Director, Regional Operations - Asia + MENA
Mumbai, Maharashtra · Mumbai · 12+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 5, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 12+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Mumbai, Maharashtra · Mumbai
About Crunchyroll
- Founded by fans, Crunchyroll delivers the art and culture of anime to a passionate community. We super-serve over 100 million anime and manga fans across 200+ countries and territories, and help them connect with the stories and characters they crave. Whether that experience is online or in-person, streaming video, theatrical, games, merchandise, events and more, it’s powered by the anime content we all love.
- Join our team, and help us shape the future of anime!
About the role
- The Director, Regional Operations, leads dubbing production for assigned languages and markets across Asia and MENA.
- The role is accountable for regional production planning, studio and vendor performance, dubbing quality, and the timely delivery and loading of assets needed for planned title launches.
Responsibilities
- Lead regional production: Direct dubbing production across assigned languages, from receipt of production-ready materials through recording, post-production, quality review, delivery, and asset loading.
- Plan against title launches: Translate Title Management schedules into vendor assignments, production milestones, delivery dates, and asset-loading deadlines.
- Manage studios and vendors: Oversee production assignments, capacity, schedules, quality, security, and technical compliance.
- Ensure asset readiness: Coordinate the availability of scripts, source materials, reference assets, creative guidance, and specifications.
- Apply localization standards: Partner with Global Localization to implement common workflows, terminology, quality expectations, and vendor practices.
- Resolve production issues: Coordinate vendors, Global Localization, Title Management, and Global Operations to address delays, defects, and missing inputs.
- Improve regional performance: Monitor on-time delivery, quality, rework, capacity, and asset readiness.
Requirements
- 12+ years of relevant experience in dubbing, localization production, media production, or content operations, including experience leading teams and external production partners.
- Working knowledge of dubbing workflows, including adaptation, casting, recording, editing, mixing, quality review, master delivery, and technical asset requirements.
- Experience managing studios or localization vendors across multiple concurrent productions with fixed release dates.
- Ability to plan production capacity, manage dependencies, identify delivery risks, and drive practical recovery plans.
- Experience working across regional and global teams, with clear communication across cultures and time zones.
- Commitment to localization quality and an authentic fan experience in each assigned language.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in anime, streaming, television, film, gaming, or a related content business.
- Experience overseeing dubbing across multiple languages or markets.
- Familiarity with localization and media asset-management systems, digital audio delivery specifications, and vendor performance metrics.
Benefits
- Best-in class medical, dental, and vision private insurance healthcare coverage
- Access to counseling & mental health sessions 24/7 through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Free premium access to Crunchyroll
- Professional Development
- Company's Paid Parental Leave (up to 22 weeks for birthing parents, up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents)
- Paid Time Off
- Flex Time Off
- 5 Yasumi Days
- Half-Day Fridays during the summer
- Winter Break
Workplace
- Hybrid Work Schedule
Skills
- Dubbing
- Localization Production
- Media Production
- Content Operations
- Production Planning
