Senior Translation Project Manager

About the role

ICON, a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation, is looking for an experienced Senior Translation Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination and delivery of clinical document translations in a highly regulated global environment. The role works closely with Medical Writing teams, business stakeholders and translation service providers, and drives innovation through AI-enabled translation technologies.

Key responsibilities

• Lead clinical document translations with high quality and on time, acting as the main point of contact for medical writers, requestors and translation vendors.
• Coordinate planning, collection and follow-up of translation requirements, and ensure compliance with deadlines, budgets and quality controls.
• Manage translation vendors and contribute to improving Takeda's translation tools, including its AI-enabled translation platform.
• Analyse AI-generated outputs, give feedback to developers and IT teams, and coordinate SME reviews of post-AI translated documents before finalisation.
• Provide project management support to clinical teams, including resource and budget planning and quality control.

Required profile

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in clinical/regulatory document translation and/or bilingual quality control, and 2 years of translation project management in a complex, regulated, multicultural environment.
• Experience managing vendors, using translation tools and planning, allocating and monitoring translation activities.
• Familiarity with protocols, Investigator's Brochures, Clinical Study Reports and CTD summaries, with terminology consistency across versions.
• Strong project management, data protection and controlled document management knowledge; budget planning experience is highly desirable.
• Business-level spoken Mandarin and written Simplified Chinese, and spoken and written English.
• Legal right to work in the country where the role is based.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Office, especially Word formatting (styles, templates, Track Changes, cross-referencing).
• CAT tools, QA tools, translation memory and terminology databases, and AI-enabled translation platforms.
• Ability to develop post-editing strategies aligned with document risk and regulatory requirements.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary and performance-related incentives.
• Health, dental and vision coverage where applicable, retirement and pension plans, life assurance and disability coverage.
• Employee assistance programmes and learning and development opportunities.