Product Operations Manager

Location

While our company operates exclusively on a remote basis, you must reside and have the legal right to work in one of the following countries: the United Kingdom, Latvia, Spain, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Portugal, or Ireland.

About

We’re seeking a Product Operations Manager to drive operational excellence across Lokalise’s Product, Design, Data and Engineering teams. This role is crucial in optimizing our Product Discovery and Development Lifecycle (PDLC), ensuring seamless execution, and enabling data-driven decision-making. You’ll work closely with Product, Engineering, Data, Design, and Leadership to foster efficiency, alignment, and visibility in how we invest, plan, and execute our initiatives across the organisation.

You Will

• Enable a Healthy PDLC: Ensure teams follow best practices in Product Discovery & Development, improving efficiency and collaboration.
• Support Business Planning: Streamline monthly business reviews and quarterly business planning, ensuring clear and well-structured materials for leadership discussions.
• Centralize and Optimize Roadmapping: Work with product teams to create and maintain a transparent, structured, and dynamic roadmap, internally and externally.
• Drive Investment Visibility: Establish a data-driven view of our investment split across maintenance, customer value delivery, strategic bets, and innovation—helping leadership make better decisions.
• Program Manage Cross-Team Initiatives: Support large-scale programs that require collaboration across departments, ensuring alignment and execution.
• Champion Operational Excellence: Identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies in our processes and proactively drive improvements while retaining the appropriate level of “scrapiness” and without increasing “red tape”.

You Must Have 

• 5+ years of experience in Product Operations, Program Management, or a related field in a SaaS or high-growth startup.
• Project & program management skills - Ability to coordinate and execute cross-functional initiatives, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams.
• Ability to scale operations - Comfortable identifying and implementing process improvements that enhance efficiency across product, design, and engineering teams.
• Excellent communication & stakeholder management - Able to align leadership, distill complex information, and facilitate decision-making across multiple departments.
• Expertise in product development processes - Comfortable working with Agile, dual-track development, and PDLC best practices to optimize Product Discovery and Delivery.
• Background in Agile & workflow optimization – Proficiency in tools like Jira, Confluence, and Airtable to support operational efficiency.
• Strong analytical skills - comfortable working with data to drive insights and decision-making.
• A problem-solving mindset - you’re proactive, structured, and thrive in ambiguity.

It’s a Plus If You Have 

• Experience with data-driven product portfolio management - Familiarity with tracking investment allocations (e.g., maintenance, innovation, strategic bets) using BI tools.
• Exposure to localization, content management, or translation technologies in a SaaS environment.
• Experience leading cross-functional, strategic programs in a scaling environment.

Our Benefits

• Competitive salary and employee stock options plan
• Fully remote and flexible working hours 
• Co-working budget
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Top-notch tech equipment for your work
• Learning & Development program
• Health insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Mental health support - every employee has access to a dedicated mental health platform
• Great startup atmosphere, team spirit, and team events