Localization Project Manager, Life Sciences (East Coast)
LiltAbout the role
About LILT
AI is changing how the world communicates — and LILT is leading that transformation.
We're on a mission to make the world's information accessible to everyone, regardless of the language they speak. We use cutting-edge AI, machine translation, and human-in-the-loop expertise to translate content faster, more accurately, and more cost-effectively without compromising on brand, voice, or quality.
At LILT, we empower our teammates with leading tools, global collaboration, and growth opportunities to do their best work. Our company virtues—Work together, win together; Find a way or make one; Quicker than they expect; Quality is Job 1—guide everything we do. We are trusted by Intel Corporation, Canva, the United States Department of Defense, the United States Air Force, ASICS, and hundreds of global Enterprises. Backed by Sequoia, Intel Capital, and Redpoint, we’re building a category-defining company in a $50B+ global translation market being redefined by AI.
The Production Team at LILT:
LILT’s Production Team is a global workforce, operating across four continents. We are passionate about localization and making information accessible to all. The Team spans project management, program management, quality, and talent management, working with some of the world’s largest organizations.
Working in LILT’s Production Team you will have access to leading tools, collaborative teammates, and opportunities to make a real impact.
What You’ll Do:
The Project Manager, Production ensures successful production execution across a portfolio of Life Science accounts. This role is a fundamental component of the production life cycle, ensuring projects are delivered on-time, on budget and to accepted quality standards. The Project Manager, Production will have customer facing production duties as well as internal responsibility to delegate project coordination and administrative work to teams of Production Coordinators.
Key Responsibilities:
Able to complete project management tasks autonomously
Responsible for maintaining resources, core teams and pipeline to support project management work
Responsiveness to internal and external comms within pre-defined SLAs
Risk analysis to identify risks, potential issues, plan to and mitigate them
Able to define and delegate admin work to PCs Interns
Able to take responsibility for end to end project deliverables in accordance with SLAs
Effectively balances and manages priorities across a variety of task types and customers
Establishes deadlines /ensures deadlines are feasible and completes tasks by said deadlines
Escalates issues or problems to manager in an effective manner, along with proposed solutions
Asks pertinent questions to ensure full comprehension of the task in hand; Strictly follows Production SOPs and best practices. Responsible for CM, Quality and OTD KPIs.
Manage the end to end project management workflow
Ensure all projects are delivered on time as per customer SLA
Manage quality at project level - including Review, Verification, QA, LQE
Responds quickly and efficiently to internal and external stakeholders
Ensure all system admin, including data entry, is accurate
Process and approves invoicing and payments
Perform file analysis and engages with Solutions team for support on file types
Creates and monitors linguistic assets (TM, Style Guides, reference material)
Demonstrates a deep understanding of all production workflows and processes related to their accounts
Utilize systems and tools released by Production Enablement
Train supporting resources on key production processes and methodology
Develop and maintain process documentation related to their task load and the tasks delegated to other resources.
Consistently follow correct protocols for tasks and accounts.
Monitor and enforce adherence to correct production procedures
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