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This role will partner closely with Medical Writing teams, business stakeholders, and translation service providers to ensure high-quality, compliant, and timely translations while driving innovation through AI-enabled translation technologies.\nWhat You Will Do:\nThe Senior Translation Project Manager (TPM) serve as the lead for clinical document translations, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery.\nStreamline the translation process to achieve consistent quality, faster delivery, and cost-effectiveness.\nCollaborate with stakeholders to enhance processes and manage translation vendors for optimal performance.\nCultivate strong relationships with stakeholders and stay abreast of industry trends to drive continuous improvement.\nLead and coordinate clinical document translations in-line with Takeda standards, ensuring adherence to regulatory guidelines and priorities, with a primary focus on documents delivered from medical writing.\nAct as the point of contact between internal/external stakeholders, including medical writers, other requestors of clinical document translations, and translation service providers.\nCoordinate the planning, collection, and follow-up of translation requirements in close collaboration with all stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and seamless translation processes from planning to closing.\nEnsure compliance with translation deadlines, budget constraints, and quality controls based on company/regulatory norms.\nProvide project management support and expertise to Takeda clinical teams in translation, including gathering requirements, planning resources and budget, coordinating translation tasks, and ensuring quality control.\nContribute to the implementation and improvement of Takeda's translation tools, including the implementation and management of Takeda's AI enabled translation platform, ensuring it meets the needs of clinical document translation. Collaborate with IT and other departments to\nThoroughly analyze and assess deliverables from the AI translation platform, ensuring exceptional quality and high accuracy of translations, and provide constructive feedback to enhance the AI platform capabilities. Collaborate with AI developers and IT teams to optimize translation algorithms and improve overall platform efficiency.\nCoordinate Subject Matter Expert (SME) review of post-AI translated documents within the AI translation platform to ensure translations meet required quality standards and incorporate expert input. Address and reconcile SME feedback thoroughly, finalize the translation, and confirm the document is accurate and ready for formatting and downstream activities.\nYour Profile:\nYou will have solid project and programme management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.\nRequired qualifications and experience:\nMinimum 3 years of hands-on experience in clinical/regulatory document translation and/or bilingual quality control (QC), along with at least 2 years of translation project management experience within a complex, highly regulated, and multicultural environment. Experience should include managing translation vendors, utilizing translation tools and technologies, and effectively planning, allocating, and monitoring translation activities to ensure adherence to timelines and quality standards.\n\nStrong familiarity with clinical and regulatory document types, including Protocols, Investigator's Brochures (IB), Clinical Study Reports (CSR), and CTD Module 2 Clinical Summaries and Overviews, with demonstrated expertise in maintaining terminology consistency across documents and versions.\n\nProven project management capabilities, including end-to-end project planning, scheduling, scope and change management, risk mitigation, and vendor oversight.\n\nStrong understanding of data protection, compliance, and controlled document management practices, including secure external sharing, audit trail maintenance, traceability, and document governance requirements.\n\nExperience in budget planning and financial management is highly desirable.\n\nDemonstrated ability to embrace innovation and leverage emerging technologies, networks, and tools to enhance translation project efficiency and outcomes.\n\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to develop creative solutions while maintaining the highest standards of quality, compliance, and professional integrity.\n\nExceptional organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent translation projects while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.\n\nProven ability to perform effectively in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments, demonstrating resilience, confidence, and a high degree of independence.\n\nUnwavering commitment to professional ethics, integrity, and confidentiality.\n\nBusiness-level proficiency in Mandarin (spoken), Simplified Chinese (written), and English (spoken and written).\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), including expert-level Word formatting skills such as styles, templates, Track Changes, cross-referencing, automated numbering, and document version comparison.\n\nHands-on experience with Computer-Assisted Translation (CAT) tools, QA tools, translation memory (TM) and terminology database (TB) import/export processes, as well as AI-enabled translation platforms designed to streamline workflows.\n\nWorking knowledge of AI and machine learning applications in translation technologies, including the ability to assess output quality and associated risks, establish appropriate expectations, and contribute to continuous process improvement.\n\nAbility to develop and implement post-editing strategies aligned with document risk classifications, regulatory requirements, and intended use.\n\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and external business partners.\n\nDemonstrates a growth mindset by challenging conventional approaches and encouraging innovative practices to drive continuous improvement.\n\nAbility to work independently while also thriving in diverse, cross-functional, and multicultural team environments.\n\nOpen to feedback and committed to continuous learning and process enhancement.\n\nStrong cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity, enabling effective collaboration across regions and cultures.\n\nProven ability to mentor colleagues, share knowledge, and contribute to the development of translation and project management expertise within the organization.\n\nEmployment with ICON is contingent upon having the legal right to work in the country where the role is based.\nRewards & Benefits\nICON offers a competitive and comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your health, wellbeing, and career development.\nBenefits may include:\nCompetitive base salary and performance related incentives\nHealth and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable\nRetirement and pension plans\nLife assurance and disability coverage\nEmployee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources\nLearning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways\nBenefits may vary depending on role and location.\nVisit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.\nInclusion and Accessibility\nICON is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone feels valued and supported.\nIf you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know or submit a request here.\nAre you a current ICON Employee? 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