About the role
Location
Tokyo, Japan
Department
Global Localization
Company
2K (Take-Two Interactive)
Type
Full-Time
About 2K
2K creates iconic video games including NBA® 2K, BioShock®, Borderlands®, Mafia, Sid Meier’s Civilization®, XCOM®, WWE® 2K, TopSpin®, and PGA TOUR® 2K. Portfolio studios include Visual Concepts, Firaxis Games, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games, 31st Union, Cloud Chamber, Gearbox, HB Studios, and 2K SportsLab. 2K is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse, inclusive workplace.
What We Need
As part of 2K’s Global Loc 2.0 strategy, the company is establishing regional project leadership roles to ensure seamless localization execution and alignment across all supported languages. The Localization Project Manager acts as the regional stakeholder responsible for executing localization and LQA workflows in coordination with Localization Producers and internal content teams.
This is a mid-senior individual contributor role for professionals with a deep understanding of localization pipelines and vendor workflows. The role acts as the regional glue between Localization Producers and functional teams (Linguistic Specialists, Language Leads, LQA Leads, and external vendors) to deliver high-quality localization on time and on budget.
What You’ll Do
- Act as the regional operational lead for localization execution, working under the direction of the assigned Localization Producer.
- Coordinate localization and LQA schedules across internal stakeholders (Language Leads, Linguistic Specialists, LQA Leads) to ensure alignment and on-time delivery.
- Provide day-to-day project oversight, ensuring language owners and QA teams have access to the right tools, briefs, materials, and context.
- Identify, track, and report red flags and roadblocks in localization and LQA workflows that could impact timeline, quality, or budget.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for regional vendors (localization and LQA), ensuring they are fully briefed, resourced, and enabled to deliver high-quality work.
- Monitor localization asset flow, including localization kits, VO scripts, builds, and bug reports—ensuring timely handoff and feedback cycles.
- Collaborate with Language Leads and LQA to confirm consistency, quality, and adherence to platform, tone, and content standards.
- Track progress using localization management tools, asset trackers, and shared dashboards; surface risk to senior staff when needed.
- Coordinate with Global Loc Coordination and Production to prioritize tasks, unblock workflows, and refine delivery processes.
- Recommend improvements to regional workflow efficiency, vendor feedback cycles, and milestone tracking.
- Support post-mortem reviews by contributing data and qualitative feedback from the region.
What You Bring
- 4–6+ years of experience in localization project coordination, content operations, or vendor management, preferably in gaming or interactive media.
- Deep knowledge of localization workflows, tools, and processes, including CAT tools, TMS platforms, Jira, and shared cloud systems.
- Strong operational instincts with the ability to monitor tasks, align teams, and identify blockers in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience coordinating with third-party vendors across multiple time zones and cultures.
- Comfortable collaborating cross-functionally with LQA, content, platform, and publishing stakeholders.
- Strong written and verbal communication in English; regional language fluency is a plus.
- Familiarity with terminology management, QA feedback cycles, and basic localization metrics.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and able to operate with limited supervision.
- Bachelor’s degree in localization, linguistics, project management, or equivalent professional experience.
Why Join Us
As a Localization Project Manager, you will be the operational backbone of 2K’s regional localization efforts, helping bring clarity, structure, and quality control to a complex and fast-moving process. You will work at the center of a collaborative localization ecosystem to ensure that producers, linguists, QA, and vendors are in sync.