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ProteQ

Project Manager, SSW

Arlington, VA · On-site

Provide program management, leadership, and coordination support to Program Officers for Ocean ... Battlespace programs.Develop detailed plans for testing, experimentation, and technology ...

ProteQ

Project Manager, SSW

Arlington, VA

Provide program management, leadership, and coordination support to Program Officers for Ocean Battlespace programs. * Develop detailed plans for testing, experimentation, and technology ...

ProteQ

Project Manager, SSW

Arlington, VA · On-site

Provide program management, leadership, and coordination support to Program Officers for Ocean Battlespace programs. * Develop detailed plans for testing, experimentation, and technology ...

Tria Federal

Technical Project Manager

Arlington, VA

Oversee and support the localization of systems to multiple sites at the VA * This position may ... Work location requirements vary by program. While many roles support remote work, some projects may ...

Tria Federal

Technical Project Manager

Arlington, VA · On-site

Oversee and support the localization of systems to multiple sites at the VA * This position may ... Work location requirements vary by program. While many roles support remote work, some projects may ...

Tria Federal

Technical Project Manager

Arlington, VA · On-site

Oversee and support the localization of systems to multiple sites at the VA * This position may ... Work location requirements vary by program. While many roles support remote work, some projects may ...

Appian Corporation

Web Production Specialist

Mclean, VA

$95K - $95K/yr

Experience managing localization workflows and translation agency relationships. * Experience building CMS documentation, governance models, and training programs. * Experience partnering with SEO ...

Appian Corporation

Web Production Specialist

Mclean, VA · On-site

$95K - $95K/yr

Experience managing localization workflows and translation agency relationships. * Experience building CMS documentation, governance models, and training programs. * Experience partnering with SEO ...

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As of Sep 13, 2026, the average hourly pay for localization program manager in Virginia is $45.85, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $39.81 and $50.29 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a localization program manager?

Localization Program Managers are professionals responsible for overseeing and coordinating the process of adapting products, services, or content to meet the linguistic, cultural, and regulatory requirements of different target markets. They manage cross-functional teams, set timelines and budgets, and ensure quality and consistency across all localized materials. Their role often involves collaborating with translators, developers, and marketing teams to deliver products that resonate with local audiences while maintaining brand integrity.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a localization program manager?

To thrive as a Localization Program Manager, you need strong project management skills, fluency in multiple languages, and a background in localization or translation, often supported by a relevant degree. Familiarity with localization management tools (such as SDL Trados, memoQ, or Smartling), CAT tools, and content management systems is typically required. Exceptional communication, cross-cultural awareness, and organizational skills make someone stand out in this position. These skills and qualities are essential for ensuring accurate, timely, and culturally appropriate delivery of localized content across global markets.

What are some common challenges faced by localization program managers when coordinating global projects?

Localization Program Managers often encounter challenges such as managing tight deadlines across multiple time zones, ensuring consistent quality across languages, and aligning stakeholders from different regions and departments. They must also navigate technical hurdles, like integrating localization tools with existing content management systems. Effective communication, strong project management skills, and a solid understanding of both local cultures and global business objectives are essential for overcoming these challenges.

What is the difference between Localization Program Manager vs Localization Specialist?

AspectLocalization Program ManagerLocalization Specialist
CredentialsTypically requires project management experience, certifications like PMP, and language skillsRequires language proficiency, translation experience, and sometimes certification in translation tools
Work EnvironmentManages multiple projects, coordinates teams, and oversees localization strategiesFocuses on translation, editing, and quality assurance of localized content
Employer & Industry UsageUsed in global companies, tech, and media industriesCommon in translation agencies, corporate localization teams, and content providers
Search & Comparison IntentOften searched for in relation to managing localization projects and programsOften searched for in relation to translation tasks and content localization

The Localization Program Manager oversees the entire localization process, coordinating teams and managing projects, while the Localization Specialist focuses on translating and editing content. Both roles are essential but differ in scope and responsibilities within the localization industry.

