Samar Mohammed Soliman

Project Manager Team LeadFull Time

• Job Details:• Day-to-day line management and mentoring of a team of Junior Project Managers, Project Managers and Senior Project Managers. • Lead the effective recruitment and selection of new hires for the team. • Ensure team and individual compliance of relevant and applicable ISO procedures. • Ensure team and individual adherence to the Quality Management System. • Complete and review robust CAPA plans when issues arise. • Organize the distribution and allocation of translation projects amongst PMs based on project specific requirements. • Act as the primary point of escalation for internal/external clients and manage their requirements accordingly. • Assist in the implementation of new services and processes within the team. • Assist Senior Project Managers in managing client accounts and ensuring successful onboarding. • Ensure team adherence to KPIs and goals, taking relevant actions when not met, and tracking the team progress through Incorta dashboards. • Along with the Training Lead, assist in the training and development of junior staff.

Senior Project ManagerFull Time

• Job Details:• Provides project/status information to Localization Manager, particularly for escalation and issue resolution. • Manage localization projects from beginning to end, by working with internal business partners and external vendors. • Manage vendor relationships by answering linguistic queries, providing training, and general troubleshooting. • Solid in-depth knowledge of internationalization and localization. • Working knowledge of industry standard localization tools. • Extensive experience with industry standard Translation Tools (Trados, Passolo, WorldServer, etc. • Manage localization schedule and requirements across internal and external resources. • Experience with CAT tools and Translation Management Systems. • Ensure a consistent global experience and collaborate with other team members to support localization strategies. • Reviewing, approving and managing quotes, invoices and other financial documents for all outsourced work. • Managing and coordinating localization schedule between teams to meet deadlines. • Managing third party vendors through each phase of localization (translation, recording, integration, QA etc.). • Manage localization projects end-to-end, owning all scoping, planning, and execution. • Excellent ability to manage multiple projects in multiple languages that are deadline oriented, handle interruptions, and to be flexible with changing tasks. • In-depth knowledge of all steps required in the localization process, including quality assurance and validation. • Creates and maintains localization budgets, cost analysis, and project release schedules. • Communicates all budgets, schedules, and quality parameters with our internal and external service teams and manage accordingly. • Managed the development of project teams focusing on creating a cross-functional work environment to efficiently complete projects. • Listening to and understanding client requirements in detail, and offering best solutions. • Managing projects from start to finish, selecting appropriate linguists and implementing the relevant translation technology. • Developing relationships with clients to understand their ongoing requirements and identify how best to support them on future projects. • Supporting the growth and development of project coordinators by mentoring them and sharing experiences as they take the first steps in their project management careers.

Project ManagerFull Time

• Job Details:• Define the project management process to be applied to the project. • Prepare project plan and obtain management approval of the project plan. • Assure that all team members understand their roles and accept their responsibilities. • Apply project resources according to the approved project plan. • Analyze risk and instigate avoidance activities. Establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating corrective action. • Track and report on progress to plan. • Analyze the actual performance against the plan and make adjustments consistent with plan objectives. • Keep all stakeholders informed of progress and issues. • Involve functional expertise in design reviews and key decisions as well as risk strategies. • Assure timely adaptive action is taken. • Manage change to preserve business plan commitments. Initiate Phase Review if objectives must change. • Negotiate the performance of activities with team members and their managers. • Establish and publish clear priorities among project activities. • Coordinate management and technical decisions. • Arbitrate and resolve conflict and interface problems within the project. • Provide input on the performance of project team members to their supervisors.