Taiwan- (Senior) Translation Project Manager-Homebased
ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development.
We are seeking an experienced (Senior) Translation Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of clinical document translations in a highly regulated global environment. 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.
What You Will Do:
You will manage day-to-day project and programme management activities, supporting your team to deliver quality outcomes.
Key responsibilities include:
- 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.
Your Profile:
You will have solid project management experience, with the ability to manage competing priorities and develop your team.
Required qualifications and experience:
- 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.
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