# COA/eCOA PM&APM

**Company**: ICON
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Language Services
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

ICON Language Services is seeking a COA/eCOA Project Manager/Associate Project Manager to strengthen services in Japan.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in project & client management, technical expertise in TMS & CAT tools, and experience in translation and localization.

**Responsibilities:**

- Manage translation projects for clients, from initial communication to final delivery

- Coordinate with internal and external translators, progress management, quality control, and final delivery

- Develop detailed project plans, budgets, and schedules, while monitoring progress to ensure successful COA project outcomes

- Facilitate communication and stakeholder engagement to promote collaboration and address project-related challenges

- Select and assign translators and reviewers according to project requirements

- Conduct final checks of deliverables and coordinate delivery to clients

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor's degree in life science, linguistic project management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred

- PM position: +5 years of experience in COA/translation/localization project management at a translation company or in a corporate translation department

- APM position: +2 years of experience in COA/translation/localization project management at a translation company or in a corporate translation department

- Business level Japanese and English proficiency

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

- Strong leadership skills and the ability to effectively manage cross-functional teams in a matrix environment

- Strong organizational, planning and time management skills with a focus on achieving project goals and timelines, with high quality standards

- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, facilitating collaboration with diverse teams and stakeholders

- A commitment to maintaining high standards of quality and compliance in all project-related activities

- Strong technical skills, familiarity with translation management systems and CAT tools

- Quality oriented and problem-solving abilities

**Benefits:**

- Competitive base salary and performance related incentives

- Health and wellbeing programmes including medical, dental, and vision coverage where applicable

- Retirement and pension plans

- Life assurance and disability coverage

- Employee assistance programmes and wellbeing resources

- Learning and development opportunities through structured training and career pathways

## Skills

### Required
- Project Management
- Translation Management Systems
- CAT tools
- Japanese
- English
- Microsoft Office

### Nice to have
- COA/eCOA
- clinical trials
- medical devices
- pharmaceutical industry
- global project management
- team management

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