Localization Lead

Job title and ID Localization Lead - 4170
**Location **Medellín, Colombia

**About RWS**:
RWS Holdings plc is the world’s leading provider of technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property services. We help our customers to connect with and bring new ideas to people globally by communicating business critical content at scale and enabling the protection and realization of their innovations.

Our vision is to help organizations interact effectively with people anywhere in the world by solving their language, content and market access challenges through our collective global intelligence, deep expertise and smart technology.

Customers include 90 of the globe’s top 100 brands, the top 10 pharmaceutical companies and 18 of the top 20 patent filers worldwide. Our client base spans Europe, Asia Pacific, and North and South America across the technology, pharmaceutical, medical, legal, chemical, automotive, government and telecommunications sectors, which we serve from offices across five continents.

Founded in 1958, RWS is headquartered in the UK and publicly listed on AIM, the London Stock Exchange regulated market (RWS.L).

**RWS Language & Content Technology division**:
Offering the latest innovations in language and content management technology to help enterprises engage with global audiences - across any device. Our language technology enables enterprises to automate and manage the entire content lifecycle. And our web content and structured content management technology supports the creation, translation and delivery of global content at scale - in ways that are efficient, secure and compliant. The combination of our language and content technology - enhanced with state-of-the art Machine Learning - offers the capability to manage the ‘end-to-end’ translation supply chain.

**About The Role**:
Leads the technical part of localization projects, performs and coordinates the engineering work, coordinates the deliveries from the suppliers.

**Responsibilities**:

- Cooperates with the Project Manager on the technical preparation of the project, its execution and final evaluation.
- Coordinates and performs project engineering tasks.
- Assures the engineering work is being performed correctly, according to the project instructions, per deadlines and quality requirements.
- Analyses and tracks project tasks and deliverables.
- Coordinates the deliveries from the suppliers and monitors their status.
- Participates in the implementation of new tools, their testing and evaluation.
- Communicates with project team, support departments, partners and suppliers under the supervision of Project Manager or Localization Lead/ Localization Lead Senior.
- Modify existing documentation or create small articles.
- Performs final quality checks before delivery to the client.

**Requirements**:

- Previous working experience as Localization Engineer / Translator of 2 years is preferred.
- English: Advance.
- Advanced knowledge of file formats and file management.
- Knowledge of localization tools and processes.
- Basic programming skills (scripts) is an advantage.
- Communication and Collaboration.
- Focus on quality.
- Individual Responsibility.
- Proactivity and Involvement.
- Willingness and ability to learn.
- Reliable, well organized, focused on details.
- Team player.

**Benefits**:

- Infinite training, professional development and personal growth opportunities.
- The rare opportunity to impact how organizations communicate _globally_. There’s a reason we work with 90 of the top 100 brands.
- Smart, engaged co-workers, a culture of diversity, innovation and opportunity.
- Great work life balance
**Life at RWS - **We work hard together to deliver for our customers; our expertise, professionalism and determination to never let others down drives us to be passionate and serious about what we do, deliver customer value, yet always adding a human touch.

As a company focused on connecting people through language, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our company culture. RWS is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we are committed in ensuring that all employees work in an environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination and one that actively promotes teamwork, diversity and trust. All employees have a right to be treated with respect and dignity. RWS operate in a manner for the inclusion of all - any form of discrimination is expressly prohibited. Employees are selected and promoted on merit alone and no other factors whether race, gender, age, religion, marital status, gender identity or disability are taken into consideration.

We are proud to work in a company where all can succeed and grow their career and while RWS operates in accordance with all local employment laws, if local law enables any form of discrimination this is against RWS company policy and we will adhere to the highest standard.

**RWS embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunity, we are an