Language Producer, India
Netflix · Posted Oct 9
Streaming entertainment, original television, movies, and gaming services
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About the role
Netflix is one of the world's leading entertainment services, with over 300 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, films and games across a wide variety of genres and languages. The Content Localization organization ensures members experience the highest quality localized assets—dubbing, subtitling, main/episodic titles, accessibility, and marketing assets—while preserving creative intent and cultural authenticity. The Language Producer serves as the advocate for language quality in their assigned language(s), overseeing the end-to-end creative and linguistic aspects of localization while driving vendor strategy, talent development, and workflow innovation.
What you will do
- Establish and enforce creative and quality standards and guidelines for all localized content in your assigned language(s), ensuring consistency across dubbing, subtitling, main/episodic titles, accessibility, and marketing assets.
- Develop, implement, and maintain language strategies that prioritize localization efforts based on business impact and creative requirements.
- Monitor language performance metrics and emerging linguistic trends, proactively identifying and resolving quality or consistency challenges.
- Partner closely with Content Localization Title Producers, Product Localization, Marketing, and other cross-functional teams to align on localization strategy, execution, and creative direction for your language(s).
- Represent language-specific needs and perspectives in cross-team initiatives, integration projects, and support for emerging media types.
- Ensure robust communication channels between local language teams and global stakeholders, advocating for both local nuance and global consistency.
- Inform the consolidation and strategic assignment of vendors at the language level to maximize efficiency, quality, and scalability.
- Collaborate with Global Resource Management to evaluate, refine, and implement vendor strategies and resource allocation for your language(s).
- Oversee the selection, onboarding, and ongoing management of language-specific resources, ensuring a strong, reliable talent pipeline.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with local dubbing and subtitling talent, studios, and industry communities to support creative excellence and market relevance.
- Maintain and regularly update a robust database of language talent in partnership with vendors, performance and specialization.
- Monitor union, guild, and competitor activity to anticipate market shifts, inform strategy, and maintain a competitive edge in talent engagement.
- Serve as the local Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Netflix tooling and workflows, providing guidance to vendors on effective adoption, troubleshooting, and best practices to ensure seamless integration and operational excellence.
- Champion the adoption of new workflows, automation, and technology to streamline localization processes and support the localization of emerging media types (e.g., interactive, live, podcasts).
- Lead initiatives to enhance quality at scale, expedite project timelines, and ensure business continuity across all content types and workflows.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging experimentation and the sharing of best practices within the local industry.
- Lead and support initiatives to ensure inclusive and diverse engagement of language talent and resources.
- Ensure that localization strategies and talent pipelines reflect both the nuances of local audiences and the broader goals of global consistency and representation.
- Champion global diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in language production.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 5 or more years of experience in content localization, dubbing, subtitle, or international versioning for premium TV/film services
- Fluency in English required; fluency in local market language required. Additional languages are a plus.
- Deep expertise in both dubbing and subtitling workflows, with a strong passion for language quality and cultural nuance.
- Ability to handle a fast-paced environment, supervising several projects at various points of production (from development through delivery).
- Linguistic expertise and previous localization experience in your local market language(s).
- Deep understanding of localization workflows, tools, and best practices, with a track record of delivering high-quality language assets at scale.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills; able to work effectively in collaboration with creative, operational, and technical teams.
- Make sound independent decisions, and know when to escalate issues.
- Highly analytical, data-driven, and solutions-oriented; able to identify root causes, optimize processes, and drive operational excellence.
- Adaptable and resilient in the face of change and ambiguity; comfortable with evolving priorities and new challenges.
- Passion for creative storytelling, regional authenticity, and delivering an exceptional member experience.
- Experience with accessibility standards (SDH, Audio Description) and emerging media formats is a plus.
- Willingness to travel as needed.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Netflix
Netflix is a global streaming entertainment service offering a wide variety of TV series, documentaries, feature films, and mobile games across numerous languages and genres. Members can enjoy content on virtually any internet-connected screen with the ability to play, pause, and resume streaming at any time. Operating globally, the company produces acclaimed original programming alongside its expansive licensed library.
- Industry
- Streaming
- Company size
- 16000+ employees
- Founded
- August 29, 1997
- Location
- Los Gatos, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $80M raised
- 1999-07-11Venture Round$30M
- 2017-10-23Post IPO Debt$1.6B
- 2021-11-21Post IPO Debt-
Leadership
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Product and Technology Officer
Chief Content Officer
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