Director, Regional Operations - Asia + MENA

About this job

Crunchyroll is a well-known platform that connects a passionate global community with the art and culture of anime through streaming, theatrical releases, games, merchandise, and live events. As the Director, Regional Operations - Asia + MENA, you will lead dubbing production for assigned languages and markets across the Asia and MENA regions. The role sits within the Regional Business Team, which collaborates closely with global functions to transform broad strategies into locally relevant fan experiences. In this leadership position, your normal day involves managing regional production planning, evaluating studio and vendor performance, ensuring dubbing quality, and overseeing the timely delivery and asset loading required for title launches. You will turn schedules from Title Management into actionable production plans, track dependencies, mitigate delivery risks, and work alongside Global Localization to apply established tools, workflows, and standards while respecting regional cultural and language needs.

Responsibilities

• Direct regional dubbing production from material receipt through recording, post-production, quality review, delivery, and asset loading.
• Translate Title Management launch schedules into vendor assignments, production milestones, and asset-loading deadlines while mitigating risks.
• Oversee production vendors and studios, monitoring capacity, schedules, technical compliance, and overall quality performance.
• Coordinate the availability of reference assets, scripts, source materials, and creative guidance to ensure complete asset readiness.
• Implement common workflows, quality expectations, and vendor practices in partnership with Global Localization.
• Resolve production issues, delays, and defects by coordinating across internal teams and external vendors to protect launch dates.
• Monitor performance metrics such as on-time delivery and rework to improve regional execution and global handoffs.

Requirements

• 12+ years of relevant experience in dubbing, localization production, media production, or content operations.
• Demonstrated experience leading internal teams and external production partners.
• Working knowledge of dubbing workflows including adaptation, casting, recording, editing, mixing, and master delivery.
• Experience managing localization vendors or studios across concurrent productions with fixed deadlines.
• Ability to plan production capacity, manage dependencies, and drive practical recovery plans.
• Experience communicating and collaborating effectively across regional and global teams, cultures, and time zones.
• A strong commitment to localization quality and providing an authentic fan experience.

Good to have

• Experience working in anime, streaming, television, film, gaming, or related content businesses.
• Experience overseeing dubbing across multiple languages or markets simultaneously.
• Familiarity with localization and media asset-management systems.
• Knowledge of digital audio delivery specifications and vendor performance metrics.

Who should apply

This role suits an experienced media operations and localization professional who has spent over a decade leading teams and managing complex external production vendors. Candidates should have a deep understanding of dubbing workflows, capacity planning, and multi-market project execution. Because this position requires extensive coordination across time zones and alignment with global strategies, strong cross-cultural communication skills are essential. This is a senior leadership position and is not suitable for freshers.

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