Job Description

Important: SLT is looking for experienced Localization PMs who are keen to work as consultants on **6 months contract**. We are interested in working with localization professionals who thrive in a environment which allows them to work on global projects in EST time Zone. This position has flexible working hours however, there will be an overlap with the PST timezone since the client is based in the US.
DESCRIPTION Are you looking for a role on a team of fun, creative, and passionate people who love their jobs and enjoy the freedom to innovate in the workplace? Summa Linguae Technologies is a language and technology company that provides localization and data solutions. We help global companies make their products and services available in more languages, countries, and cultures across the globe. We have a diverse team of over 250 full-time team members working remotely or from one of our seven global locations—Canada, the USA, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, India, and our company headquarters in Poland.
The Role: In the role of Localization Project Manager, you will work closely with the client facing account manager to delivery localization projects. You will be working with the Localization team, handling localization and translation projects for a major technology company client.
You will get to:

• Manage localization projects from beginning to end, working closely with language specialists, localization engineers, terminologists, product management and development, internal business partners, external vendors, and other departments.
• Scoping, dealing with linguists, dealing with quality, finances, querying and understanding scope, handling problems.
• Ensure project deliveries meet deadlines, are on budget, and meet release quality criteria.
• Follow analysis of client-specific localization software application requirements.
• Assign, monitor, and measure project team members’ work.

• 3 years of project management experience, preferably in the localization industry.
• Experience in multilingual translation, eLearning, multimedia projects.
• Excellent communicator in written and spoken English
• Proficient in translation memory tools (Trados, MemoQ, Memsource, )
• Experience with Globalization Management Systems, such as SDL TMS , using various ticketing systems that localization companies use eg JIRA

• Bachelor's Degree in localization, business, or linguistics
• In-depth knowledge of internationalization and localization
• Fluency in a non-English language
• Advanced Excel skills (formulas, pivot tables, macros, lookup tables, etc.)

• Comfortable working as part of remote, multi-language, multicultural team located globally.
• Quality-focused – You have high standards for yourself and your teammates.
• Process-focused – You’re able to focus on process improvements by documenting best practices.
  
• Interested in working on full time contract.