(Senior) Translation Project Manager (Homebased)

About the Role ICON plc is 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 homebased role partners with Medical Writing teams, stakeholders and translation vendors to ensure high-quality, compliant and timely translations while driving AI-enabled translation technologies. What You'll Do

• 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, 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. What We're Looking For
• 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. Compensation & Benefits
• Various annual leave entitlements.
• Health insurance offerings to suit you and your family's needs.
• Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
• Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of professionals for well-being support.
• Life assurance.
• Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
• Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.

ICON is committed to inclusion and belonging. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. If you need accommodations for any part of the application process, please let us know.