Localization Project Manager - Legal
WelocalizePosted 3/24/2025
Localization Project Manager - Legal
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Job Summary
The Localization Project Manager is responsible for ensuring successful project planning, execution, tracking, delivery, and closure. They work with clients to understand requirements, engage the global team, and craft client solutions based on Welocalize's Four Pillars of Customer Service, Quality, Innovation, and Global Teamwork. The ideal candidate is driven, flexible, and able to build relationships across the project team. Key responsibilities include project planning, risk analysis, leading teams, managing budgets, and establishing relationships with clients and stakeholders. The Project Manager must have 5+ years of experience in a fast-paced client-centric environment, knowledge of the translation industry, and excellent communication skills. They should be able to manage multiple priorities, lead large virtual teams, and drive organic growth. With a strong focus on quality, innovation, and teamwork, this role is ideal for those who thrive in dynamic environments.
Job Description
Main Duties
- The following is a non-exhaustive list of responsibilities and areas of ownership of the Project Manager:
- Project planning, scoping, requirements gathering and validation with client.
- Identifying and working with the relevant client and internal stakeholders to plan and resource projects appropriately in terms of quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
- Risk analysis and contingency planning (plan-do-check-act cycle).Leading the internal and external team to successful execution and delivery of client projectsCreating schedule and monitoring timeliness of delivery.
- Managing the budget and controlling project costs.
- Establishing and nurturing relationships with the customer, internal teams and external suppliers.
- Overseeing project activities and ensuring resolution to any problems that may arise (corrective and preventive action).
- Actively seeking ways to optimize delivery, client satisfaction, quality and profitability.
- Reporting, both in written and verbal form, to internal and external stakeholders regarding Project scope, financials, progress and status, formally and on an ad-hoc basis as required.
- Ensuring finance systems are kept up to date and accurate.
- Process documentation and knowledge management.
- Ensuring profit of project is maintained through the management of margin.
Measures of Success
- Delivery of services in line with core KPIs for project management, which include but are not limited to:
- client satisfaction;
- on-time delivery;
- cost control and profitability;
- revenue throughput;
- client growth.
Experience
- Experience with emphasis on IP space, with a statistics and mathematics major as a plus.
- 5+ Years of proven project management experience in a fast-paced, client-centric environment, ideally in the translation or localization industry.
- Knowledge of the translation industry and a keen interest in its technology, process, competitive landscape and emerging trends.
- Demonstrated success at managing large accounts and/or projects.
- Curiosity and creativity to question existing processes and approaches and innovate new ones.
- Proven experience in development of processes and ideas.
- Experience in financial management and budget to actual management.
- Customer relationship management and business development skills to drive organic growth.
- Must be available to travel for work related commitments.
Other Relevant Skills
- Energy and a positive attitude with excellent interpersonal skills.
- The ability to lead large, diverse, virtual teams.
- Excellent Written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Effective presentation skills.
- Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a time-sensitive and deadline-driven work environment.
- Ability to cope with high pressure caused by one or more project management elements such as quality, turnaround time, resource or budget constraint.
- Attention to details.
- Ability to learn and master quickly the technology, tools and processes required by the account.
- The ability to train a Project Coordinator on projects/processes.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a college or university in related filed.
