Translations Project Manager I

Responsibilities

The Translations Project Manager will lead translation and localization activities for clinical systems, coordinating with vendors, study teams, and clients. They are responsible for managing project plans, budgets, and timelines while ensuring high-quality deliverables and regulatory compliance.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field and possess 2 to 3 years of project management experience. Experience in clinical research, life sciences, or localization environments is highly preferred, along with strong communication and organizational skills.

Skills

• Project management
• Translation management
• Localization
• Clinical research
• Stakeholder management
• Vendor management
• Budget management
• Proofreading
• Quality control
• Linguistic validation
• Technical troubleshooting
• Communication
• Problem-solving
• Documentation
• Regulatory compliance

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Incentives
• Provident fund
• Medical insurance
• Engaging employee programs
• Local events
• Modern office spaces
• Remote work flexibility

About this role

Join Clario, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific and help ensure our clinical trial technologies can be deployed accurately and effectively across studies around the world. As a Translations Project Manager, you will lead translation and localization activities for clinical systems, coordinating linguistic validation, vendors, study teams, and client requirements from initiation through delivery. This highly collaborative, client-facing role is ideal for someone who combines project management expertise with exceptional attention to detail and a passion for quality in global clinical research.

What We Offer

Competitive pay and incentives.
Provident fund and medical insurance.
Engaging employee programs and local events.
Modern office spaces and remote work flexibility.

What You’ll Be Doing

Own translation and localization activities across assigned clinical studies, coordinating deliverables with internal teams, clients, CROs, and external vendors.
Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, documentation, and translation-related deliverables throughout the study lifecycle.
Lead screenshot development and proofreading activities, applying rigorous quality control to translated study content.
Manage translation vendors, project budgets, deliverables, and timelines, escalating risks and issues where appropriate.
Partner with project teams and clients to establish translation strategies aligned with study requirements and implementation timelines.
Facilitate client-facing meetings and communications related to translations, localization requirements, and study delivery.
Provide subject matter guidance on linguistic validation, Ethics Committee and Institutional Review Board submission strategies, and copyright-holder requirements.
Coordinate translation requirements across multiple languages, markets, and study stakeholders.
Troubleshoot technical issues affecting translation builds and collaborate with technical teams to drive resolution.
Train and support translation vendors on technical files, processes, and study-specific requirements.
Maintain complete, accurate, and organized project documentation to support quality and compliance requirements.
Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks that could affect quality, budget, scope, or delivery timelines.
Support continuous improvement initiatives focused on translation quality, workflow efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
Share knowledge, established practices, and project experience with new and developing team members.

What We Look For

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Languages, Translation, Business, Clinical Research, or a related discipline.
Minimum 2 to 3 years of project management or closely related experience.
Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders, vendors, deliverables, budgets, and timelines.
Experience within clinical research, life sciences, localization, translations, healthcare technology, or another regulated environment preferred.
Familiarity with linguistic validation and translation workflows is highly desirable.
Understanding of software development or technology implementation processes is advantageous.
Strong proofreading and quality review capabilities with exceptional attention to detail.
Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
Strong client-facing communication and stakeholder management skills.
Demonstrated problem-solving ability with sound judgment regarding risks and escalation.
Ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional and global teams.
Professional fluency in English.

At Clario, a part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, our purpose is to transform lives by unlocking better evidence. It’s a cause that unites and inspires us. It’s why we come to work and how we empower our people to make a positive impact every day. Whether you're advancing clinical science, building innovative technology, or supporting our global teams, your work helps bring life-changing therapies to patients faster.

About Clario

Biotechnology Research · 1,001-5,000 employees · headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania