Olga Stokowiec

Doer

Career

DatesRoleCompanyCity
Aug 2026 – PresentLocalization ManagerArriveAmsterdam
  • Leading product localization initiatives across Arrive's portfolio of B2C mobile apps, B2B web platforms, and urban mobility analytics tools into 30+ languages, serving more than 60 million users in over 20k cities around the world.
  • Managing vendor relationships across software providers, agency linguists, and internal quality evaluation specialists.
  • Collaborating with Product Design, UX Writing, and Engineering teams to ensure correct internationalization and smooth user experience across Left-to-Right and Right-to-Left languages.
  • Owning localization input into new market launch planning, partnering closely with Sales, Product, and Design.
  • Designing and shipping internal analytics tools using Claude Code, VS Code, and GitHub, addressing niche localization needs beyond TMS capabilities.
Jan 2025 – Jul 2026Technical Program Manager, InternationalMaxonFrankfurt
  • Led Maxon’s International program across 6 product teams, Marketing, and Legal.
  • Worked with 9 engineering teams across product and platform dev to drive monthly releases for 11 language versions.
  • Designed and executed multilingual infrastructure roadmap: consolidated in-house and external tooling, tailored workflows to diverse content types → annual localization costs reduced by 20% and average turnaround time by 30%.
  • Orchestrated Brazilian Portuguese launches of 5 products (→ 35x adoption growth in 4 months).
Dec 2022 – Dec 2024Product ManagerPhraseCologne
  • Led a distributed, remote product team of 10 (8 engineers and 2 designers).
  • Owned Automated Project Creation (APC), an integration-based automation framework powering real-time localization for ~300 enterprise customers, 4.6K active projects, and 200M words processed monthly.
  • Drove 67% APC adoption growth through continuous discovery and leading the development of 10 new features.
Apr 2021 – Nov 2022Multilingual Localization SpecialistElectronic ArtsCologne
  • Managed multilingual deliverables in 20+ languages for in-game, legal, and marketing across major EA titles: Need for Speed Unbound, F1 2023, Dead Space, and Battlefield 2042.
  • Managed translation and QA vendors throughout the release and maintenance localization lifecycle.
  • Estimated quarterly localization budgets for in-game, legal, and marketing content.
  • Developed inclusive language guidelines for Polish, Italian, and Russian to empower diverse user communities, improve cultural accuracy, and ensure tone consistency.
Nov 2020 – Apr 2021Localization Product ManagerTidioWarsaw
  • Created Tidio’s continuous localization process from the ground up, embedding global expansion into software release cycles.
  • Led the launch of the French and Spanish versions of the user panel, enabling product adoption in new markets.
Mar 2020 – Oct 2020Project ManagerNetsellsYork
  • Led project development throughout the full product lifecycle.
  • Facilitated seamless communication and collaboration between cross-functional teams including business analysts, designers, and engineering.
  • Worked closely with clients to define project scope, establish timelines, and manage budgets, ensuring the delivery of solutions that meet their requirements and expectations.
  • Utilized JIRA to create and monitor tasks, providing real-time visibility into project progress and enabling effective task management and prioritization.
Jan 2020 – Jun 2020Translation Project ManagerInternational Rescue CommitteeLeeds
  • Managed the team of 18 freelance translators and proofreaders in pro bono French localization of the “Access to Justice Guidance.”
  • Provided support as a legal terminology consultant.
  • Coordinated workflows between multiple CAT tools.
Jan 2018 – Jul 2019Dispute Resolution AssociateDLA PiperWarsaw
  • Areas of expertise: white-collar crime, anti-money laundering policies, customs regulations for EU imports, renewable energy.
  • Provided compliance and dispute resolution advice for clients from the energy, chemical and railway industries.
  • Researched industrial reports and analyzed domestic and international case law to develop litigation strategies.
  • Collaborated with colleagues from multiple jurisdictions to provide business-oriented legal and regulatory solutions in transnational cases.
Oct 2015 – Aug 2017Legal AssistantWołoszański and Partners Law FirmWarsaw
  • Conducted legal research in the areas of corporate management, international taxation, commercial dispute resolution.
  • Drafted legal documents supporting the dispute resolution, corporate, and employment teams.

Education

YearsDegreeUniversityCity
2019 – 2020MA Applied Translation StudiesUniversity of LeedsLeeds
  • Grade: Graduated with Merit.
  • Specialized in Italian→English and Russian→English translations.
  • As a project manager, led a pro bono translation project of “Access to Justice Guidance” for the International Rescue Committee.
  • Worked with several translation management systems (such as Phrase, SDL Trados Studio, memoQ, Smartcat) and evaluated MT output throughout various academic projects.
2013 – 2018Master of LawUniversity of WarsawWarsaw
  • Grade: 4.5/5.
  • Integrated undergraduate and graduate degree, 5-year cycle.
  • Represented University of Warsaw at the Foreign Direct Investment International Arbitration Moot in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2016); the team ranked 6th (out of 59) in the overall ranking.
  • Acquired comprehensive theoretical and practical knowledge of the Polish legal system, as well as the European Union and international law (public and private).
  • Member of the Young Diplomats’ Society (Koło Młodych Dyplomatów), Head of the Eastern Europe and Post-Soviet Territories Section.
  • Thesis title: “Enforcement of the awards issued in the intra-EU investment arbitration.”
2017 – 2018Erasmus+ Program, LawFederico II University of NaplesNaples
  • Grade: 5/5.
  • Language of instruction and examinations: Italian.
  • Completed the modules on Italian administrative law and public international law.