Qls Project Coordinator, Life Sciences

**Position Overview**:
Reporting to the Senior Manager of Life Sciences, and as an integral part of Questel’s Language Solutions Team, this role is responsible for providing support and helping manage the full project lifecycle for projects. Working with the Project Manager, the Project Coordinator works to understand client business objectives and spearheads planning and execution internally to ensure Questel services are delivered on time and exceed client requirements.

**Principal Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Assist the Operations team with launching new projects
- Work collaboratively across multiple teams to communicate and manage expectations during the project lifecycle, including client specifications and any rush requests
- Preprocess files before delivery to translator to ensure complete, organized files are sent
- Conduct post-production quality assurance checks, and clearly communicate any issues to the project manager
- Source translation teams, administer tasks, and monitor progress on behalf of the project manager
- Prepare final delivery packages
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date project records
- Support Operations team with other tasks, as needed (i.e. importing/exporting files)
- Coordinate with vendors to ensure all projects have been accepted
- Communicate to the project manager any issues that might impact Questel’s relationship with clients
- Responsible to ensure the profitability of projects and to meet monthly revenue goals
- Work on special projects and other duties as assigned by management

**Q**ualifications & Skills**:

- _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 function._

**Education and Experience**: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience. In addition, any combination of education, experience and training which provides the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

- Excellent written and oral communication skills, using professional tone and language; tactful and diplomatic with a clear, straightforward, courteous, and cooperative manner when dealing with others
- Detail-oriented, organized, thorough, and accurate, with the ability to work quickly and steadily in a focused manner
- Possesses initiative, persistence, ability to problem solve, and enthusiasm for learning
- Strong ability to multitask, prioritize, and work independently with mínimal supervision
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making abilities, and creative thinking to readily offer client solutions
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
- Skilled at working effectively with cross-functional teams
- Foreign language proficiency a plus

**Supervision Received**:
Supervision is provided by the Senior Manager, Life Sciences

**Supervision **Exercised**:
No direct reports

**Physical/Sensory/Mental Demands**:

- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions._
- Consistently operating a computer and other office productivity machinery
- Remembering names and details
- Maintains confidentiality of all information that is or will be confidential and proprietary to Questel or Questel’s clients

**Additional Requirements**:
Verification of identity and employment authorization

**Disclaimer**
- Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice._

**Questel**

Equal Employment Opportunity - All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other factors prohibited by law.