Job Description

Job Purpose:

As a Localization Lead, you will coordinate translation projects, ensuring seamless collaboration across teams and vendors. You will manage vendor relationships, oversee task distribution, troubleshoot challenges, and contribute valuable insights through reporting. This role offers opportunities to develop expertise in localization technologies and refine project management skills while working closely with diverse stakeholders throughout the localization process.

About

Strategic Content Solutions Group (SCS)

The Strategic Content Solutions Group, 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

Collaborate with project managers, localization engineers, and cross-functional teams to enhance the localization process. Oversee task distribution, quality assurance, and issue resolution, ensuring seamless workflow among translators and internal teams. Analyze localization workflows, identifying opportunities for process improvement and efficiency gains. Communicate effectively in English, using phone, email, and digital collaboration tools within a global environment. Leverage and expand knowledge of localization technologies, including CAT tools, HTML/XML, and automation solutions. Maintain accurate documentation, generating reports to track progress and ensure operational transparency.

Skills & Experience

Excellent coordination and organizational skills, ensuring efficiency in workflow management. Ability to think critically and improvise when solving problems. Proactive approach with strong communication and collaboration skills. High school diploma or equivalent experience; a university degree is beneficial but not required. Basic knowledge of HTML/XML, with opportunities to further develop technical expertise. Familiarity with Windows and Microsoft Office; advanced Excel skills are a plus. Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, with multilingual proficiency as a bonus. Attention to detail, recognizing how small errors can significantly impact outcomes. Team-oriented mindset, fostering a supportive and collaborative environment. Prior experience in localization or related fields is beneficial, but candidates with transferable skills are encouraged to apply.

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.



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 well Deliver together as

One RWS

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