Translation Project Manager

About the role

You have experience in Translation Project Management and will join the marketing team at Anton Paar, a world‑leading manufacturer of precision measuring instruments. The role focuses on managing international translation and localization projects, optimizing global translation processes and implementing AI‑supported technologies to increase efficiency, quality and scalability.

Key responsibilities

• Manage multiple international translation and localization projects, ensuring efficient, timely, and high‑quality delivery.
• Continuously optimize translation processes by leveraging new technologies, automation, and AI‑based tools.
• Develop scalable AI‑supported translation and localization solutions for growing international complexity.
• Coordinate translators, reviewers, agencies, and internal stakeholders across international teams.
• Collaborate closely with Marketing, Product Management, Technical Documentation and other functions.
• Manage terminology, glossaries and translation memories to ensure quality and consistency.
• Administer and configure the current translation management software, including user management.
• Identify process gaps, propose optimisations and drive their implementation.
• Evaluate, test and introduce new AI‑supported translation and localization solutions.
• Define and monitor KPIs to improve translation quality, turnaround time, automation rate and cost efficiency.

Required profile

• University degree in translation studies, language technology, computational linguistics, AI or a comparable field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 1–3 years of relevant experience in translation, language technology or localisation project management.
• Strong project‑management, coordination and prioritisation skills with the ability to handle multiple projects.
• Analytical and process‑design skills with a passion for improving complex workflows.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross‑functional role, collaborating with internal stakeholders, agencies and service providers.
• English and German at C1 level; additional languages are an advantage.

Required skills

• Experience with TMS software, terminology management, translation memories, localisation QA and multilingual publishing processes.
• Practical experience with AI‑supported translation technologies, Large Language Models (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini), prompt engineering and workflow automation.
• Knowledge of SCHEMA ST4, Adobe FrameMaker and project‑management tools (advantage).
• Very good MS Office skills.

What we offer

• Fair and market‑aligned salary based on the collective agreement for employees in the metal trade, adjusted to the Styrian labour market.
• Minimum gross monthly salary of €3,500 for full‑time employment, with potential for higher pay based on qualifications.