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Localization Lead

Job LocationsCN-NanjingPosted Date22 hours ago(13/11/2024 22:41)Job ID2024-4091# of Openings1CategoryProject ManagementBanding2

Job Purpose

About the Role

Leads the technical part of localization projects, performs and coordinates the engineering work, coordinates the deliveries from the suppliers, leads project engineers.

About The Strategic Content Solutions (SCS)

The Strategic Content Solutions, part of RWS’s Language Services division, works closely with major accounts and clients of all sizes who are going global with specialized localization services. These services cover the entire localization spectrum, from translating content, media, and audio to creating engaging eLearning programs and transcribing highly impactful marketing campaigns. The SCS works closely with RWS’s Language eXperience Delivery (LXD) platform, which includes 2,000 in-house linguists, and a network of more than 29,000 translators, who use RWS’s proprietary machine translation, AI, and translation productivity tools, to deliver a 24/7 service to clients.

Job Overview

Key Responsibilities

  • Cooperates with the project manager on the technical preparation of the project, its execution and final evaluation.
  • Coordinates the project engineers, assigns tasks to engineers and monitors tasks status and the performance of engineers
  • Assures the engineering work is being performed correctly, according to the project instructions, per deadlines and quality requirements.
  • Analyses and tracks project tasks and deliverables.
  • Coordinates the deliveries from the suppliers and monitors their status.
  • Suggests and implements project engineering workflow and tools
  • Participates in the implementation of new tools, their testing and evaluation.
  • Directly communicates with project team, support departments, partners and clients under the supervision of project manager or Localization Lead/Senior Localization Lead.
  • Cooperates with the project manager on engineering resources planning, status reporting and solving project issues.
  • Ensures final quality checks are performed before delivery to the client.
  • Prepares training materials and sessions.
  • Identifies risks and inefficiencies in engineering processes and suggests solutions.

Skills & Experience

  • Assigns work to the team and suppliers.
  • Communicates with the client.
  • Can act as short term Project Manager backup excluding finance
  • Provides data for team and supplier performance evaluation.
  • Defines localization tools and processes.
  • Previous working experience with corresponding responsibilities is required.
  • Client facing communication experience.
  • Team/supplier coordination experience.
  • Coordinating a small team of 2-3 people is preffered.
  • Motivated leader with a mature and positive attitude, reliable, well organized personality.
  • Ability to communicate information to internal team, partners and customers.
  • Advanced technical solution and problem solving skills.

Life at RWS

At RWS, we’re here for one purpose: unlocking global understanding.

As a unique, world-leading provider of technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services, we remove the barriers to communication to make global connection possible. Our unrivalled experience and deep understanding of language have been developed over more than 60 years. As we look to shape the future, our ambition is to create a world where understanding is universal for everyone.

We work with over 80% of the world’s top 100 brands, more than three-quarters of Fortune’s 20 ‘Most Admired Companies’ and almost all the top pharmaceutical companies, investment banks, law firms and patent filers. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific and North and South America. Our 65+ global locations across five continents service clients in the automotive, chemical, financial, legal, medical, pharmaceutical, technology and telecommunications sectors.  

Over the past 20 years we’ve been evolving our own AI solutions as well as helping clients to explore, build and use multilingual AI applications. With 45+ AI-related patents and more than 100 peer-reviewed papers, we have the experience and expertise to support clients on their AI journey.

If you like the idea of working with smart people who are passionate about breaking down language barriers and giving back to their communities, then you’ll love life at RWS. Our work fundamentally recognizes the value of every language and culture. So, we celebrate difference, we are inclusive and believe that diversity makes us strong.

We want every employee to grow as an individual and excel in their career. In return, we expect all our people to live by the values that unite us: to partner with colleagues and clients, to adopt a pioneering spirit, to be positive in progressing the work we do, and always to deliver what we promise.

RWS Values

Get the 3Ps right – Partner, Pioneer, Progress – and we´ll Deliver together as One RWS.

For further information, please visit: RWS  

RWS embraces DEI and promotes equal opportunity, we are an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. RWS is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at RWS are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, religion, nationality, ethnicity, sex, age, disability, or sexual orientation. RWS will not tolerate discrimination based on any of these characteristics

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