Acolad is the global leader in content and language solutions. Its mission is to support companies in every industry to scale across markets and enable growth through cutting-edge technology and localization expertise. Established in 1995, the group is present in 22 countries across Europe, North America and Asia, with over 1.600 employees supported by a network of +10.000 linguists around the world.
At Acolad, every position is key to our global growth: we know that we will only succeed if our people succeed.Joining Acolad means a unique opportunity for professional development through a collaborative global environment that promotes talent and creativity. We are continuously looking for new talent (like you!) to support our mission to drive growth and innovation across some of the world’s leading brands.
About The Role
The job holder is responsible for the entire life-cycle of life sciences projects in a given portfolio, ensuring customer expectations are met in terms of turnaround time, quality, and price; while in parallel ensuring budget/margin optimization
Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for Life Sciences Projects execution including compliance to deadlines, standards/methodology, budget and margin optimization, quality standards, status reporting, month-end financials.
• Focus in managing Multimedia Projects for Life Sciences.
• Responsible for Customer Life Science project setup, quotes and scheduling (per defined thresholds, collaborating with Account Management for complex quotes and those requiring validation).
• Responsible for customer feedback, entry of CAPA's and completion of investigations.
• Owns collaboration with Resource Management, linguists, technical leads on resourcing and query management.
• Customer and internal communication and status reporting.
• Collaborating with Account Management to define new processes and to strategize on process and tool optimization for a customer.
• Responsible for margin optimization, including both internal and external costs, working with RM as needed to support these efforts.
• Ensure linguistic material, such as TMs, glossaries, style guides, are consistently updated and delivered per SLA's
• Participate in the pre-sales activities as needed.
• Participate in quality audits, recognize opportunities for improvement and implement the changes as needed.
  

Requirements
Educational Background: Bachelor Degree Translation in or other equivalent degree.
Professional Experience: 5+ years of practical experience in project management, especially in coordinating language service projects.
Job Specific & Knowledge

• Project management, preferably related to Language Services within Life Sciences.
• Customer relationship management at mid- and upper management level, including difficult situations, conflicts and complaints.
• Strong Experience in Multimedia LSC projects: Articulate StoryLine, Rise.
• Organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work in virtual teams, influence decisions and constructively support other parts of the company.
• Leadership skills and ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Analytical skills.
  

It

• MS Office.
• CAT Tools.
  

Languages

• English (Intermediate)

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