues and provide trusted guidance to clients and internal stakeholders. Mentoring quality professionals and strengthening team capabilities will be an important part of your impact. You will also help advance automation, AI-enabled quality solutions, and data-driven approaches to localization performance. The ideal candidate is a strategic, analytical, and collaborative leader who can operate confidently in a fast-moving, multicultural environment. Lead the planning, design, implementation, and scaling of linguistic quality programs in collaboration with quality leadership and cross-functional teams. Develop, refine, and operationalize linguistic quality frameworks, policies, methodologies, and governance standards. Act as a senior subject-matter expert on linguistic quality, LQA methodologies, localization best practices, and language asset management. Define account audit frameworks and quality assessment approaches, while overseeing and validating audits performed by quality team members. Analyze audit results, quality metrics, and performance data to identify systemic risks, cross-client trends, and opportunities for improvement. Lead strategic quality improvement initiatives and translate insights into actionable recommendations and measurable outcomes. Serve as an escalation point for complex or high-impact linguistic quality issues and support the review of corrective and preventive action plans. Participate in client-facing quality discussions, audits, business reviews, RFPs, test translations, solution design, and meetings requiring advanced linguistic expertise. Develop and maintain quality metrics, reporting frameworks, and dashboards to support data-driven decision-making. Research, evaluate, and help implement new linguistic QA technologies, automation solutions, and AI-powered tools. Mentor, coach, and support Localization Quality Managers and Associates, contributing to onboarding, training, performance reviews, and hiring decisions. Establish best practices for terminology management, translation memories, style guides, query handling, and other linguistic assets. Define account- and program-level translation memory governance strategies in collaboration with technology teams. Oversee third-party reviews, LQA exchanges, external benchmarking, and related quality initiatives, using findings to inform vendor management and quality policies. Review and improve memoQ project configurations, templates, workflows, and quality-related operational processes. Ensure localization operations consistently align with established quality standards, governance models, and client-specific requirements. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Translation, Linguistics, or a related discipline from an accredited institution. At least 5 years of experience in the localization industry, including substantial experience in linguistic quality assurance and CAT tools. At least 3 years of leadership or management experience in quality-focused roles. Proven experience leading cross-functional quality initiatives and managing large-scale or complex localization programs. Advanced knowledge of LQA tools, methodologies, linguistic evaluation frameworks, and language asset management. Experience supporting enterprise-level clients and delivering quality solutions for