Position: Translation Project Manager
Location: Mumbai, India
About LRN:
LRN is the world’s leading dedicated ethics and compliance SaaS company, helping more than 30 million people every year navigate complex regional and global regulatory environments and build ethical, responsible cultures. With over 3,000 clients across the US, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America—including some of the world’s most respected and successful brands—we’re proud to be the long-term partner trusted to reduce organizational risk and drive principled performance.
Named one of Inc Magazine’s 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies, LRN is redefining how organizations turn values into action. Our state-of-the-art platform combines intuitive design, mobile accessibility, robust analytics, and industry benchmarking—enabling organizations to create, manage, deliver, and audit ethics and compliance programs with confidence. Backed by a unique blend of technology, education, and expert advisement, LRN helps companies turn their values into real-world behaviors and leadership practices that deliver lasting competitive advantage.
About the role:
LRN is seeking a Senior Translations Project Manager to join our global Translations Team, responsible for the management of all Ethics and Compliance library updates, educating the wider Project Management group regarding translation process and contributing to the overall strategy and approach to Localization. You will collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams in order to deliver translated courses on time, within budget and exceptional quality. We are seeking a professional who has 7 years’ experience working in the Localization industry, specifically with a TMS background and a min. of 5 years’ in a project management role. Coaching of more junior colleagues and experience as a Team Lead would be beneficial, as is a passion for managing people and projects. The successful applicant will have a keen interest in eLearning and is focused and commercially astute.
What you'll do:
- Own end-to-end project delivery for multiple complex localization projects.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to understand objectives, requirements, and opportunities for process improvements.
- Drive project plans, schedules, budgets, and scope while ensuring solid approach and maximum efficiency and timely delivery.
- Conduct Risk and Issue analysis and adhere to a robust governance structure to ensure appropriate project status and stakeholder management in the project and program management tool.
- Prepare and continuously update detailed project work plans with resourcing, localization timelines, and language deliverables.
- Monitor project progress and initiate corrective action plans when necessary.
- Oversee QA workflows for translation and localization, ensuring quality standards are met in all target languages.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure quality, consistency, and cultural relevance.
- Ensure compliance with translation memory (TM), CAT tool standards, and terminology management.
- Set and lead on agenda items for quarterly business reviews with localization vendors.
- Lead internal translation teams in assigning tasks, reviewing deliverables, and optimizing workflows.
- Mentor junior project managers and contribute to training and onboarding of new team members.
- Engage with translation management system provider to overcome process or system challenges, optimizing the localization journey for quality, cost and time efficiencies.
- Engage with sales and account managers to align client expectations with delivery capabilities.
- Provide regular status reports to all internal stakeholders.
- Manage KPIs, dashboards, and performance reporting in tools like Mavenlink or similar PM platforms.
- Generate reporting from translation management system dashboards and present findings to LRN senior leadership
What we're looking for:
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in the localization industry with min. 5 years in a project management role.
- Proven experience managing multilingual content delivery and working with CAT tools and TMS platforms.
- Proven experience of working with machine and human translations.
- Strong stakeholder and team leadership capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, drive process improvements, and exceed revenue targets.
- Familiarity with project management software (e.g., Mavenlink, Jira, or similar).
- Excellent English communication skills (spoken and written).
- Ability to manage multiple large-scale projects simultaneously with minimal supervision.
- Highly organized, self-motivated, and solution-oriented.
- Excellent medical benefits, including family plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO) plus India public holidays
- Competitive salary
- Combined Onsite and Remote Work
LRN is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
