Project Manager

LXT is an emerging leader in AI training data to power intelligent technology for global organizations. In partnership with an international network of contributors, LXT collects and annotates data across multiple modalities with the speed, scale and agility required by the enterprise. Our global expertise spans over 145 countries and more than 1000 language locales. Founded in 2010, LXT is headquartered in Toronto, Canada with presence in the United States, UK, Egypt, India, Turkey and Australia. The company serves customers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. 

We are seeking a Project Manager to deliver every project on time within budget and scope. Project managers should have a background in business skills, management, budgeting and analysis.

They should be:

• Skilled at getting the best out of the people and projects that they oversee.
• Thrived when planning projects and working with project teams.
• Able to analyze possible risks and ways to mitigate them.
• Able to maintain structure and follow processes while executing efficiently.
• Providing necessary reporting throughout various project phases.

Key Responsibilities:

•  Coordinate internal resources and contractors for the flawless execution of projects
• Lead and supervise projects with the most efficiency and to assure the highest quality and productivity of the team.
• Meeting SLAs in delivery and quality.
• Support multiple, ongoing foreign and native language translation management projects from inception, quotation, distribution to transcription service providers.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Communicate with clients starting from the project start date until the final delivery
• Issue the service invoices and follow-up on the payments with clients
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with contractors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Operations/Project management:

• Strong knowledge and sense of importance towards SLAs and operational aspects.
• Solid knowledge of project management processes, methodologies and tools & techniques and ability to adapt them to the organization; understanding of formal and informal organizational structures.
• Proven working experience as a project manager (5 years)
• Excellent mathematical skills and statistical knowledge

Communication:

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Negotiation:

• Ability to negotiate win-win agreements.

People management:

• Ability to earn trust and respect from project’s stakeholders; ability to influence decisions that need to be made to make the project successful.

Planning and Organizing:

• Ability to work under pressure and against tight deadlines for a prolonged period while maintaining a high level of speed and accuracy in order to produce accurate results.
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills

Technology:

• Tech savvy with knowledge of linguistic and project management relevant computer programs
• Strong knowledge and experience of using G-suite in general, and spreadsheets in specific.
• Flexible with occasional travel.

Additional information:

LXT is an equal opportunity employer and ensures that no applicant is subject to less favorable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, color, nationality, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic, responsibilities for dependents, physical or mental disability. Any hiring decision is made on the basis of skills, qualifications, and experiences.

We measure our success as a business, not only by delivering great products and services and continually increasing our assets under administration and market share but also by how we positively impact people, society, and the planet.