Job Title:      Senior Localization Lead   
Location:      Remote United States
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

RWS Division:
RWS Language & Content Technology division: offering the latest innovations in language and content management technology to help enterprises engage with global audiences – across any device. Our language technology enables enterprises to automate and manage the entire content lifecycle. And our web content and structured content management technology supports the creation, translation and delivery of global content at scale – in ways that are efficient, secure and compliant. The combination of our language and content technology – enhanced with state-of-the art Machine Learning – offers the capability to manage the ‘end-to-end’ translation supply chain.

About the Role:
The Sr. Localization Lead is responsible for leading the technical part of localization projects by performing and coordinating the engineering work, coordinating the deliveries from the suppliers, leading the project engineers and defining tools and technical processes.

Responsibilities: 

• Cooperate with the project manager on the technical preparation of the project, its execution and final evaluation
• Coordinate the project engineers, assign tasks to engineers and monitor tasks status and the performance of engineers
• Assure the engineering work is being performed correctly, according to the project instructions, per deadlines and quality requirements
• Analyze and track project tasks and deliverables
• Coordinate the deliveries from the suppliers and monitor their status
• Suggest and implement project engineering workflow and tools
• Participate in the implementation of new tools, their testing and evaluation
• Under the supervision of Project Manager or Localization Lead/Senior Localization Lead, directly communicate with project team, support departments, partners and clients 
• Cooperate with the Project Manager on engineering resources planning, status reporting and solving project issues
• Ensure final quality checks are performed before delivery to the client
• Identify risks and inefficiencies in engineering processes and suggest solutions
• Prepare training materials and sessions

Requirements:

• University school degree with a focus in IT, Computers, SW Development or Web Authoring is preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted
• Previous work experience in a similar role is required
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in IT
• Client-facing communication experience
• Team/supplier coordination experience
• Experience coordinating/leading a small team of 2-3 people
• Advanced knowledge of major operating environments
• Advanced knowledge of file formats and file management
• Advanced computer applications user
• Advanced knowledge of localization tools and processes
• Basic programming skills (scripts), an advantage
• Motivated leader with a mature and positive attitude, reliable, well organized personality
• Ability to analyze and assess the business impact of different process and tool changes
• Ability to communicate information to internal team, partners and customers
• Advanced technical solution and problem-solving skills

Benefits: 
Amazing benefits. (Seriously!)
Infinite training, professional development and personal growth opportunities.
The rare opportunity to impact how organizations communicate globally. There’s a reason we work with 90 of the top 100 brands.
Smart, engaged co-workers, a culture of diversity, innovation and opportunity.
Great work life balance!

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 in 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 operate 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.   
 
RWS is an Affirmative Action Employer.  Qualified applicants will be evaluated for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, veteran, and disability status.  For more information about EEO/AAP legislation please visit: https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

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