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Translation Project Manager - Japanese Focus
Location: Australia; China
Work structure: Full time, permanent
Working with the wider Project Management team, the Translation Project Manager is responsible for coordinating and managing the full lifecycle of translation and localization projects with a focus on quality checks to completion whilst ensuring IQVIA’s standards are met.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage multiple translation and localization projects at any one time from receipt to completion
- Liaise with the client to assess and agree project parameters and requirements
- Assess project scope to select appropriate vendors and negotiate deadlines effectively
- Establish and maintain excellent relationships with freelance and in house linguists globally
- Monitor and manage the status of assigned projects to effectively anticipate and prevent issues
- Accurately complete project finances including quoting and budgeting
- Prepare and maintain project documentation and information
- Understand and adhere to the Quality Management System
- Comply with relevant and applicable IQVIA procedures and SOPs
- Assist in the maintenance of linguistic assets including glossaries and style guides
- Ensure that high quality is maintained for all projects through QA checks
- Prioritize assigned QC tasks to effectively deliver on time
- Responsible for ensuring that target follows source, and no text is missing including all tracked changes in source documents are accurately implemented in target translations.
- Meticulous review and verification of documents, focusing on both linguistic and non-linguistic elements to maintain high-quality standards.
Key Requirements:
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working in Project Management in the Language Services industry
- Bachelor's degree, ideally in a linguistic, business or scientific field
- Fluency in English is essential, an additional language would be advantageous
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills
- Excellent attention to detail to ensure that high quality standards are maintained
- Ability to meet strict deadlines and to manage competing priorities and changing demands.
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Ability to follow instructions and work independently whilst using own initiative.
- Demonstration of advanced IT skills
- Experience working with TMS and CAT tools, experience working with XTRF and/or memoQ would be highly advantageous
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, managers and clients
- Experience in multilingual quality control or a related field.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to identify errors.
- Native / fluent Japanese skills are highly sought after
- Experience with different language scripts and alphabets is a plus, particularly Korean
Should you be suitable you will receive an email from the Talent Acquisition team in ANZ to complete an online assessment to further assess your skills.
IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
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