Manager, Software Development- Internationalization | East Coast, US

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About the job

The Software Globalization team is looking for a Software Development- Internationalization Manager specializing in Internationalization to report directly to the Globalization Director and spearhead all Internationalization initiatives at SAS. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Localization teams, Development, Product Management, and other partners to ensure our products and services are global ready. You will also champion internationalization best practices with senior leadership and serve as a key resource for researching and implementing our multilingual Gen AI roadmap. This critical role offers significant exposure to leadership across the organization. The ideal candidate is based in the East Coast and is flexible working with a geographically diverse team to develop world-class, multilingual software.

As a Software Development- Internationalization Manager you will:

• Guide team in day-to-day operations and priorities, including hiring, training, delegating work assignments, reviewing performance, and giving feedback.
• Lead team in agile planning, scoping and refining work then breaking down stories into more granular tasks for scheduling.
• Spearhead Internationalization (i18n) best practices across R&D product teams to ensure the delivery of global ready software and documentation.
• Partner with Localization Operations to develop and support continuous localization pipelines for enterprise-level operations.
• Collaborate with R&D product teams to build scalable internationalization frameworks and accelerate the implementation of multi-lingual features.
• Leverage the power of GenAI-powered tools, libraries, or IDE plug-ins to streamline internationalization tasks, and provide automated solutions for development teams, accelerating global readiness.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional teams within SAS to ensure streamlined collaboration and operational efficiency.  
• Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization’s secure software development goals.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field.
• 10+ years in software development, including one year of management experience. 
• Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
• Experience in Character Encoding, Transcoding, Unicode, CLDR.
• Experience in CI/CD and DevOps using GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps or similar tools.
• Experience in multiple development languages (SAS, Python, Go, Java, C, C++)
• Experience with collaboration tools such as Jira and Confluence and GitHub Enterprise
• Located in the Eastern Time Zone (US) and have the ability to adjust working hours to accommodate a variety of time zones
• You’re curious, passionate, authentic and accountable. These are our values and influence everything we do.

Preferred Qualifications

• Internationalization or Globalization software development experience
• Experience leading agile projects to deliver high quality, scalable, performant and secure code.
• Experience integrating AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs into customer-facing products or engineering processes.
• Familiarity with Translation Management Systems and Neural Machine Translation (NMT) is a plus.
• Experience with Machine Learning or Large Language Models, including experience in prompt engineering.
• Ability to develop creative solutions to complex problems and strong decision-making ability
• Knowledge of at least one foreign language is a plus.
• Familiarity with SAS products and their applications is a plus

World-Class Benefits  

Highlights include...

• Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
• Medical plan options include...
  • PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
  • HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
• Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
• An industry-leading 401k plan.
• Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
• Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
• Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.

Diverse and Inclusive

At SAS, it’s not about fitting into our culture – it’s about adding to it. We believe our people make the difference. Our diverse workforce brings together unique talents and inspires teams to create amazing software that reflects the diversity of our users and customers. Our commitment to diversity is a priority to our leadership, all the way up to the top; and it’s essential to who we are. To put it plainly: you are welcome here.

Additional Information:

To qualify, applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and should not require, now or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status. SAS is an equal opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. Read more: Know Your Rights. 

Resumes may be considered in the order they are received. SAS employees performing certain job functions may require access to technology or software subject to export or import regulations. To comply with these regulations, SAS may obtain nationality or citizenship information from applicants for employment. SAS collects this information solely for trade law compliance purposes and does not use it to discriminate unfairly in the hiring process.

The base salary range for this position is $157,595 USD - $192,617 USD per year and is a good faith estimate only.  The range does not include any applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.  Actual pay will vary depending on factors including but not limited to job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.  Pay is just one component of SAS’s total compensation package for employees. Employees may also be eligible for commission or discretionary bonus (based on company and individual performance) as determined by the role. In addition, SAS provides a competitive benefits package to meet different employee needs and lifestyles; including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, retirement benefits, company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.  For more information regarding SAS benefits, click here to view the total rewards package. 

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