Labeling Project Manager

Acolad group; Hudson (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

A leading localization services company seeks a Labeling Project Manager in Wisconsin. This role involves managing labeling projects, ensuring timelines are met, and working with cross-functional teams. A Bachelor's or Associate degree and 3-5 years of relevant experience in medical device or pharmaceutical labeling are essential. Benefits include medical, dental, vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, and paid time off. Salary ranges from $65K to $75K, with eligibility for variable compensation.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5 years of medical device or pharmaceutical project management experience.
• Experience working in a Quality Management System.
• Hands-on experience with Localization or foreign languages.

Responsibilities

• Manage labeling projects and meet timelines.
• Create strategy plans for product introductions.
• Collaborate with supply chain on labeling updates.

Skills

Project management

Medical device labeling

Quality Management Systems

Collaboration with cross-functional teams

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's or Associate degree in a related field

Tools

Confluence

SmartSheet

Asana

Master Control

Beyond Compare

TVT

Job description

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Project management of the development and localization of client’s final packaging and labeling deliverables.

About the role

Project management of the development and localization of client’s final packaging and labeling deliverables.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage client’s labeling projects by effectively planning, executing, and collaborating with cross‑functional teams to ensure that project timelines are met.
• Understand the labeling function’s role in the end‑to‑end project timeline and work with program management to integrate labeling timelines into the overall project timelines.
• Represent the labeling function on project kick‑offs, status reviews, meetings, and escalation of issues.
• Effectively capture meeting summaries, decisions, action items, and communicate to stakeholders.
• Create labeling strategy plan for new product introductions and/or design changes.
• Create and track all project related tasks in various project management tools, such as Confluence, SmartSheet, and Asana. This includes creating diligent timelines and considering cross‑functional dependencies.
• Identify project roadblocks or scope creep and communicate to cross‑functional team members.
• Utilize client’s quality management system (Master Control) to route change request and packets for updates to labeling, specifications, components, and other quality documents, as needed.
• Effectively communicate urgency of approvals needed from cross‑functional teams and upper management to meet project deadlines.
• Provide thorough document/process reviews to ensure accuracy and compliance. This may include creating red‑line of changes, comparing documents utilizing a compare software tool (Beyond Compare, TVT), or visual quality reviews.
• Manage labeling content review cycle and approvals to accomplish labeling verification.
• Responsible for the final quality of the deliverables, communicate quality issues and process deviations/risks to management.
• Collaborate with supply chain on timing of labeling updates, to reduce scrap costs, and align on printed labeling ordering strategy.
• Work in partnership with regulatory, quality, user experience, document control, human factors, product development, and operation team to meet project deliverables and timelines.
• Collaborate with language service provider to accomplish translation of English source files, as needed.
• Build a strong working relationship with client, ensuring needs are met and trust is established.
• Recognize areas of improvement and execute labeling process improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Associate degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years relevant medical device or pharmaceutical labeling and project management experience.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years working in a Quality Management System.
• Ability to develop project plans and schedules, track that team is meeting deadlines.
• Experience working with Language Services Providers or hands‑on experience with localized/foreign languages.
• Endurance and tenacity to work on complex, detailed projects through completion, strategic thinker.

Benefits

• ❤️Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short‑Term Disability, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Account options.
• ❤️Many other voluntary options to choose from: Voluntary Life Insurance, Long‑Term Disability, Buy‑Up Short‑Term Disability, Identity Theft, Legal Insurance and Critical Illness Insurance.
• ❤️401(k) plan with 50% match on 12% employee contribution – providing an employer contribution of up to 6%.
• ❤️Starting with 15 days of paid time off annually, with ability to move to 28 days within five years of tenure.
• ❤️Nine paid holidays per year.

Salary base range for this position is between $65K to $75K, dependent upon experience and physical location. This position is eligible for variable compensation in addition to the base salary.

This opportunity will close January 30th, 2026.

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level. Employment type: Full‑time. Job function: Project Management.