Localization and Dubbing, Senior Manager

About Crunchyroll Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love. Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime! About the Role The Senior Manager, Localization & Dubbing will lead the planning, production, delivery, and quality control of localized content and local-language dubbing across Asia & Mena including India, Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines, Korea, Taiwan & Saudi Arabia. The role will ensure Crunchyroll’s anime content is accessible, culturally relevant, accurate, timely, and consistent with global brand and editorial standards across the region. You will manage localization and dubbing workflows from prioritization and commissioning through production, review, quality assurance, launch, and continuous improvement. You will work closely with Content, Marketing, Product, Partnerships, Creative Services, Communications, Legal, Customer Experience, Data, and external localization and dubbing partners. This role requires strong cultural judgment, operational discipline, vendor management, and the ability to balance fan expectations, creative quality, launch timelines, and business priorities across a diverse, multi-market region. Role Overview Lead Regional Localization and Dubbing - Develop and execute localization and dubbing plans across priority markets aligned with content priorities, market demand, launch schedules, and business objectives. - Lead the planning and delivery of local-language dubbing for priority titles and markets. - Coordinate dubbing workflows from language and market prioritization through casting, recording, editing, mixing, mastering, delivery, and launch. - Partner with Content and regional stakeholders to identify titles, languages, release priorities, and localization requirements. - Ensure localized content supports regional fan growth, engagement, accessibility, discovery, and retention. Own Dubbing Quality and Localization Standards - Establish and maintain quality standards for local-language dubs, subtitles, metadata, synopses, artwork, product copy, and other localized assets. - Lead quality-control processes for dubbing, including linguistic accuracy, cultural appropriateness, pronunciation, terminology, performance, audio quality, timing, and technical specifications. - Review and resolve quality issues with dubbing studios, translators, editors, voice directors, and other external partners. - Ensure localization reflects the intent, tone, cultural context, and creative integrity of the original content. - Maintain regional language, editorial, accessibility, cultural, and brand standards in partnership with global teams. - Use fan feedback, market insight, performance data, and quality findings to improve standards and workflows. Manage Localization and Dubbing Partners - Manage external localization vendors, dubbing studios, translators, voice talent, voice directors, quality-assurance providers, and other production partners. - Establish clear briefs, scopes, schedules, service levels, quality expectations, review processes, and delivery requirements. - Monitor vendor performance, capacity, cost, quality, turnaround times, and adherence to agreed standards. - Build strong working relationships with partners while addressing performance gaps, escalations, and quality issues promptly. - Support vendor selection, onboarding, evaluation, renewal, and continuous improvement. Drive Operational Execution and Launch Readiness - Manage localization and dubbing projects from intake and prioritization through delivery and post-launch review. - Create clear workplans, milestones, owners, dependencies, approval paths, and escalation mechanisms. - Coordinate launch readiness with Content, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, Creative Services, Communications, Customer Experience, and Operations. - Ensure localized assets are delivered accurately, on time, and in the required formats for platforms, products, partners, campaigns, and channels. - Maintain visibility into delivery status, risks, capacity constraints, dependencies, and issues affecting launch readiness. - Support localized content availability across direct-to-consumer, distribution, partner, and à la carte channel experiences where applicable. Build Scalable Processes and Frameworks - Develop workflows, templates, quality checklists, standards, and operating procedures for localization and dubbing. - Improve production efficiency, quality consistency, turnaround times, asset tracking, and cross-functional coordination. - Establish documentation and reporting that provide visibility into localization coverage, delivery status, quality performance, vendor performance, and open issues. - Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, and scale regional localization and dubbing operations. - Share best practices, market learnings, and quality insights across regional and global teams. Experience and Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in localization, dubbing, content operations, media operations, post-production, language services, or a related field. - Experience managing local-language dubbing, subtitling, translation, or other audiovisual localization programs. - Strong understanding of dubbing production workflows, including casting, recording, direction, editing, mixing, mastering, quality assurance, and delivery. - Demonstrated experience establishing or applying quality standards for localized content and dubs. - Experience managing localization vendors, dubbing studios, agencies, translators, voice talent, or production partners. - Strong project management skills and experience managing multiple titles, languages, markets, timelines, and dependencies. - Ability to balance creative quality, cultural nuance, fan expectations, launch deadlines, and operational constraints. - Experience working with Content, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, Legal, Customer Experience, and global teams in a matrixed organization. - Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills. - High attention to detail and a strong commitment to quality and execution. - Comfort working across time zones and with globally distributed teams and external partners. - Fluency in English is required; fluency or professional proficiency in relevant regional languages is strongly preferred. - Knowledge and passion for anime, entertainment, and fan communities is a significant plus. Why you will love working at Crunchyroll In addition to getting to work with fun, passionate and inspired colleagues, you will also enjoy the following benefits and perks: - Receive a great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually. - Flexible time off policies allowing you to take the time you need to be your whole self. - Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance - Health Saving Account HSA program - Health care and dependent care FSA - 401(k) plan, with employer match - Employer paid commuter benefit - Support program for new parents - Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly! #LifeAtCrunchyroll #LI-Hybrid About our Values We want to be everything for someone rather than something for everyone and we do this by living and modeling our values in all that we do. We value - Courage. We believe that when we overcome fear, we enable our best selves. - Curiosity. 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