Senior Terminologist

Desjardins Group; Montreal; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services organization is seeking a Senior Terminologist to manage and enhance terminology across languages. You will provide vital support and advisory services, design term bases, and maintain high terminology standards for both French and English while collaborating with team members. The role offers competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for flexibility and growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary and annual bonus

4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year

Defined benefit pension plan

Group insurance including telemedicine

Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses

Qualifications

• Minimum of six years of relevant terminology experience.
• Academic specialty in terminology is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in French and English required.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain complex term bases and make updates.
• Provide terminology training and strategic advisory support.
• Plan and lead large-scale terminology projects.

Skills

Interpersonal Savvy

Strategic Mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree in translation

Tools

Terminology management tools

Databases

Integrated systems

Job description

As a senior terminologist, you have the necessary expertise to establish and maintain Desjardins’s terminology (French and English), make appropriate decisions about term management and maintain the organization’s term bases. Your role also involves providing advisory services to internal and external partners; enriching and developing our term bases; helping us maintain a robust, functional and efficient structure for our term bases; using terminology management systems, designing and implementing methods to facilitate and improve consistency in terminology use across the organization; and supporting Desjardins’s translators and other terminologists. Your daily responsibilities may also include term base management activities such as updating, approving and merging term records. More specifically, you will be required to:

• Manage and maintain complex term bases, including making updates and improvements, merging term records and purging outdated information

• Design and structure unilingual and multilingual term bases according to organizational needs, extract terminology and document best practices

• Help employees rigorously apply terminology best practices

• Collaborate with content experts to enhance the organization’s vocabulary (definitions, concepts, new terms)

• Provide targeted terminology training and strategic advisory support

• Implement efficient terminology management processes that are adapted to operational realities and internal workflows

• Plan and lead large-scale terminology projects: Analyze needs, design strategies, define workflows and ensure compliance with industry standards

• Analyze and assess terminology solutions available on the market to recommend the most relevant tools

What we offer*

• Competitive salary and annual bonus

• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year

• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement

• Group insurance including telemedicine

• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

*Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

What you bring to the table

• Bachelor’s degree in translation

• A minimum of six years of relevant terminology experience

• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered

• Academic specialty in terminology

• Advanced Proficiency of French, both oral and written due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with French-speaking partners, members and/or clients

• Advanced proficiency of English due to the nature of the duties or work tools or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients

• Knowledge of terminology management tools, data bases and integrated systems

• Knowledge of the principles of professional terminology

Interpersonal Savvy, Strategic mindset

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Trade Union (If applicable)

At Desjardins, we believe in equity, diversity and inclusion. We're committed to welcoming, respecting and valuing people for who they are as individuals, learning from their differences, embracing their uniqueness, and providing a positive workplace for all. At Desjardins, we have zero tolerance for discrimination of any kind. We believe our teams should reflect the diversity of the members, clients and communities we serve.

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Job Family

Communications (FG)

Unposting Date

2025-06-20