Senior Manager, Translation

Raytheon Technologies; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company seeks a Senior Translation Manager to oversee a translation team in Riyadh. The role involves managing translation projects, ensuring quality and accuracy, and requires fluency in Arabic and English, alongside a strong background in translation disciplines. Interested candidates with significant experience in business and technical translations are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years experience with a Bachelor's degree, or 7 years with an advanced degree.
• Extensive knowledge of translation across business, finance, technology, law, and science.
• Experience with both Arabic and English translation, including cultural nuances.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a translation team ensuring quality and accuracy.
• Interpret and translate complex texts while considering cultural context.
• Evaluate and refine translations for clarity and grammatical correctness.

Skills

Fluency in Arabic

Fluency in English

Translation skills

Proofreading

Knowledge of specialized terminology

Education

Bachelor of Translation or equivalent experience

Advanced Degree in a related field

Tools

Translation software (SDL Studio or similar)

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Raytheon Saudi Arabia (RTN SA) is seeking a highly skilled Senior Translation Manager to lead and oversee a team in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. This role is responsible for providing expert-level written and oral translation and interpretation services. The ideal candidate will leverage both electronic and manual translation methods to ensure clear, accurate, and effective multilingual communication.

Responsibilities to Anticipate

• Lead and manages the translation team, allocates resource, reviews and approves all translation.
• Ensures that translation tools are adequate and that the translation team is coached in its use.
• Interpret and translate complex texts while considering cultural nuances and context; consult dictionaries, thesauri, and subject-matter references as needed.
• Evaluate and refine translations for accuracy, clarity, and grammatical correctness, making necessary adjustments to enhance meaning.
• Proofread and verify translated documents to ensure consistency and precision.
• Updates job knowledge by reading publications in the source language; participating in educational opportunities; maintaining personal networks
• Accomplishes translation service objectives by supporting management in selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, and appraising job contributions of translators.
• Meets translation operational standards by contributing translation services to strategic plans and reviews; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems; identifying translation system improvements.

Qualifications You Must Have :

• Bachelor of Translation, English, or equivalent experience and minimum 10 years prior relevant experience, or An Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 7 years.
• Fluency in both Arabic and English, with expert-level reading, writing, and translation skills.
• Extensive knowledge of specialized terminology across various domains, including business, finance, technology, law, and science.
• Experience with the translation software (SDL Studio or similar), using it for translation (assigning tasks and monitoring progress), proofreading (providing feedback in the software), and maintenance of and updating internal translation memories shared by the translation team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); experience with MS Access and MS Project is a plus.

Qualifications we value :

• Experience with foreign business operations in KSA and legacy knowledge of program specific requirements and activity a plus
• Accredited industry certification in translation / interpreting a plus. Education, certification, or both may be substitute for experience.