Senior Localization Project Manager

Location- Remote EST, CST, MST

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

Role Description

The Senior Localization Project Manager manages all assigned Life Sciences projects in the most efficient manner possible in order to ensure client retention, satisfaction and ultimately repeat revenue growth. The Senior Project Manager is the primary interface for our customers and manages a variety of project types (such as documentation, software, multimedia projects) with different levels of complexity. This Senior Project Manager must be proactive, be able to handle shifting and changing priorities fast and effectively with strong written and verbal communication skills. The ideal candidate will ensure that project teams understand the scope, complexity and expectations of all assignments, and that the clients are kept fully informed as to the progress and financial status of their projects. Additionally, the Senior Project Manager needs to manage and motivate the extended project team, ensuring actions are clearly delegated and that resource and quality issues are escalated in a timely fashion to departmental managers and the Program Manager. The Senior Project Manager will also support the mentoring and training of assigned Project Coordinators.  
 

Key Responsibilities

• Delivery of projects that meet or exceed client expectations and achieve targeted levels of profitability.
• Analysis of files using translation memory tools.
• Compiling estimates and proposals for new or existing clients.
• Adhering to the sales process and SDL project processes.
• Close financial monitoring and control of projects through budgets, invoicing and change orders to ensure timely and final invoicing.
• Strategic project planning involving best methodologies, processes, and risk assessments.
• Accurate documentation and filing of all project related materials.
• Identification and development of project/process improvement opportunities.
• Provide clear and consistent communication with strong attention to service with Clients, and internal production teams.
• Address any project issues and handle project escalations.
• Monitoring and mentoring of any assigned Project Coordinators.

Skills and Experience

• Degree in either Translation Project Management, Business Administration, Life Sciences, or a related area or equivalent work experience

• Bilingual French/English is a plus

• 5+ years of localization project management experience, preferably in Life Sciences
• 3+ years of budget management experience
• Localization knowledge involving all aspects – Engineering, DTP, translation, testing and translation tools and methods
• Experience growing accounts
• Excellent written/verbal communication and presentation skills
• Customer service experience
• Strong organizational skills
• Proactive, Ambitious and with a desire to learn and progress
• Analytical and organized problem solving abilities
• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Adaptable and flexible to a changing work environment
• Proficient computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Acrobat, html, xml)
• Experience in the use of CAT tools is a plus (including translation memories, content management, and glossary and file management tools)
• Life Science experience is a plus

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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