# AI Operations Lead, Localization at Workday

- Company: Workday
- What the company does: Experience a new way to work with Sana and agentic AI from Workday. Backed by Greylock, NEA and Menlo.
- Company website: https://www.workday.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: USA, CA, Pleasanton
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $133K to $199K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-25
- Apply by: 2026-11-09
- Apply: https://workday.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Workday/job/USA-CA-Pleasanton/AI-Ops--Localization_JR-0109541-1
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/workday-ai-operations-lead-localization/

## About the role

As a Localization Specialist focused on AI Ops, you optimize global expansion by deploying large and small language models to automate the localization lifecycle. You will focus on scaling international releases through AI-driven quality checks and linguistic model refinement. This role exists to reduce manual translation review work and speed up how quickly Workday can bring products to new markets and languages.

## What they're looking for

- Translation Management: Experience managing translation workflows and platforms such as Modelfront, Intento, or Phrase
- Cultural Empathy: A track record of adapting content thoughtfully for different cultural and regional audiences
- Process Optimization: Experience identifying and automating manual steps in a linguistic or content workflow, such as building AI-based quality checks
- Cross-Team Collaboration: Comfortable partnering with engineering, product, and legal teams to align AI-driven localization work with broader goals
- Project Delivery: Ability to manage multiple release timelines and localization deliverables at once
- Experience with Python or JavaScript for scripting automated workflows is a plus