• Project Cost Governance & Compliance

  • Ensure transparency and control of localization costs, including oversight of word counts, translation memory (TM) analysis, discount application, and invoicing across assigned projects
  • Validate that negotiated pricing and savings are consistently applied and auditable across vendor delivery
  • Ensure adherence to agreed standards for financial reporting, cost tracking, and financial governance
  • Identify and mitigate risks across localization delivery, quality, timelines, and compliance

• Content Security & Data Management

  • Ensure all content submitted to the language vendor is processed through approved, secure platforms and workflows
  • Ensure strict controls are being adhered to by the language vendor in prohibiting the use of public AI tools, public MT engines, personal accounts, or unmanaged environments
  • Ensure cross-functional alignment to maintain compliant, secure, and auditable localization operations

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• 4–6+ years of experience in localization, translation, or project/program delivery
• Native-level fluency in Simplified Chinese is necessary, with demonstrable professional translation, review, and LQA experience
• Proven experience translating and reviewing documentation, ideally in the financial, educational, or regulated content domains
• Proven experience creating, maintaining, and governing glossaries, termbases, and translation memories
• Proven expertise in CAT tools file engineering and segmentation strategy, including creation and maintenance of complex segmentation rules, regex, and filters (ideally within MemoQ, Trados, or Phrase)
• Experience working in complex, multi-stakeholder environments; education, credentialing, or regulated industries preferred
• Demonstrated experience managing localization projects end-to-end
• Demonstrated expertise in localization tools and workflows (Phrase, MemoQ, Trados, XTM, or similar)
• Strong knowledge of translation memory management, terminology governance, and linguistic QA
• Practical understanding of machine translation and AI-assisted localization
• Experience in requirements gathering, process mapping, and workflow optimization
• Ability to analyze data and apply insights to improve outcomes

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, including health coverage, generous time off, competitive retirement plans, flexible work options, and wellbeing and development programs. You can learn more on our careers site: Working at CFA Institute | Comprehensive Benefits

About CFA Institute

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