Fwd: Google Request to Network

Tue May 22 23:38:35 UTC 2007

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From: Alexandria Jacobs <ajacobs at google.com>
Date: May 22, 2007 2:41 PM
Subject: Google Request to Network
To: bresnan at csli.stanford.edu

Hi Joan,

 Good afternoon!  I hope you are having a wonderful day. Google is in
search of talented Linguistic specialists. I have included 2 openings
that we have at this time below.  Would it be possible to distribute
these positions to any former students? Perhaps through any listserve
or networking capabilities you have at this time?  I would appreciate
any assistance that you can provide. Please direct any interest to :
ajacobs at google.com.

 Thank you!

 Alexandria

1 )  Localization Lead - Mountain View Department

Overview: The Localization Team ensures that Google has the best
worldwide product offerings by analyzing, positioning, packaging, and
promoting our solutions across a variety of countries and markets
where Google does business. The team is responsible for the product
throughout the execution cycle, and works closely with the engineering
group to continuously improve systems, processes, and production.

Job Description: We are looking for talented, educated, smart, and
creative individuals to take
 responsibility for the processes, products, and quality of Google's fast-paced,
 highly-leveraged localization processes and teams.

 Do you understand how to take a thought or product and make it look, feel, and
 sound right in another language? How about 40 other languages? Are you a strong
 manager of teams? Do you excel at creating scalable, clear, streamlined
 processes? Do you have experience with content management and localization
 issues and philosophies? If so, perhaps this job is for you.

Responsibilities:
Managing members of Google's Localization team; including performance
reviews, career planning and new talent recruitment as required to
manage varying workloads.
Establishing the team as a center of expertise and excellence for the
company as well as defining team direction based on current and
emerging organizational requirements.
Project management, including resource allocation, capacity planning,
scheduling and risk management.
Leading the team in delivering updates to the site, on schedule, while
achieving quality objectives.
Budgeting and cost control for all localization processes and staff.
Defining, implementing, and maintaining best-of-class processes,
procedures, and tools that will assist with the localization of
updates, new features and site launches.
Working closely with regional Marketing Managers and Product
Management, Product Marketing, Project Management, as well as
development teams (Engineering, Design, and Content) to ensure
localization efforts for international releases are successful.
Working with the Director of Localization and others on strategic planning.
Managing vendors for your product portfolio, budget tracking and
establishing, tracking and analyzing production plus quality metrics.

Requirements:
BA/BS, Masters Degree preferred. Ideal subjects of study: Business,
International Relations, Math, C.S., Linguistics. Technical or highly
analytical backgrounds combined with business training of great
interest. 4 to 5 years of project management and analysis with a
Fortune 500/ high-growth company.
Experience with identifying architecture and infrastructure
requirements to support increasing and evolving localization needs.
Experience with vendor management, establishing budgets, and tracking
expenditure.
Strong project planning and prioritization skills, with knowledge of
project management methods, practices, and software.
Excellent verbal/written communication and analytical skills.
Ability to work well within a diverse, geographically-distributed,
multicultural environment with varying levels of management.
Ability to thrive under pressure and function effectively in a
fast-paced environment; providing strong leadership skills and able to
manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience with delivering globalization solutions desired.
• Must be proficient in at least one language other the English.

Company Overview: Google's innovative search technologies connect
millions of people around the world with information every day.
Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
Google today is a top web property in all major global markets.
Google's targeted advertising program, which is the largest and
fastest growing in the industry, provides businesses of all sizes with
measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for
users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices
throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information,
visit www.google.com/jobs.

2) Localization Specialist - Mountain View Department

Overview: The Product Development team ensures that Google has the
best worldwide product offerings by analyzing, positioning, packaging,
and promoting our solutions across a variety of countries and markets
where Google does business. The team is responsible for the product
throughout the execution cycle, and works closely with the engineering
group to continuously improve systems, processes, and production.

Job Description: This role will provide leadership within the
localization coordination team,
 acting as specialist. Responsible for coordinating efficient, high quality
 translation and localization for a variety of Google sites and properties.

 This person will be expected to:
 -Create and manage schedules for project deliverables
 -Provide leadership within existing coordination team
 -Coordinate translation through internal and external resources
 - Work with engineers and product managers to deliver Google's international
 site content and products on time and with high linguistic quality
 -Develop and maintain terminology glossaries and language style guides
 -Recruit translators and manage relationships with them
 -Create and execute creative solutions to achieve goals

 Responsibilities:

 This person will oversee Google's translation and localization support efforts
 for a variety of languages and products.  Responsibilities will include
 meeting product localization needs across multiple divisions and product lines.

 Job/Skill Requirements:

 -Bachelor's degree or foreign language equivalent in English, translation
 and/or a relevant technical field.
 -3+ years project management experience working in Localization industry
 required.
 -Must demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills and the
 ability to work cooperatively with staff inside and outside the department.
 -Must be able to take responsibility for completion of a project with multiple
 parts and work collegially with other staffers to ensure projects meet
 deadlines and budgets.
 -Ability to think strategically and contribute to tools development, vendor
 strategy and other department initiatives.
 -Creative approach to achieving goals in a timely manner and with high quality.
 -Individual initiative and follow through.
 -Track record of managing multipart projects involving outside resources and
 meeting deadlines.
 -Superb ability to speak/write/communicate in English.
 -Proficiency in foreign language(s) is a big plus.  Preference for Spanish or
 Mandarin Chinese.
 -Knowledge of online services and the Internet is essential.
 -Knowledge of HTML and translation memory tools is a definite plus.
 -Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.

This person will oversee Google's translation and localization support
efforts for a variety of languages and products. Responsibilities will
include meeting product localization needs across multiple divisions
and product lines.

Requirements:
Bachelors degree, MA preferred
5+ years relevant industry experience

Company Overview: Google's innovative search technologies connect
millions of people around the world with information every day.
Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin,
Google today is a top web property in all major global markets.
Google's targeted advertising program, which is the largest and
fastest growing in the industry, provides businesses of all sizes with
measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for
users. Google is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices
throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. For more information,
visit www.google.com/jobs.

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Alexandria Jacobs
Google Staffing
650-253-8679
ajacobs at google.com

-- 
Joan Bresnan
Stanford University
http://www.stanford.edu/~bresnan/