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As a trusted global transformation partner, Welocalize accelerates the global business journey by enabling brands and companies to reach, engage, and grow international audiences. Welocalize delivers multilingual content transformation services in translation, localization, and adaptation for over 250 languages with a growing network of over 77,000 in-country linguistic resources. Driving innovation in language services, Welocalize delivers high-quality training data transformation solutions for NLP-enabled machine learning by blending technology and human intelligence to collect, annotate, and evaluate all content types. Our team works across locations in North America, Europe, and Asia serving our global clients in the markets that matter to them. www.welocalize.com
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
About the role
The Project Manager Intern is responsible for assisting with the successful planning, execution, tracking, delivery, and closure of client projects. The Project Manager Intern will help understand client requirements and help engage the global team in the fulfillment of these requirements, crafting client solutions based on the Welocalize Four Pillars of Customer Service, Quality, Innovation, and Global Teamwork.
The ideal candidate is a driven but steady individual, capable of building relationships across the entire project team, with the flexibility and energy to thrive in a dynamic environment.
This internship will work with different departments other than the Project Management Department: IT, Testing, Talent, and Quality. The intern is expected to seek out other departments to expand knowledge and skillsets. Depending on fit and internal need this can lead to full-time work in the Project Management department as well as other departments.
MAIN DUTIES
The following is a non-exhaustive list of responsibilities and areas of ownership of a Project Manager Intern. The below responsibilities will be executed with the help of the Senior Project Manager you will be supporting.
- Assist Project teams with planning, scoping, requirements gathering, and validation with clients.
- Identifying relevant clients and internal stakeholders to plan and resource projects appropriately in terms of quality, cost, and schedule requirements.
- Risk analysis and contingency planning (plan-do-check-act cycle).
- Liaising with the internal and external team to successfully coordinate the delivery of client projects.
- Creating schedule and monitoring timeliness of delivery.
- Assisting with the management of the budget and controlling project costs.
- Establishing and nurturing relationships surrounding your assigned team.
- Planning project activities and ensuring resolution to any problems that may arise (corrective and preventive action).
- Actively seeking ways to optimize delivery, client satisfaction, quality, and profitability.
- Reporting, both in written and verbal form, to internal and external stakeholders regarding Project scope, financials, progress, and status, formally and on an ad-hoc basis as required.
- Ensuring finance systems are kept up to date and accurate.
- Process documentation and knowledge management.
- Ensuring profit of project is maintained through the management of margin.
Education Level
Bachelor’s degree from a college or university in a related field.
Other relevant skills
Knowledge of the translation industry is a plus.
Keen interest in its technology, competitive landscape, and emerging trends.
Energy and a positive attitude with excellent interpersonal skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
Effective presentation skills.
Ability to build and maintain strong client relationships
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a time-sensitive and deadline-driven work environment
Required Skills
Strong ability to multi-task and prioritize
Ability to work with others in a team environment
Strong attention to detail and ability to meet important deadlines
A keen interest in project/account management and business development
Strong organizational skills
Strong communication and writing skills
Familiarity with Microsoft Office applications
Ability to learn new systems and tools