Localization Project Manager

Who We Are

TransPerfect provides managed localization services to global technology companies. This contractor role supports TransPerfect-led Japanese localization initiatives across multilingual digital products, ensuring linguistic quality and cultural accuracy within established localization workflows.

Responsibilities

• Support the Localization Project Manager with all production phases of incoming translation requests from teams.
• Coordinate all localization activities, including translation, editing, proofreading, and quality assurance.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all localization-related inquiries and issues, both internally and externally.
• Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to establish project timelines and deliverables.
• Manage localization resources, including translators, editors, and company engineers, to optimize efficiency and quality.
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders to provide updates on project status, address concerns, and gather feedback.
• Identify and mitigate potential risks and challenges that may impact the localization process or timeline.
• Monitor project progress and performance metrics to ensure adherence to established goals and standards.
• Implement continuous improvement initiatives to streamline processes and enhance localization efficiency and quality.
• Manage incoming translation requests in Jira, collect reference materials and visual context, and assign work to translators.
• Be aware of strings internationalization best practices and flag potential internationalization issues found in strings to the engineering team.
• Upload requests into the Smartling platform, set due dates for vendors, and deliver completed extracted translations to engineering teams.
• Research and answer translators’ queries about source content to ensure accuracy (use internal resources and interface with writers, product, and engineering teams as needed).
• Ensure adherence to established terminology and style guides.