Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Maidenhead - Madrid

About RWS:

RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management, and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business-critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content, and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise, and smart technology.

Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies, and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

For further information, please visit: www.rws.com

 

About The Role:

A Project Manager is a key member of a project team working on Pharmaceutical and Clinical Trial projects. The successful candidate may serve as a project lead, overlooking the successful completion of complex projects by working closely with internal teams as well as clients. Tasks may include but are not limited to client data management, project analysis, and setup, scheduling, quote preparation, project file organization, placing tasks with linguists, and supporting linguists and technical teams with queries and training. A Project Manager supports special initiatives such as the review, development, and implementation of new processes.

 

Responsibilities:

• Manage the larger and more complex projects for large Life Science clients, specializing in Clinical Trials
• Results-focused, taking care of the successful running of projects; client account growth; profitability of projects; client satisfaction, numbers and levels of quality issues; advancing technology solutions; and development of direct reports
• Communicate well with client contacts, local offices, freelancers, and internal project team members
• Maintain processes and methodology, and documentation of such, to ensure project success and value-added service to clients
• Ensure accurate compilation and approval of estimates and proposals for existing clients and potential new customers by complying with the sales process
• Plan projects through risk assessment planning, best process identification, implementation of the best methodology, and communication to project teams
• Closely monitor projects by the comprehensive and effective use of standardized server project folder structure and thorough filling of project assets and documentation, budgets, change orders, resource request forms, handover documents, status sheets, timely invoicing, and payment tracking
• Produce project schedules and thereafter using internal tracking sheet to monitor activity and production
• Resolve client and project issues
• Assisting in conference calls with existing clients and potential new clients

 

Requirements:

• Comprehensive demonstrable experience e.g. 2+ years in a similar project management role with experience in the localization industry
• At least 1+ years of budget management experience
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including meticulous attention to detail and multitasking skills
• Analytical and organized problem-solving abilities
• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Experience with CAT tools (Trados Studio)
• Proficient computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, HTML, XML)
• Degree or experience with Life Sciences projects
• Preferred: Experience managing Clinical Trial projects

Life at RWS - We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism, and determination to never let others down drives  us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch 
 

As a company focused on connecting people through language, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our company culture. RWS is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed to ensuring that all employees work in an environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination and one that actively promotes teamwork, diversity, and trust. All employees have a right to be treated with respect and dignity. RWS operates in a manner for the inclusion of all - any form of discrimination is expressly prohibited. Employees are selected and promoted on merit alone and no other factors whether race, gender, age, religion, marital status, gender identity, or disability are taken into consideration. 
 

We are proud to work in a company where all can succeed and grow their career and while RWS operates in accordance with all local employment laws if local law enables any form of discrimination this is against RWS company policy and we will adhere to the highest standard.   

 

Recruitment Agencies: RWS Group PLC does not accept agency resumes.  Please do not forward any unsolicited resumes to any RWS employees.  Any unsolicited resume received will be treated as the property of RWS and Terms & Conditions associated with the use of such resume will be considered null and void.