What are the responsibilities and job description for the Junior Project manager - (4762) position at RWS?
Job ID | 2023-1411 | # of Openings | 1 |
Manages projects delivery in line with client agreement - on time, in the required quality, within budget and with appropriate client treatment and responsiveness.
About Enterprise Internationalization Group (EIG)
The Enterprise Internationalization Group (EIG) enables customers to reach their markets in any language and scale. We provide a wealth of services including localization, data services, testing, video, consulting and much more.
Our global team of localization and technical experts work closely with customers building lasting partnerships that help make their products and services reach and resonate with their end users.
It is a fast-paced and exciting business with many opportunities to work on state-of-the-art products and services for some of the world's most innovative businesses.
- Completes project risk analysis and defines mitigation actions of the risks identified.
- Creates (prepares internal version) of project plans and schedules based on client-specific requirements. Applies appropriate contingencies in planning and resourcing.
- Allocates required project resources (people, tools, hardware, software, partners etc.).
- Creates and controls project budgets, does cost tracking, issues Purchase Orders and Invoices, approves work reports.
- In line with project plans: organizes, assigns, measures and monitors work of his/her project team members. Ensures team's compliance with standards, practices and policies.
- Ensures quality and timelines of team's deliveries, plus team's responsiveness and professional treatment of both external end internal clients.
- Updates, prepares regular reports and provides feedback to client, superior and peers about progress/forecast of project team's work, status of agreed KPIs (OTD, QD, works reports etc.), escalation of issues, support needed from management, others (Sales forecast, Work in Progress, vacation etc.)
- Organizes and leads project/client/partner meetings and calls (e.g. kick-offs, weekly, ad-hoc issue-solving, post mortems), records and distributes meeting minutes and monitors delivery of agreed action items.
- Solves issues or disagreements (system or product), identifies causes and sets corrective/preventive action.
- Maximizes utilization of his/her subordinates. Prepares alternative work for periods without projects - internal work on unit development, billable work for other teams and units.
- Ensures that specific knowledge is recorded and shared by his/her team across the company.
- Actively participates on Unit (corporate) management (meetings) - provides data, informs, proposes innovations, provides constructive feedback.
- Regularly follows industry news and trends. Improves his/her knowledge through active participation on trainings and self-trainings.
- Regularly monitors clients' satisfaction with his/her team's results and takes improvement actions.
- Bachelors degree
- 2 years on Lead position or relevant management experience on other position(s)
- 2 years managing or coordinating a team of 2 - 3 people.
- English 6 Upper-Intermediate - both spoken and written.
- Advanced user skills of Microsoft Office
- Leadership and Management
- Focus on Business
- Focus on Solution and Effectiveness
- Communication and Collaboration
- Openness to Change
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
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