Localization Project Manager
Ubisoft
- Montreal, QC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- With your colleagues, ensure the proper management of translation requests throughout the process (coordination with internal teams, file preparation, creation of quotes, direct contact with internal teams to retrieve documents).
- Monitor questions and issue resolutions.
- Control compliance with schedules and expected quality (compliance with guidelines and technical constraints).
- Implement necessary quality control models and adhere to publishing guidelines.
- In coordination with your manager and Ubisoft clients, ensure compliance with internal and external processes.
- Closely monitor our pool of vendors on communication, localization quality, reactivity, and guidelines follow-up.
- Communicate your report to your manager on a regular basis.
- Propose process adaptations in a continuous improvement approach for maximum efficiency and quality, depending on tool and/or market evolution.
- Update standard processes related to terminological glossaries and style guides.
- Closely monitor and maintain daily status reports of projects, attend weekly Round Table meetings to update group on project status.
- Monitor the costs of your projects.
- With your manager’s help, follow-up financial questions with the vendors if any.
- Create POs and control vendor’s invoices monthly.
- Maintain tool to track quality issues related to localized assets. Make recommendations for process and tool improvements based on this information.
- Research new localization tools (CAT, PSD scripts, plug-ins).
- Explore possibilities in terms of machine translation and neuronal translation.
- Professional experience in localization and project management.
- Bilingualism (English/French) is required in this role given the nature of the position and due to daily interactions with colleagues and external partners outside Quebec who are English-speaking
- Meticulous and organized, you know how to work within a team and coordinate several projects at once by managing priorities.
- High flexibility and adaptability to new situations.
- Have a proactive attitude, able to identify issues and provide solutions.
- Comfortable with IT tools (Excel, PowerPoint), project management tools (JIRA) and translation software (MemoQ, SDL).