# Project Manager, PCS, China

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

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## Description

ICON is a global healthcare intelligence and clinical research organisation united by a mission to bring new medicines and treatments to patients faster.

As a Project Manager in ICON's Language Services department, you will manage end-to-end translation and localization projects for life sciences clients, ensuring delivery to scope, timeline, budget, quality, and regulatory expectations.

**Responsibilities**

- Manage the full lifecycle of Language Services projects from initiation through delivery and post-project review.

- Define project scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and client expectations.

- Serve as the main point of contact for clients and internal stakeholders, managing communications, issues, and escalations.

- Coordinate cross-functional teams and external language resources to ensure smooth project delivery.

- Monitor project performance against scope, budget, quality, and timeline requirements, taking corrective action as needed.

- Manage project financials, including budget tracking, forecasting, invoicing support, and profitability monitoring.

- Identify risks, scope changes, and operational challenges early and implement mitigation plans.

- Support quality management activities, including investigations, CAPA support, RCA/5 Whys, and process improvement initiatives.

- Contribute to technology, automation, and workflow improvement initiatives that enhance efficiency, quality, and scalability.

- Mentor Associate Project Managers and junior team members, sharing project management best practices.

- Perform other duties as assigned.

**Your Profile**

- Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences, Languages, Translation, Healthcare, Business, or a related discipline.

- 3+ years of project management experience in translation, localization, language services, or clinical research.

- Experience managing life sciences translation projects, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, or clinical research content.

- Strong project planning, financial management, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.

- Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

- Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and external vendors.

- Experience supporting quality investigations, CAPA activities, and process improvement initiatives.

- Proficiency in CAT tools, translation management systems, project management software, and Microsoft Office applications.

- Native, professional, or advanced proficiency in Simplified Chinese, with fluent English communication skills.

- PMP certification preferred.

- Commitment to quality, compliance, and customer service.

- Willingness to travel occasionally, approximately 10%, when required.

**Rewards & 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
- localization
- life sciences
- CAT tools
- translation management systems
- project management software
- Microsoft Office applications
- Simplified Chinese
- English
- Chinese

### Nice to have
- PMP certification

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