Bringing True Hospitality to the World.We want to welcome you to a world of bringing True Hospitality to everyone. When you join us at IHG®, you become part of our global family—a welcoming culture of warmth, honesty, and a passion for providing True Hospitality.We pride ourselves on letting your personality and passions shine, recognizing your contribution, and supporting your ambition to learn and create your career path. In making a difference to our guests and owners, colleagues, and communities, every day is a chance to create great and unique experiences in your way.With over 370,000 colleagues in nearly 100 countries sharing our values, countless opportunities are at your fingertips.We’re growing; grow with us.**Role Purpose**Visionary and results-driven Localization leader to own and influence the localization and translation of content in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. Strong change management, cultural awareness, and project management skills to formulate and implement a comprehensive localization strategy that aligns with our global growth objectives. Increase brand awareness, customer engagement, and revenue by ensuring that content is accurately and effectively adapted for diverse global audiences.**Key Accountabilities**+ Formulate and implement a comprehensive localization strategy that aligns with our global growth objectives.+ Ensure that localized content reflects a deep understanding of different regions’ cultural nuances, idioms, and sensitivities.+ Develop and implement localization strategies that go beyond translations to ensure an authentic local experience for members and guests+ Facilitate two-way communication to ensure global marketing initiatives align with regional customer and leadership expectations.+ Responsible for the translation, localization, and cultural adaptation of content within a fast-paced, matrixed environment+ Demonstrate a customer-centric approach, possess strong analytical skills, and deliver quality work within tight timelines.+ Leverage data analytics and AI-driven tools to dynamically adapt content based on user demographics, preferences, and behaviors.+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive innovation and continuous improvement in our localization processes and provide guidance and mentorship to the team.+ Build and maintain relationships with external partners, linguists, and cultural experts to maintain authenticity and relevance on a personal level.+ Develop and streamline agile localization processes to rapidly adapt content to emerging trends and customer preferences.+ Manage the localization translation strategy, focusing on vendor management, the translation process and technology, translation review management, and budget allocation.+ Conduct training sessions to educate internal teams on the importance of personalization and localization in driving global growth.+ Foster a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing to keep the organization at the forefront of global marketing trends.**Key Skills & Experiences**Education+ Bachelors or Master’s degree in Marketing, International Business, Linguistics, Project Management or similar discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work-related experience.Experience+ 7 to 10 years of progressive work-related experience in project management, marketing, localization, internationalization, international product development, or international business management experience+ 8+ Years of people and organizational leadership within a global company+ Demonstrated leadership, influencing, and execution skills+ Ability to advise and present to Sr. Leaders across the organization+ Experience in engaging cross functional working partnerships in a global setting+ Experience in enabling and growing talentTechnical Skills and Knowledge+ Strong written and verbal communication skills+ Ability to write and edit copy in a prescribed brand voice+ Strong project management skills, ability to multi-task and prioritize various projects+ Experience in the hotel, travel or retail industry preferred+ Experience of working within a complex business with a range of stakeholders with different needs and with senior roles+ Experience of agency management+ Strong writing skills and creativity+ Ability to work to tight deadlines and juggle multiple projectsLocation: Hybrid - Atlanta office.Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care, that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - click here to find out more about us.At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual’s, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.IHG is committed to promoting a culture of inclusion where everyone feels safe, respected and valued.
We seek talent from all backgrounds to join our teams, and encourage our colleagues to bring their authentic and best selves to work.**_The salary range for this role is $100,000 to $174,951._** **This is the lowest to highest pay scale,** and we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. **We may ultimately pay more or less than the** **posted range, and the range may be modified in the future** . An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.**This job is also eligible for bonus pay.At IHG, we believe in taking care of our employees. That's why we offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401k, and any other benefits to eligible employees. We want you to feel secure and cared for, so you can focus on bringing True Hospitality to the world.You can apply for this role through the link below (or through an internal career site if you are a current employee).Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.\#LI-SRD1At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we work together to deliver True Hospitality for Good on a global scale. With corporate offices and over 6,000 hotel destinations worldwide, a career at IHG is the perfect way to broaden your horizons. You’ll experience our unique culture and brilliant colleagues who will support and inspire you. With a host of corporate opportunities to choose from, wherever you are on your career journey, and whatever you want to achieve there’s Room for You at IHG.Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Director, Global Content Localization & Translations_