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Infographic showing various Localization Program Manager job openings in Virginia as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 72% Full Time, 24% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 96% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 3% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $95,359 per year, or $45.8 per hour.

Senior Strategic Program Manager

Mclean, VA • On-site

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.
Hospitality Services • 10K+ employees
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$117K - $117K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Retirement, PTO

Posted 4 days ago

Hilton rating

6.4

Company rating: 6.4 out of 10

Based on 771 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

Job description


Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You
This role is based at our corporate office in McLean, VA
The Senior Strategic Program Manager plays a pivotal role in enabling Hilton's Marketing & Loyalty organization to operationalize high priority strategies into coordinated, measurable business outcomes. This role leads complex strategic programs that may include new launches, enterprise partnerships, Hilton Honors experiences, global marketing initiatives, and other business-critical priorities.
Reporting to the Director, Global Marketing Strategy, Operations & Program Management, this role operates with broad influence, partnering closely with executive sponsors and leaders across Hilton's Marketing & Loyalty organization and the broader enterprise. In a highly matrixed global environment spanning functional teams, business units, trading brands, regions, and external partners, this role serves as a senior integrator from program definition through launch, stabilization, and transition. The Senior Strategic Program Manager brings structure to ambiguity, aligns stakeholders around shared outcomes and decisions, and establishes the governance and execution discipline required to deliver with speed, quality, and accountability.
What you'll do during a typical day:
  • Lead the end-to-end orchestration of complex, high-priority programs across Marketing & Loyalty and the broader enterprise, including new brand launches, strategic partnerships, Hilton Honors experiences, cross-regional initiatives, and other enterprise priorities.
  • Translate business strategy and leadership direction into clear program charters, objectives, scope, success measures, integrated roadmaps, and executable workplans.
  • Act as a senior integrator across brand, marketing, loyalty, partnerships, regional marketing, commercial, digital, creative, media, analytics, technology, finance and external partners.
  • Establish effective program governance, including roles and responsibilities, decision rights, workstream accountabilities, milestone plans, operating cadences, and escalation paths.
  • Manage critical paths, cross-workstream dependencies, resources, risks, issues, changes, and trade-offs; surface implications early and drive resolution.
  • Lead cross-functional working sessions, leadership reviews, steering committees, and launch-readiness forums that convert discussion into clear decisions, owners, and actions.
  • Balance enterprise objectives and standards with brand, regional, market, and partner needs, ensuring coordinated sequencing, localization, adoption, and execution readiness.
  • Identify systemic gaps in ways of working and lead improvements to program management processes, operating models, playbooks, tools, and collaboration practices.

How you'll collaborate with others:
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to executive sponsors and senior leaders, providing concise, decision-oriented communication on program health, risks, trade-offs, options, and recommendations.
  • Build alignment and shared accountability across diverse teams and influence outcomes without direct authority.
  • Facilitate high priority and ambiguous conversations with experience to move teams from complexity to clarity.
  • Partner with functional, brand, regional, business, and external partner leaders to ensure plans are integrated, commitments are realistic, and operational plans can be adopted and sustained.

