Project Director - Japanese / English or German
Employment Type:
Permanent
Location:
E.Yorks - Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Salary:
32,000
Advertiser:
Adaptive Globalization
Posted:
4 Jul 2008
Ref:
PD JEG
Languages:
1 language required
English
German
Japanese
Job Description
Our client is a World leading localization, translation and documentment management firm and due to expansion are seeking experience Translation Project Management professionals. We are seeking 3 Project Directors. 1 German Team Leader - 1 Japanese Team Leader - 1 Any Language / General Team Leader.
OVERALL PURPOSE
The role of the Project Director is to manage a team of Project Managers while ensuring all projects in their team are delivered within budget, in accordance with client expectations and Client Service Level Agreements are met.
KEY TASK RESPONSIBILITIES
Team Management
Can build an effective Team
-To distribute and monitor workload within the team
-To recommend to Group Project Manager/Operations Manager any changes in staffing requirements
-To organise staffing levels in relation to absence (sickness, holiday, etc.)
-To conduct regular reviews of members of your team
-To conduct work load forecasts and risk analysis of workload
-To give guidance to members of you team
-To ensure all team members' Timelog entries are entered correctly and promptly
-To support all other members of the team
-To conduct risk analysis and root cause analysis of the projects managed by your team as needed
-To drive the creation of project plans and account setup
-To trouble shoot issues regarding projects managed by your team and to escalate issues as necessary
-To manage clients' needs and expectations and to respond as necessary
-To conduct Project post mortems
-To ensure all project-specific processes and guidelines are documented and updated on an ongoing basis, and are available to all relevant stakeholders
-To ensure your team's invoicing is completed in a timely manner
-To monitor and manage team spend effectively in order to meet financial targets
Process Management
-To review and audit Project Processes on a regular basis
-To manage and support account setup
-To identify areas in the client's localisation process that could be improved and take appropriate action
Our client offers excellent career development and working enviroment together with good competitive salaries.