Associate/Project Manager, Language Services

at  Thermo Fisher Scientific

JOB DESCRIPTION

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.
Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need.

JOB KNOWLEDGE:

Developing professional expertise, applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in translations, linguistics or language studies with significant translation studies from a recognized institution or higher education OR Bachelor’s degree in another field and 2 years of translation experience (preferred in clinical translation)
• If no Bachelor’s degree, 5 years of translation experience (preferred in clinical translation).
• Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years).
• In some cases an equivalency, consisting of a combination of appropriate education, training and/or directly related experience, will be considered sufficient for an individual to meet the requirements of the role.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• 2 years proven translation experience, preferred in clinical translation
• CAT/TMS tool experience required
• Proven Terminology and TM experience required
• Proven skills of multi-tasking, time management, organization, and attention to detail
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Proficiency in MS Office suite
  Management Role: No management responsibility

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequently stationary for 6-8 hours per day.
• Repetitive hand movement of both hands with the ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.
• Frequent mobility required.
• Occasional crouching, stooping, bending and twisting of upper body and neck.
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying (or otherwise moves) objects including luggage and laptop computer with a maximum lift of 15-20 lbs.
• Ability to access and use a variety of computer software developed both in-house and off-the-shelf.
• Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand; with the ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Frequently interacts with others to obtain or relate information to diverse groups.
• Works independently with little guidance or reliance on oral or written instructions and plans work schedules to meet goals. Requires multiple periods of intense concentration.
• Performs a wide range of variable tasks as dictated by variable demands and changing conditions with little predictability as to the occurrence. Ability to perform under stress. Ability to multi-task.
• Regular and consistent attendance.

Coordinates and manages the final quality of assigned translations to ensure a high quality standard. Manages language assets, e.g. translation memories, terminology and style guides.
This is a fully remote position for those located in North America (USA and Canada)

Essential Functions

• Performs translation tasks including initial translation, revision and quality checks.
• Develops and maintains terminology for assigned languages.
• Ensures translation memories is updated for assigned languages.
• Sets and executes linguistic quality assurance process for assigned languages, and globally as required.
• Uses established tools to monitor quality of outsourced language translations.
• Analyzes language quality issues and works on improvement plan with project management.
• Works on assigned projects by the Language Services department.