Localization and Dubbing, Senior Manager
Mumbai, Maharashtra · Mumbai · 8+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 8+ 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 Senior Manager, Localization & Dubbing will lead the planning, production, delivery, and quality control of localized content and local-language dubbing across Asia & Mena including India, Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines, Korea, Taiwan & Saudi Arabia.
- The role will ensure Crunchyroll’s anime content is accessible, culturally relevant, accurate, timely, and consistent with global brand and editorial standards across the region.
- You will manage localization and dubbing workflows from prioritization and commissioning through production, review, quality assurance, launch, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute localization and dubbing plans across priority markets aligned with content priorities, market demand, launch schedules, and business objectives.
- Lead the planning and delivery of local-language dubbing for priority titles and markets.
- Coordinate dubbing workflows from language and market prioritization through casting, recording, editing, mixing, mastering, delivery, and launch.
- Establish and maintain quality standards for local-language dubs, subtitles, metadata, synopses, artwork, product copy, and other localized assets.
- Manage external localization vendors, dubbing studios, translators, voice talent, voice directors, quality-assurance providers, and other production partners.
- Establish clear briefs, scopes, schedules, service levels, quality expectations, review processes, and delivery requirements.
- Manage localization and dubbing projects from intake and prioritization through delivery and post-launch review.
- Create clear workplans, milestones, owners, dependencies, approval paths, and escalation mechanisms.
- Develop workflows, templates, quality checklists, standards, and operating procedures for localization and dubbing.
- Share best practices, market learnings, and quality insights across regional and global teams.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in localization, dubbing, content operations, media operations, post-production, language services, or a related field.
- Experience managing local-language dubbing, subtitling, translation, or other audiovisual localization programs.
- Strong understanding of dubbing production workflows, including casting, recording, direction, editing, mixing, mastering, quality assurance, and delivery.
- Demonstrated experience establishing or applying quality standards for localized content and dubs.
- Experience managing localization vendors, dubbing studios, agencies, translators, voice talent, or production partners.
- Strong project management skills and experience managing multiple titles, languages, markets, timelines, and dependencies.
- Ability to balance creative quality, cultural nuance, fan expectations, launch deadlines, and operational constraints.
- Experience working with Content, Product, Marketing, Partnerships, Legal, Customer Experience, and global teams in a matrixed organization.
- Strong communication, organization, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Fluency in English is required
Preferred qualifications
- Fluency or professional proficiency in relevant regional languages is strongly preferred.
- Knowledge and passion for anime, entertainment, and fan communities is a significant plus.
Benefits
- Great compensation package including salary plus performance bonus earning potential, paid annually
- Flexible time off policies
- Generous medical, dental, vision, STD, LTD, and life insurance
- Health Saving Account HSA program
- Health care and dependent care FSA
- 401(k) plan, with employer match
- Employer paid commuter benefit
- Support program for new parents
- Pet insurance and some of our offices are pet friendly
Workplace
- Hybrid workplace