Projects you'll take ownership of:
  • A varied portfolio of strategic programs spanning key enterprise priorities. Program framing and mobilization, including charters, stakeholder maps, governance models, workstream structures, success measures, and responsibility matrices.
  • Integrated program roadmaps and detailed plans, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource assumptions, risk and issue logs, decision logs, and change control.
  • Weekly, monthly, and quarterly program updates, executive briefings, steering committee materials, and decision papers tailored to different levels of the organization.
  • Cross-functional kickoffs, operating cadences, workstream reviews, leadership forums, and escalation mechanisms that maintain momentum and accountability.
  • Launch and implementation readiness, including integrated readiness plans, testing and validation, contingency planning, stakeholder communications, and transition to business owners.
  • Post-launch stabilization and program closeout, including outcome measurement, lessons learned, benefit realization, knowledge transfer, and reusable playbooks.
  • Adoption of AI-enabled tools and modern program management methodologies to improve planning, synthesis, risk identification, decision support, and operational effectiveness.
What It Takes to Make the Stay
You have these minimum qualifications:
  • Seven (7) years of professional experience in strategic program management, business operations, strategy, consulting, marketing, loyalty, or a related discipline.
  • Four (4) years of experience leading complex, cross-functional programs from strategy through implementation in a large, global, matrixed organization.
  • Demonstrated expertise translating strategy into structured execution and measurable outcomes, with strong command of scope, schedule, governance, risk, issue, decision, and change management.
  • Experience synthesizing complex information into concise updates, decision points, trade-offs, and recommendations.
  • Exceptional stakeholder leadership and influence across functions, brands, regions, partners, and organizational levels.
  • Broad business and marketing acumen, with working knowledge of brand, loyalty and customer experience, partnerships, digital, media, analytics, technology, commercial functions, and regional activation.
  • Travel up to 5%.

It would be useful if you have:
  • Experience in hospitality, travel, consumer services, loyalty programs, new brand launches, or strategic partnerships.
  • Experience in management consulting, enterprise transformation, strategy execution, or a strategic program management office.
  • PMP, Agile, Prosci, or comparable program, project, or change management certification.
  • Experience understanding business cases, managing investment and resource assumptions, and connecting program delivery to business value.
  • Experience leading global programs and navigating regional or market-specific requirements, operating models, and stakeholder dynamics.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling program governance, operating cadences, playbooks, or enterprise ways of working.
  • Fluency with modern program management and collaboration tools and the use of data to create transparency, accountability, and insight.
  • Experience applying AI tools and methodologies to improve planning, research, synthesis and productivity.

How We'll Help You Thrive
At Hilton, the hospitality we're known for doesn't end with our guests. We proudly invest in our Team Members' wellbeing, supporting you through all of life's moments. When you join Hilton, our exceptional care extends to you with unmatched perks and benefits, including*:
  • Incredible travel perks - Enjoy 110 nights of deeply discounted travel, with room rates as low as $40/night at our world-class hotels through our Go Hilton travel program
  • Own a piece of Hilton - Through our employee stock purchase program (ESPP), you can invest in Hilton shares at a 15% discount to help build your financial future
  • Paid parental leave - Because family matters. We offer paid leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents
  • Personalized caregiving support - Access dedicated caregiving concierge services to help navigate caregiving for yourself and your loved ones
  • Crisis concierge - In times of loss, our Crisis Concierge offers a single, compassionate point of contact for both practical support and emotional care
  • Mental health resources - Your wellbeing comes first. Eligible Team Members can access free counseling and support through our best-in-class Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) - Recharge, relax, and take time for what matters most
  • Health & welfare benefits - From checkups to dental cleanings to new glasses, we offer a variety of health plans that keep you and your family covered
  • Financial security for your future - Our retirement plans make it easier to save for what's next

*Benefits availability may vary depending on Team Member's location as well as terms and conditions of employment and are subject to the terms and conditions of each specific program/plan.
Hilton offers its eligible team members a comprehensive benefits package to support their mental and physical well-being, so they can Thrive personally and professionally. The pay range for this role is $100,000 - $145,000 and is determined based on applicable and specialized experience and location. Subject to plan terms and conditions, you will be eligible to participate in the Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, consistent with other team members at the same level and/or position within the Company.
About Us
Join an Award-Winning Workplace Culture
At Hilton, we don't just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests-we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible. As a global leader in hospitality, we've welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.
Our award-winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World's Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune. With our suite of world-class brands, and a company-wide commitment to providing the best stay for every guest, we're setting new standards for the future of travel.
Whether you're starting your career or exploring something new, Hilton supports your journey every step of the way. Come for the job, stay for the career-and help us make every stay a little more magical.
Curious about life at Hilton? Explore our Careers Blog to see why we're more than a great place to stay-we're a great place to work.

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