Senior Translation Project Manager with French or German or Spanish or Italian or Swedish

Our client, a world leader in its field is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager for their offices in London central

RESPONSIBILITIES

Acting as the main contact person between internal and external clients and major vendors, you will be responsible for managing complex projects as well as specific production teams including junior Translation Project Coordinators and freelancers, and communicating detailed specific instructions to vendors and managing various processes. You will also be accountable for the final quality assurance of translation and accurate recording of activities.

DUTIES

-manage workload and allocate tasks and instructions evenly to the team.
--supervising Junior Co-ordinators, monitoring and assigning admin tasks and ensure that all Quality Checks have been carried out satisfactorily
-be responsible for managing at least 2 major client accounts and organise production-related meetings
-create and develop translations tools used for these accounts (Translation memories, glossaries style guides, etc.) and develop efficient workflows -
-support other members in translations estimate analysis and preparation.
-select and assign translation teams, negotiate rates and deadlines and coordinate production with translators, proofreaders,
-manage in-house freelancers efficiently and cost effectively.
-create status reports for customer service teams
-hands-on production involvement such as checking completeness and accuracy of translation prior to delivery to client
-check vendors' invoices for accuracy and match to purchase order and maintain accurate records of all costs.

REQUIREMENTS

-degree or equivalent in Translation studies
-at least 2 yrs experience in project management within the translation industry preferably dealing with finance or medical related projects
-fluency in English plus German, French, Italian ,Spanish or Russian
-superior Interpersonal skills, can mix and relate well to all levels.
-ability to work well under pressure and communicate detailed instructions to multilingual vendors accurately
-flexibility to work overtime required.
-professional demeanour
-goal orientated
-self-motivated and pro-active
-can improvise and innovate
-strong attention to detail
-good MS office skills and knowledge of desktop publishing software (Framemaker, QuarkXPress) and solid experience in translation memory experience including TRADOS, Multiterm IX, Context, glossary and file management.

Salary £28-32,000 + excellent benefits