Senior Translation Project Manager

ICON plc

Senior Translation Project Manager leading clinical document translations at global healthcare organization. Collaborating with teams to ensure quality outcomes while utilizing AI-enabled translation technologies.

Posted 7/7/2026full-timeRemote • 🇹🇼 TaiwanSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Manage day-to-day project and programme management activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes
Lead end-to-end management of clinical document translation projects, ensuring quality, compliance, budget adherence, and on-time delivery
Serve as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders, medical writers, subject matter experts (SMEs), and external translation vendors
Coordinate translation requirements, project planning, resource allocation, and execution from project initiation through completion
Monitor translation timelines, budgets, quality metrics, and regulatory compliance requirements across multiple concurrent projects
Provide expert project management support to clinical teams, including risk assessment, scope management, and vendor oversight
Drive the implementation, optimization, and governance of AI-enabled translation platforms and translation management tools
Review, evaluate, and continuously improve AI-generated translation outputs, collaborating with technology and development teams to enhance performance and efficiency.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy, Life Sciences, or a related scientific discipline
Minimum 5 years of relevant experience, including at least 3 years in clinical/regulatory document translation or bilingual quality control and 2 years in translation project management
Strong knowledge of clinical and regulatory documentation, including Protocols, Investigator’s Brochures (IB), Clinical Study Reports (CSR), and CTD clinical summaries
Demonstrated expertise in project planning, scheduling, risk management, budget management, and vendor management within a regulated environment
Hands-on experience with CAT tools, translation memory (TM), terminology management, QA tools, and AI-enabled translation platforms
Strong understanding of data protection, document control practices, compliance requirements, and translation quality standards
Business-level proficiency in Mandarin Chinese and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills
Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities while collaborating effectively across global, multicultural teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive base salary and performance related incentives
Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable
Retirement and pension plans
Life assurance and disability coverage
Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources
Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

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Hard Skills & Tools

Project ManagementRisk ManagementBudget ManagementVendor ManagementClinical Documentation KnowledgeTranslation Quality AssuranceTranslation Memory (TM)Terminology ManagementCompliance RequirementsData Protection Practices

Soft Skills

Detail-OrientedHighly OrganizedEffective CollaborationExcellent Communication Skills