Senior Life Sciences Translation Lead

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Welo Life Sciences seeks an experienced localization professional to manage translation and copy-editing for clinical and regulatory documents in Simplified Chinese and English.

You will lead linguists, maintain glossaries, and collaborate with clients, QA teams, and suppliers to ensure regulator-ready outputs across global markets. Strong MTPE collaboration and AI tool familiarity are valued.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of translation/localization/editing or content writing experience in Life Sciences.
• 5+ years of review experience.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken) and native fluency in Simplified Chinese.

Responsibilities

• Lead linguist function for assigned accounts; provide SME support for clients.
• Perform copy-edit tasks on projects or accounts.
• Handle on-demand translation tasks and ensure timely deliveries.
• Coordinate a team of freelancers and qualify new vendors.
• Develop and maintain language materials (glossaries, style guides) up to required standards.
• Interact with clients on linguistic matters and manage project queries.
• Plan capacity and resource allocation for Life Sciences translations.
• Support Quality with LQA processes and root cause analyses.
• Help improve working processes and meet productivity KPIs.

Skills

English fluency

Chinese (Simplified) native

Localization process

Problem solving

Communication

Team coordination

Education

Translation/Applied Languages degree

Master’s degree (plus)

Tools

XTM

SDL Studio

JIRA

Verifika

Windows

MS Office

Job description

Welo Life Sciences seeks an experienced localization professional to manage translation and copy-editing for clinical and regulatory documents in Simplified Chinese and English.

You will lead linguists, maintain glossaries, and collaborate with clients, QA teams, and suppliers to ensure regulator-ready outputs across global markets. Strong MTPE collaboration and AI tool familiarity are valued.